>A better way to do this is to actually have the project in every solution you create. So, because the actual code will be in every solution, how do you keep all the versions in sync ? With source control ... we use Source Safe. Intially, to first create your base classes, create it as a project in your current Solution. In VSS, share all the files in this project between all our applications in VSS. Whenever you work on a new application, you share these base classes, via VSS, and voila! you then add that project to your new Solution. It stays in sync because you get the files from VSS.

Ah - you create them in a Project! I think this was what I was missing - as I said before, I couldn't see how to code a standalone class. I think what you have described above is what I was looking for (something about old foxes and new tricks should be inserted here :-)).

>I unfortunately have the feeling that I'm not explaining this too well. I hope you get what I'm trying to say. I haven't had my coffee yet this morning. <g>

Morning??? It's early evening here...

Many thanks, Kevin