http://dotnetfreak.co.uk/blog/archive/2007/07/12/shared-variables-object-reference-not-set-to-an-instance-of-an-object.aspxCan someone please explain why this throws an exception? What's even stranger, is that in one class where I do something similar to this four times, three work fine, but the other one throws an exception... Partial Class Strangeness Inherits System.WebenCommunityServer 2007 SP2 (Build: 20611.960)