And in VB, you can even import the class name like this so you can reference the variables without having to type the classname first:

Imports MyRootNamespace.MyStaticClass

I just do something like this. Not sure if it is the best way to do it but it works okay for me. I have a common class that has shared property's and methods that I use throughout my application, in this instance to get the office name I would to something like this common.OfficeProfile.OFP_OfficeName

here is an example

Public NotInheritable Class Common

' Hide Constructor so class canot be instaniated

Private Sub New()

End Sub

Private Shared _OfficeProfile As New PayrollBO.BOOfficeProfile

Public Shared ReadOnly Property OfficeProfile() As PayrollBO.BOOfficeProfile

Get

'see if Biz Obj is filled

If _OfficeProfile.Count <= 0 Then

End If

Return _OfficeProfile

End Get

End Property

Hopefully this makes sense. Right now I find myself having to call the fill method to create the object each time I want to access data, so I thought there may be a more efficient way of doing this.

Thanks