Shared variables, properties and events

Hi, I am just reading up about using shared variables, properties and events when creating classes in .NET.

The book shows me how do to this but I would like to be given some real life examples of when and why I would make a variable shared..

The basic example they give is a shared variable counter that displays how many objects you have created from a given class.

That's all very nice but a pretty lame example I think. What else would I use a shared variable for when defining a class??

Thanks
Mark

The purpose of using Shared scope is when the member doesn't relate to an instance. So use it with anything that doesn't require an instance of the object.

Thanks for your help Edneeis :wave:
Cheers
MarkusJ