System.NullReferenceException

[tripes]

hi i am using VB.net 2003 and i am trying to get the number of rows of a dataset from form1 into form2 in order to use it for something else and i am getting the error"System.NullReferenceException occured...Additional information: object reference not set to an instance of an object"...my code is like this:

in form1:
Public x as integer= me.dataset.table.rows.count here it gives me the error

in form2:
dim frm as new form1
msgbox(frm.x)

pls help

[jmcilhinney]

If you're getting a NullReferenceException then you're referring to something that's Nothing. Test each reference on that line and see which it is, then go back and see where you expected a value to be assigned.