I agree, and I do that on a regular basis but in fact the older version so FxCop (not sure if the new version do this0 tell you that doing that is wasted because the framework takes care of the initialization for you. I had just disable that rule in FxCop but I found it interesting that their tool was telling us to do exactly what decades of CS training and classes have beat into our heads as gospel. FFRF[^] My LinkedIn profile[^] My Programmers Blog[^]