How can that work, when the compiler does not know the class at compile time?
I solved the problem by making the method non-static.
It turns out that I was instantiating the Engine at the wrong place in my code. By instantiating it earlier, I am able to call the non-static method to get the value.
Often, problems like this point to the need to refactor the code...
Thanks for your help.
[This message has been edited by Geoffrey Falk (edited September 06, 2001).]