Child thread cannot access static field?

I have a "Lib" class with a public static string called Test.
Another application sets Test="testing123" and then spawns a new
thread. Strangely, the new thread can see Lib.Test, but the contents
of that static variable come back as null. The parent app can use
Test fine.

AdamM <no****@nospam.com> wrote:

I have a "Lib" class with a public static string called Test.
Another application sets Test="testing123" and then spawns a new
thread. Strangely, the new thread can see Lib.Test, but the contents
of that static variable come back as null. The parent app can use
Test fine.

If you genuinely mean a different *application* then that's the
problem. Static variables are effectively scoped by application domain
- things in a different app domain (let alone a different process)
won't see each others' values.

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