listening to events causes null reference

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From: Torbjorn Stavas (luser_at_skip.informatik.gu.se)
Date: 09/06/04 

Date: 6 Sep 2004 09:56:06 -0700

I have a form with a few panels added to it. Each of these panels are
instances
of different classes, that has inherited System.Windows.Form.Panel,
such as

class Panel1 : System.Windows.Forms.Panel
class Panel2 : System.Windows.Forms.Panel
class Panel3 : System.Windows.Forms.Panel

Each of these panels are initiated in the main form, and added to the
form with Controls.add();

So, to the problem. In panel1, i want to listen to an event in panel2.
I'm solving this by having a reference (called frmRef) to the main
form in panel1.
In panel1, i try to listen to an event in panel2 with the help of the
following code:

(Code in Panel1)
this.frmRef.panel2.AnEvent += new AnEvent(pnl2_AnEvent);

this.line gives me a null reference when starting upp the program. I
tried to initiate panel2 in panel1, and adding it to panel1's control.
Then the listening to the event in panel2 works just fine. But this
isn't what i want to do.

What am i missing here?

//Torbjorn

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