what I'm trying to do is have a project-wise static dictionary so I can access a single list from anywhere in my code.

Until now, I came up with this solution, a public static class with a public property:

```
public static class Common
{
    public static StringDictionary Domains
    {
        get
        {
            StringDictionary list = new StringDictionary();

            list.Add("212", "Location A");
            list.Add("555", "Location B");
            list.Add("747", "Location C");
            list.Add("000", "Location D");

            return list;
        }
    }
}

```

That I use in this way (I use it to replace the content of a cell in a gridview):

```
if (Common.Domains.ContainsKey(e.Row.Cells[5].Text))
{
    e.Row.Cells[5].Text = Common.Domains[e.Row.Cells[5].Text];
}
else
{
    e.Row.Cells[5].Text = "n/a";
}

```

But I don't know if this is an efficient solution, and/or if there are other (better) ways to do this... Can somebody give a hint?

Thanks in advance, Andrea.