Question

I am wondering which is a better way to store information? A central static class or in a parent class?

The code for the way I am storing it now. I instanciate a new class everytime.

Parent Class:

public partial class frmEmployeeManager: Form
    {
        List<Employee> lstEmployees = List<Employee>();
        public frmEmployeeManager()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }
        public void updatePay(float Pay, int ID)
        {
            //Where ID = ID change the Pay
            //(Omitted the foreach loop here for brevity)
        }
        private void btnDisplayData_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
             frmUpdatePay dlgUpdatePay = new frmUpdatePay(this);
             dlgUpdatePay.ShowDialog();
        }

     }

Child Class:

public partial class frmUpdatePay : Form
{
    private frmEmployeeManager ParentEmployeeManager;

    public frmUpdatePay(frmEmployeeManager EmployeeManager)
    {
        InitializeComponent();
        ParentEmployeeManager = EmployeeManager;
    }
            AddPersonParent.updatePay(fltPayInput, intID);
}

Answer 1

Taking a stab in the dark (since I don’t know exactly what you are trying to accomplish), I would make an instantiated class and use a singleton pattern.