Non static method cannot be referenced from a non static context

Dear all
I am getting the above error message in my program.
public void testing(Vector XY){
RecStore.checkUnits(XY);
}method checkUnits is non static and cannont be called from a non static context. I don't see the word static anywhere...
I have done a wider search throughout the main class and I'm haven't got any static their either.
Any ideas?
Thanks
Dan

Yup
I had pared down my code, infact it is being called from within a large if statement.Irrelevant.
But the same thing still holds that there is no static keyword used.Read my previous post. Calling checkUnits using the class name:
RecStore.checkUnits(XY);implies a static context--in order for that call to work, checkUnits must be static. That's what your error message is saying--you are trying to call the non-static method "checkUnits" from the static context of using the class name "RecStore."

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