Question

I am new to C# and visual studio 2005
I created a new Console Application project in VS2005 and added a Class1.cs file to the existing Program.cs file that was created by default.

The Class1.cs file has the following simple code:

public class Class1
{

    public Class1()
    { 
    }

    ~Class1()
    {
    }

    public void PrintMessage()
    {
        Console.WriteLine("\nHello\n");
        Console.Read();
    }
}

And program.cs file has the following:

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        PrintMessage();
    }
}

When I try to compile I get the following error:

The name ‘PrintMessage’ does not exist in the current context.

Any help?

Thanks, Viren

Answer 1

You need a reference to the class where the method is. You must do that with:

Class1.PrintMessages();

Since Class1 is not static, you also need an instance of that class. You could do that with:

Class1 c = new Class1();

Finally, you have to call the method prefixed with the instance variable. Your code will look something like this:

Class1 c = new Class1();
c.PrintMessages();

If you want, you can shorten this code with the sentence

new Class1().PrintMessages();

that do the same as before.