Question

I can’t understand why my code is not functioning. I created two classes, Main and Labels, and I would like to print out label by calling Labels class inside Main. It gives me a runtime error. I Appreciate any help that you can provide.

  //--------------------------------------------------main class-------------------//
  namespace Test
  {
   public partial class Form1 : Form
   {
     labels label;

     public Form1()
     {
        InitializeComponent();
        createLabel();
     }

     private void createLabel()
     {
        //error "Object reference not set to an instance of an object"
        label.printHeader();
     }
    }//form
   }//test

  // ---------------------------------- labels class-------------------------//
  namespace Test
  {
    class labels
    {
     private Label label1;

     public labels()
     {

     }

     public void printHeader()
     {
        label1 = new Label();

        label1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(82, 44);
        label1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(977, 54);
        label1.Text = "MonthCalendar";
        Controls.Add(label1);
     }
   }//form
 }//test

Answer 1

Just instanciate

 private void createLabel()
     {
        label = new labels();        
 //error "Object reference not set to an instance of an object"
        label.printHeader();
     }