Question

I have a class defined in a namespace:

namespace Artworking
{
    public class Category
    {
        int ID {get;set;}
        string Name {get;set;}

        public Category(int ID, string Name)
        {
            this.ID = ID;
            this.Name = Name;
        }
        public Category(int ID)
        {
            using (CrystalCommon.MainContext db = new CrystalCommon.MainContext())
            {
                var q = (from c in db.tblArtworkTemplateCategories where c.ID == ID select c).SingleOrDefault();
                this.ID = q.ID;
                this.Name = q.CatName;
            }
        }
    }
}

On my content page I fetch all the Categories from another function and add them a listbox control:

        // Category select
        Artworking.Category[] Cats = Artworking.CommonFunctions.FetchAllCategories(Master.LoggedInUser.Client.ID);
        foreach(Artworking.Category C in Cats){
            ListItem NewItem = new ListItem();
            NewItem.Text = C.Name;
            NewItem.Value = C.ID;
            CategorySelect.Items.Add(NewItem);
        }

However for some reason on the NewItem.Text = C.Name line it throws:

CS1061: ‘Artworking.Category’ does not
contain a definition for ‘Name’ and no
extension method ‘Name’ accepting a
first argument of type

I’m a bit confused about this one, I thought it’s all defined properly?

‘Artworking.Category’ could be found
(are you missing a using directive or
an assembly reference?)

Answer 1

You still need to add public before your property declarations inside the Category class.