Question

I have a property ProductName in my Form. I am getting warning while compiling the code.

FormInventory.ProductName hides inherited member ‘System.Windows.Forms.Control.ProductName'. Use the new keyword if hiding was intended.

below is my code

public partial class FormInventory : Form, IInventoryView
{
   public FormInventory()
   {
   } 

   public string ProductName
   {
      get { return this.textProductName.text; }
      set { this.textProductName.text = value; }
   }
}

textProductName is a textbox.

I know that ProductName hides the base class’s property Forms.Control.ProductName. My question is

1. Is it possible to suppress the warning without Renaming my FormInventory.ProductName property

2. I am currently in the beginning of the development, if i hide this property with the new modifier will there be any problem at the time of releasing the product, because base property Forms.Control.ProductName returns the product name of the assembly containing the control. Where as my FormInventory.ProductName returns a user entered value.

3. Where will we be using this Forms.Control.ProductName, because i have never used it before.

I have searched and found Similar questions

• Entity Framework hides inherited member Warning
• Use new keyword if hiding was intended

these questions doesn’t solve my problem but helped me in understanding the cause for the warning.

Answer 1

1. Yes, simply use the new keyword, like public new string ProductName { get; set; }

2. No, it simply returns the name of the assembly.

3. Its used for debugging and some “reflection”. I say “reflection” because it’s more like a human-made reflection.

So, it’s safe to go forward this way. But why don’t you simply change it to MyCompanyProductName?

Regards