Question

I have the following code in my class:

    public string StrLog {get; set;}

then within the same class, I have the following code:

    private string imgData = StrLog;

I get the following error message:

    A field initializer cannot reference the non-static field, method or property

It has a problem with:

    private string imgData = StrLog;

but not sure how to resolve this.

Answer 1

Basically, you cannot initialise a class level variable by using any other class level value (unless that value is static) – which is what your error is trying to tell you.

Your best option would be to assign the value in your constructor:

private string imgData = null;

public MyClass()
{
   imgData = "some value";
}

In your case there is no point assigning it the value of StrLog because StrLog won’t have a value to begin with. So you may as well just assign it null, or an actual value form somewhere else (like my example)