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Error 1 An object reference is required for the non-static field, method, or property 'LCB.Code.cuentaBanco.agregar(float)' 27 ACB

namespace LCB.Code
{
public class cuentaBanco
{
string nombre;
float cuenta;
public cuentaBanco(string nombre, float cuenta)
{
this.nombre = nombre;
this.cuenta = cuenta;
}
public void agregar(float incrementar)
{
this.cuenta += incrementar;
}
public void remover(float remover)
{
if (remover >this.cuenta)
{
this.cuenta = 0;
}
else
{
this.cuenta -= remover;
}
}
}
}
using LCB.Code;
namespace ACB
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
label1.Text = cuentaBanco.agregar(float.Parse(textBox1.Text)).ToString();
}
}
}

An instance of an object is required this means that you cannot call a NON STATIC method of a class without having declared and initialized an instance of that class. So you have two options. Make the agregar method static or initialize an instance of the cuentaBanco class. I really suggest to stay away from static methods unless you have a clear reason to condivide the method between many instances of your class and in your code I can't see any reason to have a static method. So I am going for the other option.
Make an instance of the cuentaBanco class...
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
cuentaBanco cuenta = new cuentaBanco("ABC", 0f);
label1.Text = cuenta.agregar(float.Parse(textBox1.Text)).ToString();
}
but now we have another problem. The agregar method is declared as void. It means that it doesn't return anything. So you can't apply a ToString() to a void returning method.
You need also change the agregar method to return the calculated value
public class cuentaBanco
{
....
public float agregar(float incrementar)
{
this.cuenta += incrementar;
return this.cuenta;
}
....
}
Again, looking at your class it seems that you want to have an object that keeps your counting and increment the internal number for every click on your button. In this case you want to keep a global object for your counting and declare and initialize a class level variable of type cuentaBanco at the initialization of your form. Now you can use that variable to make your countings
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
private cuentaBanco cuenta;
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
cuenta = new cuentaBanco("ABC", 0f);
}
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
label1.Text = cuenta.agregar(float.Parse(textBox1.Text)).ToString();
}
}

You should make method agregar static.
Also after making agregar static you should make cuenta static too. Also the agregar method is void you can't set it to label1.Text you should change it's return type yo float:
static float _cuenta;
public static float agregar(float incrementar)
{
_cuenta += incrementar;
return _cuenta;
}
Also in the cuentaBanco method remove the this keyword and set a valid name instead of cuenta like _cuenta:
public cuentaBanco(string nombre, float cuenta)
{
this.nombre = nombre;
_cuenta = cuenta;
}

Pass Values from Form -> Class -> Form C#

I have 2 Forms: V.Batch and V.BatchEdit and a Class: M.Batch
In V.Batch there is a DataGrid. I want to pass the value I get from the DataGrid to V.BatchEdit and the get set method is in M.Batch.
The problem here is that the value isn't passed properly in V.BatchEdit. It returns 0.
Here is the code
V.Batch:
M.Batch bt;
public Batch()
{
bt = new M.Batch();
InitializeComponent();
}
private void metroButton3_Click_1(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
bt.batchNum = Convert.ToInt32((metroGrid2.CurrentCell.Value).ToString());
V.BatchEdit bEdit = new V.BatchEdit();
this.Hide();
bEdit.Show();
}
M.Batch:
public int batchNum;
public int BatchNum
{
set { batchNum = value; }
get { return batchNum; }
}
V.BatchEdit
static M.Batch bt = new M.Batch();
DataSet a = bt.getBatch(bt.batchNum);
public BatchEdit()
{
db = new Database();
InitializeComponent();
System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(bt.batchNum.ToString() + "Batchedit");
try
{
metroTextBox1.Text = a.Tables[0].Rows[0][2].ToString();
}
catch (Exception exceptionObj)
{
MessageBox.Show(exceptionObj.Message.ToString());
}
}
I'm new to coding and c#. I'm not sure if I placed static even though it should not be static or what.

Yes, you are using static improperly here.
The easiest way to see what's going wrong is to notice that you are calling new M.Batch() twice. That means you have two different instances of M.Batch in your application. And nowhere in your code do you attempt to share those instances.
What you should be doing is passing your instance of M.Batch from one form to another, e.g. in the constructor:
// V.Batch
bt.batchNum = Convert.ToInt32((metroGrid2.CurrentCell.Value).ToString());
V.BatchEdit bEdit = new V.BatchEdit(bt);
this.Hide();
bEdit.Show();
// V.BatchEdit
private M.Batch bt;
private DataSet a;
public BatchEdit(M.Batch batch)
{
this.bt = batch;
this.a = this.bt.getBatch(bt.batchNum)
// Rest of your code here.
}

If You don't need the 'M.Batch' class for something else and you only use it for passing the value to V.BaychEdit, just declare a public property in V.BatchEdit like you did in M.Batch and use it like this:
V.BatchEdit bEdit = new V.BatchEdit();
bEdit.BatchNum = Convert.ToInt32((metroGrid2.CurrentCell.Value).ToString());
Your problem is that although your using statics you're still assigning a new instance to the static field.

error learning how to use custom events

i'm learning how to use custom events in c#, but i get some errors
i get "An object reference is required for the nonstatic field, method, or property" in the bold words
so i tried following this
but case 1 couldn't be tried 'cause TypeChanged is already a nonstatic method (i think)
in case 2 i get "impossible to acces BicycleType as an instance reference, qualify it as a type"
public class Bicycle
{
public event EventHandler TypeChanged;
private string type;
...
public string BicycleType {
get { return this.type; }
set {
this.type = value;
if (this.TypeChanged != null)
this.TypeChanged( this, new EventArgs() );
}
}
public Bicycle() {}
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Console.WriteLine("heila!");
Bicycle istanza = new Bicycle();
istanza.TypeChanged += new EventHandler(**istanza_TypeChanged**);
istanza.BicycleType = "io";
Console.WriteLine("io");
}
void istanza_TypeChanged(object sender, EventArgs e) {
Console.WriteLine("rofkd");
}
}
the tutorial i followed told me i can use events "as" methods, maybe i'm wrong here?
the code is completely similar to te tutorial code
sorry for my bad english and thanks in advance

As you are registering the event from the main method, which is static, the event handler (istanza_TypeChanged) has to be made static too.

You problem is that Main is static and can therefore not access nonstatic members of the class Program. However you try to access istanza_TypeChanged. That is what is causing your exception.
You have to make istanza_TypeChanged static too to solve the issue
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Console.WriteLine("heila!");
Bicycle istanza = new Bicycle();
istanza.TypeChanged += new EventHandler(**istanza_TypeChanged**);
istanza.BicycleType = "io";
Console.WriteLine("io");
}
static void istanza_TypeChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Console.WriteLine("rofkd");
}
}

Register the event from a non-static context or change your event to be static.

Change istanza_TypeChanged to the following:
private static void istanza_TypeChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Console.WriteLine("rofkd");
}
The following fired the event for me:
public class Bicycle
{
public event EventHandler TypeChanged;
private string type;
public string BicycleType
{
get { return this.type; }
set
{
this.type = value;
if (this.TypeChanged != null)
this.TypeChanged(this, new EventArgs());
}
}
public Bicycle()
{
}
private class Program
{
private static void Main(string[] args)
{
Console.WriteLine("heila!");
Bicycle istanza = new Bicycle();
istanza.TypeChanged += istanza_TypeChanged;
istanza.BicycleType = "io";
Console.WriteLine("io");
}
private static void istanza_TypeChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Console.WriteLine("rofkd");
}
}
}

Access TextBox from Static method in C#?

I have 2 classes: MyForm and Database
In MyForm I have a method to change a label text to show error:
public void printError(string text){
label1.Text = text;
}
My Database class needs to access that method too, so I make it static:
public static void printError(MyForm form, string text){
form.label1.Text = text;
}
Now the problem is, how do I call that method from Database class?
This question I found said that I need to pass MyForm into Database's contructor like this:
class MyForm : Form{
Database db;
public Form(){
db = new Database(this);
}
}
class Database{
MyForm form;
public Database(MyForm f){
form = f;
}
...
//then I can access the printError like this
MyForm.printError(form, "You got error");
}
I tried that and it freezes the form. Any other solution?
Thanks

Here is a very simple example of how you can achieve this without your data layer knowing about your UI:
class MyForm : Form
{
Database db;
public Form()
{
db = new Database(this);
}
public void DoSomething()
{
var errors = db.Login("", "");
if (errors.Any())
label1.Text = errors.First(); // Or you can display all all of them
}
}
class Database
{
public List<string> Login(string username, string password)
{
var errors = new List<string>();
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(username))
errors.Add("Username is required");
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(password))
errors.Add("Password is required");
[...]
return errors;
}
}

Like #Matthew Ferreira and others have stated the design is not idea, but here's something to get you started.
class MyForm : Form
{
public void SomeMethod()
{
var dataAccess = new Repository();
dataAccess.ExecuteQuery();
if (dataAccess.Exceptions.Any())
{
// display your error messages
form.label1.Text = dataAccess.Exceptions.Select(x => x.ToString());
}
}
}
class Repository
{
private readonly HashSet<Exception> _exceptions = new HashSet<Exception>();
public IEnumerable<Exception> Exceptions
{
get { return _exceptions; }
}
public int ExecuteQuery()
{
var numberOfRecordsAffected = 0;
try
{
// do something
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
// normall catching exceptions is a bad idea
// and you should really catch the exception at the
// layer best equiped to deal with it
_exceptions.Add(ex);
}
// but, for the purpose of this example we might want to add some logic to try the query on another database ????
try
{
// do something
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
_exceptions.Add(ex);
}
return numberOfRecordsAffected;
}
}

You need to look up "seperation of concerns". Its really bad to mix your UI code with you Database Access Layer (DAL). Better to bind the UI to business objects that are populated via a DAL.
To let the UI know about an error you could simply use a delegate.
namespace OperationErrorDelegate
{
public delegate void OperationErrorHandler(Exception ex);
public class DAL
{
public event OperationErrorHandler ReportError;
public void DoDALOperationThatCausesError()
{
try
{
int i = 1;
int j = 0;
int k = i/j;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
ReportError(ex);
}
}
}
}
Add this code to the form:
using System ;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace OperationErrorDelegate
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
DAL DAL = new DAL();
DAL.ReportError += new OperationErrorHandler(DAL_OperationErrorProgress);
DAL.DoDALOperationThatCausesError();
}
private void DAL_OperationErrorProgress(Exception ex)
{
label1.Text = ex.Message;
}
}
}

Assuming the OP's requirement is to display an error message in a label, when the credentials are wrong:
private void btn_login_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
MySqlConnection con = new MySqlConnection("server=localhost;uid=root;password=abc;database=mydb");
MySqlCommand cmd = new MySqlCommand("select * from emp where name='" + textBox1.Text + "'and pwd='" + textBox2.Text + "'",con);
con.Open();
MySqlDataReader dr = cmd.ExecuteReader();
if (dr.Read())
{ //successful
//navigate to next page or whatever you want
}
else
Label1.Text("Invalid userid or password");
con.Close();
}
And if you need error message for wrong data type (the user input string but the database column is Integer), then use validations at client side. You dont need to do it at backend, since that will be a burden.
You can use regular expressions for that in the button_click itself.

Calculate in C#

Hello everyone I am trying to make since of what I am doing wrong or maybe I am over thinking it again. I am trying to create a class and in the class I am calling 2 private variables such as num1 and num2. Then i create a public property that corresponds to num 1 and num2. Then after I create that I need to create a public overriable method called calculate and this will add the two variables together and returns the results. Then I have a add button that I have to add the code to the button that adds the two numbers and output the result to a messagebox.I have tried a couple different ways and I still am not getting it.
Here is code 1:
public abstract class CalulateValues
{
protected List<int> values = new List<int>();
public void AddValue(int value) { values.Add(value); }
public abstract int Calculate();
}
public class Add : CalulateValues
{
public override int Calculate()
{
return values.Sum(x => x);
}
}
and here is code 2 I tried:
class CalculateValues
{
private int _num1;
private int _num2;
public int Num1
{
get
{
return _num1;
}
set
{
_num1 = value;
}
}
public int Num2
{
get
{
return _num2;
}
set
{
_num2 = value;
}
}
public virtual int calculate()
{
return _num1 + _num2;
}
}
Now when it comes with the button I have tried this code:
public partial class Form2 : Form
{
public Form2()
{
CalculateValues myAdd = new CalculateValues();
MulitplyValues Add = new MulitplyValues();
InitializeComponent();
}
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
int total = myAdd.Add(int.Parse(textBox1.Text), int.Parse(textBox2.Text));
MessageBox.Show(total.ToString());
}
I am not too sure what I am doing wrong maybe I am not laying out the code the right way.

You have declared myAdd as a local variable in the Form2 constructor. Declare it as a global variable in order to be able to call it from button1_Click()
In addition to this, are you getting any error or exception? Second, where did you declare Add method that accepts two parameters?

public partial class Form2 : Form
{
CalculateValues myAdd;
public Form2()
{
InitializeComponent();
myAdd = new CalculateValues();
}
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
int total = myAdd.Add(int.Parse(textBox1.Text), int.Parse(textBox2.Text));
MessageBox.Show(total.ToString());
}
}
And then go and look up firstly a C# tutorial, then look at detail on variable scope.

int total = myAdd.Add(int.Parse(textBox1.Text), int.Parse(textBox2.Text));
myAdd has no Add method at all. It is AddValue. And you should call Calculate and retrieve the result.
Declare myAdd as member variable instead local in constructor.
And try that:
myAdd.AddValue(int.Parse(textBox1.Text)
myAdd.AddValue(int.Parse(textBox2.Text);
int total = myAdd.Calculate();
MessageBox.Show(total.ToString());
Multiple bugs in your code.

You don't have a method Add, you shoudl use the method calculate like this
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
int total = myAdd.Add(int.Parse(textBox1.Text), int.Parse(textBox2.Text));
MessageBox.Show(total.ToString());
}

You need to declare the myAdd variable outside of the constructor, even if you only initialize in the Form2() constructor.
Your CalculateValues class does not have an "Add" method.
Instead you should be calling the "Calculate" method like this:
public partial class Form2 : Form
{
public Form2()
{
CalculateValues myAdd = new CalculateValues();
MulitplyValues Add = new MulitplyValues();
InitializeComponent();
}
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
int total = myAdd.Calculate(int.Parse(textBox1.Text), int.Parse(textBox2.Text));
MessageBox.Show(total.ToString());
}