Scope was a simple thing in VB... apparently in .NET it's not so simple.

Heres my basic dillema:


Any ideas? I know its a very simple scope error, I just don't know how to resolve it.

Any help?

Thanks.

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I'm unsure how VB does it but I believe what you are look for are class variables.



Is that what you are looking for?

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Yep, that's it..

Thought it might've been something like that, just wish i didn't have to do it that way.

Oh well, it's probably best in the end as it's alot more structured.

Thanks

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You would have to do it in VB.NET too.

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Not necessarily. You could instantiate a class in method1 and pass it by reference to method2. This way you are only working with a single instance of the class and you don't have the possible issues and risks associated with global variables. i know this can be done in C# as well, but I don't know the syntax off-hand.

in VB it would be something like...

No parameters were specified in the code however. Obviously you could do the same thing in C# with passing a reference.

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If you are creating instances of the same class in the methods, you most likely mean for the methods to be static. If it isn't static you would have to create an instance of the class just to call the method to get another instance. Which I can't think of a good reason to be doing.


You would call it like this...


Maybe that isn't what you mean at all, in which case you should ignore me. It would really help if you posted real code and not pseudo-code when you are asking about syntax.

Got a new similar problem, but slightly different.

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I'm only a C++ person, but you can't call non-static methods (like Method1()) inside a static method. If you make Method1() static, it should solve the problem.
If you're getting errors when making Method1() static, that is probably because you are trying to access non-static member variables inside it, which static methods must not do.

So basically, what you could try to make the code work is to also make the member variables that Method1() accesses static. This might work for you if this class contains your whole project, but is horrible style
Before you continue coding in a language that forces you to use object orientation you should maybe try to get a more thorough understanding of it though
It's boring in the beginning, but it will pay off once you grasped the concepts.

Thanks for the reply, you were 100% correct. Static has been applied, and the errors have been eliminated.

However, I did some reading on the meaning of "Static" and I think it may be a problem. One of the things I was forced to make static was my array of clsTank (to store player info). Naturally during gameplay, each instance of the Tank class in the players array will have vastly different info in each of it's member variables.. if the instances are all declared static, will that force them all to share the same data?(bad)

Thanks

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You're welcome
Regarding your question, I'm not fully sure how your program is designed, but I don't think it would break your game at this point.
The individual instances inside the array of clsTanks would not share their data, which means you can have completely independent clsTank objects in that array.
The array itself would be static, which should only be a problem for you if you plan to create multiple instances of the class that contains your Main() function and depend on having multiple of these arrays available.

The best idea if you don't want to run into problems in the future is probably to create a class that only contains your static Main function, and not do anything else in that class (except maybe defining static data types that need to be globally available like enums). Then you can move the rest of your game logic out to other classes and safely create instances of them in your Main() function.

That's a really good idea. I might give that a try.

Thanks!

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