Threads - what's going wrong

"Jerry S" <je***@philosophers.co.uk> wrote in message
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This is probably simple, but can anyone explain why this won't work:
ThreadStart myThreadDelegate = new ThreadStart(SomeMethod);
Thread myThread = new Thread(myThreadDelegate);

It gives me a "A field initializer cannot reference the nonstatic
field, method, or property..." error.

Where did you place that "ThreadStart myThreadDelegate = ..." code? I think
you've placed it in a static method and then the exception makes sense.
Remember that static methods cannot access instance methods without an
object reference.

Here's what you can do:

public class MyClass {
public void SomeMethod() {
//Do stuff
}
public void Start() {
ThreadStart myThreadDelegate = new ThreadStart(SomeMethod);
Thread myThread = new Thread(myThreadDelegate);
}
public static void Main() {
MyClass mc = new MyClass();
mc.Start();
}
}

Regards,
Pieter Philippaerts
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Thanks!

That's sorted it.

Regards,

Jerry

On Sat, 25 Oct 2003 19:07:29 +0200, "Pieter Philippaerts"
<Pi****@nospam.mentalis.org> wrote:

Where did you place that "ThreadStart myThreadDelegate = ..." code? I think
you've placed it in a static method and then the exception makes sense.
Remember that static methods cannot access instance methods without an
object reference.

Here's what you can do:

public class MyClass {
public void SomeMethod() {
//Do stuff
}
public void Start() {
ThreadStart myThreadDelegate = new ThreadStart(SomeMethod);
Thread myThread = new Thread(myThreadDelegate);
}
public static void Main() {
MyClass mc = new MyClass();
mc.Start();
}
}

Regards,
Pieter Philippaerts
Managed SSL/TLS: http://www.mentalis.org/go.php?sl