Form.Show C# vs VB.NET (2005)

[blackjack2150]

Hi.

Try this:
Create a new VB.NET windows application and put on button on the form. Now add a new form to the project (Form2) and in the Click event handler of the button from the first form put this code:
Form2.Show()

It will work, and when you click it, the second form will be shown, but only one instance, no matter how many times you click the button.


Now do the exact same steps, but with a C# application. It doesn't work...
The compiler will report an error at the line "Form2.Show();", saying "An object reference is required for the nonstatic field, method, or property 'System.Windows.Forms.Control.Show()".

Why is that? Shouldn't VB.NET and C# have the same capabilities? puzzled...

[r035198x]

They have same capabilities but they are different beasts.
The syntax for C# is different (closer to Java). For that example the Show method is non-static and so cannot be referenced without an object instance.

[blackjack2150]

For that example the Show method is non-static and so cannot be referenced without an object instance.

And how come it works in VB.NET? Because I didn't instantiate an object of type Form2 anywhere...

[r035198x]

And how come it works in VB.NET? Because I didn't instantiate an object of type Form2 anywhere...

<What I really want to say is that because VB is crap.>
You'd have to check the scoping rules for VB.
<What I really want to say is that because VB is crap./>

[Plater]

And how come it works in VB.NET? Because I didn't instantiate an object of type Form2 anywhere...

I am really surprised that VB allowed that to happen. Seems poor implementation on the part of VB.