Object referrence

BillMcErlane

void ShaneMenuEntrySelected(object sender, PlayerIndexEventArgs e)
        {
            StateManager.AddScreen(new InfoScreen(), e.PlayerIndex);
            InfoScreen.SetInfo("s","S","s");
        }//End UngulateMenuEntrySelected

 public void SetInfo(string x, string y, string z)
        {
            name.Text = x;
            role.Text = "role: " + y;
            email.Text = "contact: " + z;

        }//End SetMenuEntryText

Simple menu entry when I click someones name I want to add a new screen with the info passed via the Parameters, of the SetInfo which is declared in the InfoScreen class. At the minute I get

Error 1 An object reference is required for the non-static field, method, or property

if I make the SetInfo method static I get 3 errors

Error 1 An object reference is required for the non-static field, method, or property 'InfoScreen.name'

etc etc

ronivek

Not sure exactly what language that is but as near as I can tell:

[PHP]InfoScreen.SetInfo("s","S","s");[/PHP]

With the above you're trying to call the method SetInfo in a static context; i.e. without any reference to an object.

In order to be able to call the SetInfo method in that way; you would have to declare it as a static method. If however you do so you will not be able to update any instance variables (which leads to the error message which lists three reference errors).

What you'll need to do is something like the following:

[PHP]
InfoScreen infoScreen = new InfoScreen();
StateManager.AddScreen(infoScreen, e.PlayerIndex);
infoScreen.SetInfo("s","S","s"); //Note you're now calling an instance method as opposed to a static method and can therefore update that instances variables.
[/PHP]