Static Method Question

[Doug Handler]

I have a static method that needs to assign a type to an instance of an
object. What's the best way to address this?

e.g.

private Panel pnlMain = new Panel();

.....

public static void SetControl(Button btnInfo)
{
// pseudo-code - I need this to happen here - how can I do this. The
method needs to be a static one.
this.pnlMain.Controls.Add(btnInfo);

}

Doug

 

[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

Doug,

You can't do it in a static method, you would have to pass pnlMain to
the method, like so:

public static void SetControl(Control control, Button btnInfo)
{
control.Controls.Add(btnInfo);
}

Honestly, this doesn't warrant a static method. I would just do this in
an instance method on your control.

Hope this helps.

 

[Peter Rilling]

You can either pass in an instance of the parent control that you can work
against, or have some other class maintain a reference to the parent class
that you can then ask for. Probably passing the parent into the method is
the simplest solution.

 

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Hello Doug,

you can't. Static methods can only access static variables.

så panel need to be static as well.