Static member instance reference issue

Question

I have the following static method held in an Analytics class:

 public static void buttonHit(string eventName, string eventAction, string description)
{
    gua.sendEventHit(eventName,eventAction,description,1);
}

In a second class I'm trying to fill this out as follows:

Analytics analytics;
void buttonEventAnalytic()
{   
   analytics.buttonHit(event_NameString, event_ActionString, event_Label);  
}

However when I do so I get the following error:

error CS0176: Static member `Analytics.buttonHit(string, string, string)' cannot be accessed with an instance reference, qualify it with a type name instead

Could someone please enlighten me as to how I can defeat this error?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 09 '14 at 11:54

Use class name instead of instance. Static members are supposed to be accessed with class name.

Analytics.buttonHit(event_NameString, event_ActionString, event_Label);

A static function member (method, property, event, operator, or constructor) does not operate on a specific instance, and it is a compile-time error to refer to this in such a function member, MSDN

Jai · Answer 2 · 2014-01-10T12:44:27.790

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use directly

Analytics.buttonHit(event_NameString, event_ActionString, event_Label);

because static member are not related to object they are associated with class only

edited Jan 10 '14 at 12:44

answered Jan 09 '14 at 11:55

Jai

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That's C++ notation. Use `.` instead of `::` in C#. – Sani Huttunen Jan 09 '14 at 11:58

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