I am following a code sample in this link.
I hit a snag right on the second line:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows.Forms;
//using EnvDTE;
namespace TwinCAT_Automation_Interface
{
public partial class Main : Form
{
public Main()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
//Creating TwinCAT Projects via templates (Recommended)
Type myType = System.Type .GetTypeFromProgID ("VisualStudio.DTE.12.0");
dynamic myDTE = System.Activator.CreateInstance (myType); //error right here
}
}
The error says:
Error 1 A field initializer cannot reference the non-static field, method, or property 'TwinCAT_Automation_Interface.Main.myType'
What exactly am I doing wrong? It's the same code snippet; I just modify it a bit. Please help!!!!
OK, I got it fixed by changing it to the following:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows.Forms;
//using EnvDTE;
namespace TwinCAT_Automation_Interface
{
public partial class Main : Form
{
public Main()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
public void myMethod()
{
//Creating TwinCAT Projects via templates (Recommended)
Type myType = System.Type .GetTypeFromProgID ("VisualStudio.DTE.12.0");
dynamic myDTE = System.Activator.CreateInstance (myType); // dynamic linking for DTE-object
}
}
}
The explanation is in this link. It is a compiler error.
