members cannot be accessed with an instance reference

Question

Why I've got this error by code below on bold lines?

Member IocContainer.ShowWeatherDetailViewModel (and IocContainer.ShowWeatherViewModel) cannot be accessed with an instance reference; qualify it with a type name instead.

^{error code: CS0176}

public class IocContainer 
{
    public static IocContainer Ioc
    {
        get { return App.Current.Resources["ioc"] as IocContainer; }
    }

    // Some other static properties.
    // static constructor
}

IocContainer.Ioc.ShowWeatherDetailViewModel.Item = 
                                    IocContainer.Ioc.ShowWeatherViewModel.SelectedVillage;

Presumably your `ShowWeatherDetailViewModel` property is static as well - so you just need `IocContainer.ShowWeatherDetailViewModel`, or make the property an instance property. — Jon Skeet, Dec 25 '15 at 18:50
@JonSkeet: yes, but then I don't use the `IocContainer` from the resources in the `App.xaml` file, sir. — H. Pauwelyn, Dec 25 '15 at 19:00
If you want to use a particular instance (e.g. the instance in your app.xaml) you should make the method an instance method, not static — Chris Shain, Dec 25 '15 at 19:03
As Jon mentioned, you probably have the "static" keyword in the definition of the ShowWeatherDetailViewModel member. You should remove it if you want to access the member of a particular instance. — Chris Shain, Dec 25 '15 at 19:10
Indeed - we basically can't help you without knowing what you're trying to achieve, with a short but complete example. — Jon Skeet, Dec 25 '15 at 19:16

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 25 '15 at 19:20

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I've found it by made IocContainer.ShowWeatherDetailViewModel and IocContainer.ShowWeatherViewModel an instance property.

Thanks to @JonSkeet and @ChrisShain.

answered Dec 25 '15 at 19:20

H. Pauwelyn

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