C# Access dictionary from different class

Question

I've been working on a project using a dictionary, but I got a problem. In my one wpf class (form) I create a dictionary with some stuff inside. In my second class, I want to read from that dictionary, so I've set the modifier of my dictionary to 'public'. And there is the problem. My dictionary gives the error: CS0050: Inconsistent accessibility: return type 'Dictionary<int, CachedSound>' is less accessible than field 'LoadAudioForm.noteValue'. Does any of you know how to fix this?

This is a part of my code of my first class:

public partial class LoadAudioForm : Form
{
    public Dictionary<int, CachedSound> noteValue = new Dictionary<int, CachedSound>();

private void worker_DoWork(object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e)
    {
        var worker = sender as BackgroundWorker;
        for (int i = 36; i < 97; i++)
        {
            noteValue.Add(i, new CachedSound("E:/VirtualCarillon/VirtualCarillon/VirtualCarillon/VirtualCarillon/Audio/01/" + i + ".wav"));
        }

And now the second class:

AudioPlaybackEngine.Instance.PlaySound(LoadAudioForm.noteValue[ne.NoteNumber + (Convert.ToInt32(nVelR) * 100)]);

look [here](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1632525/inconsistent-accessibility-error) — styx, Sep 05 '21 at 11:00

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 05 '21 at 11:01

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It looks like you are accessing the dictionary like it is a static variable but it is not.

If it fits your logic, you can change the dictionary to be static.

public static Dictionary<int, CachedSound> noteValue =
    new Dictionary<int, CachedSound>();

answered Sep 05 '21 at 11:01

Misha Zaslavsky

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This doesn't seem to work for me. Same error as before. – Alexander Bunt Sep 05 '21 at 12:25

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 05 '21 at 11:07

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It's as the error says: The type of the field is less accessible than the field itself.

The field is public so the field's type must be at least public or otherwise the compiler will complain about this inconsistency.

The field's type in your code is Dictionary<int, CachedSound>; We know Dictionary and int are public, so check CachedSound's access modifier and make sure it's not internal or private.

answered Sep 05 '21 at 11:07

Bizhan

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Yup, this was the problem. My CachedSound class didn't have any modifier, so I changed it to public, and that solved the problem. Thank you very much! – Alexander Bunt Sep 05 '21 at 12:27

C# Access dictionary from different class

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