dont understand this error

[Andy]

im writing a c# console app and have this code:

using System;
 
namespace Anonymous_Mail_CS
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Send eMail Anonymousely
    /// using any smtp server.
    /// </summary>
    class Anonymous_Mail_CS
    {
 
            System.Web.Mail.MailMessage myMessage = new System.Web.Mail.MailMessage();
 
        static void Main()
        {
 
            Console.Write("Specify SMTP Server: ");
            System.Web.Mail.SmtpMail.SmtpServer = Console.ReadLine();
 
            Console.Write("Specify 'To': ");
            myMessage.To = Console.ReadLine();
 
            Console.Write("Specify 'From': ");
            myMessage.From = Console.ReadLine();
 
            Console.Write("Specify 'Subject': ");
            myMessage.Subject = Console.ReadLine();
 
            Console.WriteLine("Write your message:");
            myMessage.Body =  Console.ReadLine();
            
            
        }
    
    }//end class Anonymous_Mail_CS
}//end namespace Anonymous_Mail_CS

here is the series of errors when trying to build the project:
c:\Visual Studio Projects\Anonymous Mail CS\Class1.cs(21): 'Anonymous_Mail_CS.Anonymous_Mail_CS.myMessage' denotes a 'field' where a 'class' was expected
c:\Visual Studio Projects\Anonymous Mail CS\Class1.cs(24): 'Anonymous_Mail_CS.Anonymous_Mail_CS.myMessage' denotes a 'field' where a 'class' was expected
c:\Visual Studio Projects\Anonymous Mail CS\Class1.cs(27): 'Anonymous_Mail_CS.Anonymous_Mail_CS.myMessage' denotes a 'field' where a 'class' was expected
c:\Visual Studio Projects\Anonymous Mail CS\Class1.cs(30): 'Anonymous_Mail_CS.Anonymous_Mail_CS.myMessage' denotes a 'field' where a 'class' was expected


can i NOT declare a class level variable of MailMessage type?

also, Intellisense doesn't recognize the variable when it's declared where it currently is.

what am i overlooking here?

another thing i'd like to find out is why i have to use a static member of smtpMail (smtpserver) when in visual basic.net, i can use an instance of the smtpMail class? can someone tell me what the difference is between the languages here?

[MrPolite]

im writing a c# console app and have this code:

using System;
 
namespace Anonymous_Mail_CS
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Send eMail Anonymousely
    /// using any smtp server.
    /// </summary>
    class Anonymous_Mail_CS
    {
 
            System.Web.Mail.MailMessage myMessage = new System.Web.Mail.MailMessage();
 
        static void Main()
        {
 
            Console.Write("Specify SMTP Server: ");
            System.Web.Mail.SmtpMail.SmtpServer = Console.ReadLine();
 
            Console.Write("Specify 'To': ");
            myMessage.To = Console.ReadLine();
 
            Console.Write("Specify 'From': ");
            myMessage.From = Console.ReadLine();
 
            Console.Write("Specify 'Subject': ");
            myMessage.Subject = Console.ReadLine();
 
            Console.WriteLine("Write your message:");
            myMessage.Body =  Console.ReadLine();
            
            
        }
    
    }//end class Anonymous_Mail_CS
}//end namespace Anonymous_Mail_CS

here is the series of errors when trying to build the project:
c:\Visual Studio Projects\Anonymous Mail CS\Class1.cs(21): 'Anonymous_Mail_CS.Anonymous_Mail_CS.myMessage' denotes a 'field' where a 'class' was expected
c:\Visual Studio Projects\Anonymous Mail CS\Class1.cs(24): 'Anonymous_Mail_CS.Anonymous_Mail_CS.myMessage' denotes a 'field' where a 'class' was expected
c:\Visual Studio Projects\Anonymous Mail CS\Class1.cs(27): 'Anonymous_Mail_CS.Anonymous_Mail_CS.myMessage' denotes a 'field' where a 'class' was expected
c:\Visual Studio Projects\Anonymous Mail CS\Class1.cs(30): 'Anonymous_Mail_CS.Anonymous_Mail_CS.myMessage' denotes a 'field' where a 'class' was expected


can i NOT declare a class level variable of MailMessage type?

also, Intellisense doesn't recognize the variable when it's declared where it currently is.

what am i overlooking here?

another thing i'd like to find out is why i have to use a static member of smtpMail (smtpserver) when in visual basic.net, i can use an instance of the smtpMail class? can someone tell me what the difference is between the languages here?

hmm that's all the code? the errors seem to be from lines 21, 24, 27, 30... anything on those lines?

[DeadEyes]

do you need using System.Web.Mail; after using System;

[Pirate]

Mark the vari "myMessage" as 'static' .

[Andy]

That sure worked! Thanks. If you use a class level variable anywhere in a console app, you need to mark it as STATIC?

[axion_sa]

That sure worked! Thanks. If you use a class level variable anywhere in a console app, you need to mark it as STATIC?

Nope, you're actually using the console application start up incorrectly. You should be using something along the lines of:

public class ConsoleApp
{
	/// <summary>Fires when the console application is started</sumary>
	public static void main(string[] args)
	{
		ConsoleApp myConsole = new ConsoleApp();
		myConsole.Foo();
	}

	private int classLevelVariable = 0;

	/// <summary>Default constructor</summary>
	public ConsoleApp()
	{
	}

	/// <summary>The actual console process</summary>
	public void Foo()
	{
		Console.WriteLine("Value = " + classLevelVariable.ToString());
	}
}

[Pirate]

That sure worked! Thanks. If you use a class level variable anywhere in a console app, you need to mark it as STATIC?

It depends on the logic and the functionality you're making . It requires more OOP read . To sum up, variables accessibility and visiblity (info hiding) :
if you want to reference a non-static variable in static method , then you have to have object reference of that class first .