Hello,

Are there some guys that also do study MCTS Moc2547 C#?
If so:
it's about the resource toolkit book C# example code snippet, page 132.

can someone tell me where 'Settings' in:

public Color BackColor{
get{return (Settings["BackColor"]);}
}
applies to?

I get a compile error:
'myApplicationSettingsExperiment02.Settings' is a 'type' but is used like a 'variable'

I search/read everything but cannot find it or is it a typo?
Or what object is ment by 'Settings'?

regards,

Henk

I allready tried.....

In intellisense 'Properties dot' shows no 'Settings' item.
But the nearest items shown in intellisense are 'SetReadOnly' and 'SyncRoot'
Even if I include 'using System.Configuration'.
It's all about a class MyUserSettings derived from ApplicationSettingsBase.

In my Form.cs the 'Properties dot' DOES show 'Settings' in intellisense.

I allready inclused all 'usings' from Form.cs in MyUserSettings.cs but to no avail.

So the cause of the problem must be searched elsewhere

Henk

If I use

myApplication.Properties.
then Settings is part of intellisense but when building again an error occors

Error 1 'myApplicationSettingsExperiment02.Properties.Settings' is a 'type', which is not valid in the given context

Somehow I'm misinterpreting things.

'Settings' is an IDE generated class:
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namespace myApplicationSettingsExperiment02.Properties
internal sealed partial class Settings : global:: System.Configuration.ApplicationSettingsBase
----------------------------------------

So 'Settings["BackColor"]' seems to refer to this 'Settings' class item indexed by the BackColor item.

I wonder how a class must be defined so you can access it with a textual index.

Well it turned out after contacting the helpdesk of the course-support that it is an error in the coursebook and it should be the keyword 'this' and not 'Settings'.

wrong:
return (Settings["BackColor"]);

okay:
return (this["BackColor"]);

thanks anyway