Static Member ERROR.. PLEASE HELP

Question

Could someone PLEASE tell me why I am getting the following error for the section of code mentioned below...? Static member 'member' cannot be accessed with an instance reference; qualify it with a type name instead if (task0.taskState == TaskId.taskState.alerting) { } TaskId is an object within my project. If anyone can tell me why I am getting error it would be very much appreciated. Thank you. Bob

boxn · Answer

If I understand you have class with static mamber. It's something like this: class Task { public static int taskState = 1; // static mamber /*anything else*/ public Task(){} public int getstatic(){ return taskState; } // metod return value static member } You try create object and read static mamber It's something like this: Task TaskId = new Task(); if (1 == TaskId.taskState) { } and you getting the following error - Static member 'Task.taskState' cannot be accessed with an instance reference; qualify it with a type name instead Answer on your question it's accessed to static member by class name or create some member which return value static member; Task TaskId = new Task(); if (Task.taskState == TaskId.getstatic()) { Console.WriteLine(Everything alright); }