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Basic Form questions

onez

When debugging, can I write messages to the console window? Console.WriteLine("xx"); does not display anything In, my form.cs file, I would like to access some of the forms objects like a textbox in a public class. However, I can only access the objects with form events such as button click. public static void DrawYLabels() { YLabel1.Text = "Y1"; Form1.ActiveForm.YLabel1.Text = "Y1"; // both these don't work }

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Mykonine22y ago
For your first question, yes you can, however you will have to compile it as a console application, not a Windows application. For the latter, do not use the static keyword when you are declaring the method. public static void DrawYLabels() There's a very significant difference between a static and non-static method, something I recommend you get cleared up immediately. I personally don't know how to effectively explain it. Maybe someone else here can.
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