[Question] Make function accessible from any codefile in project

[-Ryuk-]

Hello

I have this in my Form1.cs:

         public void msg1(string msgtype, string Message)
        {

            string time = DateTime.Now.ToShortTimeString();
            String res = "[" + time + "] " + Message;
            int selectionStart = richTextBox1.TextLength;
            richTextBox1.AppendText(res + Environment.NewLine);
            // OR rtbTestResult.Text += res + Environment.NewLine;
            richTextBox1.SelectionStart = selectionStart;
            richTextBox1.SelectionLength = res.Length;
            //Set colour(0=Red|1=Green|2=Black)
            if (msgtype == "0")
            {
                richTextBox1.SelectionColor = Color.Red;
                richTextBox1.ScrollToCaret();
            }
            else if (msgtype == "1")
            {
                richTextBox1.SelectionColor = Color.Green;
                richTextBox1.ScrollToCaret();
            }
            else if (msgtype == "2")
            {
                richTextBox1.SelectionColor = Color.Black;
                richTextBox1.ScrollToCaret();
            }
            
        }

I want to access it from codefile1.cs. but:

msg1("2","test message");

Doesn't work.

So I tired changing:

public void msg1(string msgtype, string Message)

to:

static public void msg1(string msgtype, string Message)

but now richTextBox1 has the red line under it to show an error, like this:


the error shows:


Any help please?

[snigelmannen]

Read through the code 3 - 100 times and see what you did wrong? You obviously made something wrong as it only runs as you programmed it too.

[-Ryuk-]

Its working as it was originally intended ^^

[ReidE96]

Cheap n' nasty workround is to have a Form1 object created when the program starts as a global, then run that .msg1