Compilation error message?

Steve Higham

12y1.6kVisual Basic .NET

Hello

In my Register.aspx.cs (a Web form for new users), I am getting the following error:

Compiler Error Message: CS1518: Expected class, delegate, enum, interface, or struct

The error refers to this line: public static string GetConnString()

In particular Visual Studio does not like 'string' in the above line which it has underlined in red.

How can I correct that, please?

Many thanks.

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Steve Higham12y ago

Hello Vulpes
Thanks again for your help
I got a blue screen this morning and need to replace my hard drive and download Visual Studio again
As soon as I have done that - in the next 3-4 days - I will try out your script
Thanks again!
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Vulpes12y ago
It does appear from that code that your GetConnString() method is not declared inside a class.

If you put it in a class - Connection let's say - then the error should go away and you can call the static method with Connection.GetConnString().
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Steve Higham12y ago

Thanks for your reply
Yes, I have this:
using Microsoft.AspNet.Identity;
using System;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web.UI;
using WebSite1;

public static string GetConnString()

Website1 is the name of the site itself
Thanks for looking at the code
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Vulpes12y ago
This error can occur for a number of reasons.

Perhaps the most common one is that you've inadvertently defined the method outside of a class bearing in mind that 'global' functions aren't supported by C#.

If that's not the reason then can you post the code you have immediately above:

public static string GetConnString()

so we can see if we can figure it out.

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Steve Higham12y ago

Thanks, Dipankar
As recommended in the stackflow answer, I have changed the line to:
public static String GetConnString()
with a capital 'S' and even
public virtual String
but Visual Studio is still underling the words 'String'
Any other ideas what the problem might be?

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Dipankar Biswas12y ago
http://www.ironspeed.com/Designer/11.0.0/WebHelp/Part_VI/Error_CS1518_Expected_class_delegate_enum_interface_or_struct.htm

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21910568/cs1518-expected-class-delegate-enum-interface-or-struct
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