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[niwrA]

Hi All, 

Here's probably a really stupid question, but I'm stumped and Google doesn't help either.

In a class, I have a public string property called Value. If I simply define it as public string Value; my application works great. If I change it to use get and set, with a private container called _value, I get a bad image format exception. I really don't understand ... am I missing something?

So when I comment out public string Value below, and comment in public string Value { get ... etc.} I get an error, but vice versa no problem:

string _value = "";

// public string Value;

public string Value
{
get
{
Console.WriteLine("Reading value from element: " + _value);
return this._value;
}
set
{
Console.WriteLine("Setting element value to: " + value);
this._value = value;
}
}

[HeffJoker]

Unfortunately, I'm not sure as to why you're getting that error. But you might "fix" it by using a different name other than "value". As a general programming rule, I tend to stay away from using variable names close to reserved words as much as possible. Not only does this help make the code readable, but it also prevents unexplained bugs. If I can try to run your code later today, I'll update you on if I find the exact problem. Hope that helps.

[niwrA]

Yes, I think I tried Value2 just for testing, and then it seemed to work, so you're probably right.

I wonder if I can use [Value] ? I'll try that.