Why won't form1.show() work?

Question

This is a simple 2 form application, created by selecting New|C# Project from VS 2010.

I then added a second form, call it form2.cs.

I added some controls on Form2.cs.

I added a button on Form1.cs

Double click button on Form1.

Intellisense picks up Form2 as I type - press the period (.) and there's no Show() method.

Type in show(); anyway and it tells me that form2 does not contain a definition for SHOW()!

What gives?  Why does it do this to me today, must I just sit here and cry maybe?

Help...

Answer 1

You need to create an instance of Form2 to show.  For instance:

Form2 l_form = new Form2();
l_form.Show();

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Answer 2

Exactly as TSoftware explained. You must use a keyword new, this creates a new instance of Form1 object. And on this instance then you can call Show() method.

You can even do it in short way:

new Form2().Show();

if you do not use the Form`s referecne (like l_form in TSoftware`s example), you can do it like I did.

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Mitja