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Hi,

Thanks for the feedback.

I verified that if I try to read from the property directly I get the 
following error message (I have truncated the non-essential parts of the 
message and changed the name of the property to a generic name):

>> [C# Error] WinForm.cs(260): Property, indexer, or event 
>> 'SomePropertyName' is not supported by the language; try directly calling 
>> accessor method...

Sure enough if I call get_SomePropertyName() with the appropriate parameters 
everything is just fine.

I just think its rather odd that a new language like C# would not handle 
properties of all sorts given that properties are not a new concept.

Regards, Frederick C. Wilt



"Joanna Carter [TeamB]" <joanna@not.for.spam> wrote in message 
news:4510e002$1@newsgroups.borland.com...
> "Frederick C. Wilt" <fcwilt@mindspring.com> a �crit dans le message de 
> news:
> 4510c1fc$1@newsgroups.borland.com...
>
> | I am new to C# and .NET so bear with me if I don't use the correct 
> terms.
> |
> | I was writing a C# test app (in BDS2006) using this 3rd party library in 
> a
> | .NET DLL. The documentation stated:
> |
> | ---------------------------------------
> | Note that when calling property read methods that require input 
> parameters
> | using C#, "get_" must be appended to the property name. This is an
> | idiosyncrasy of the C# language and is not a naming convention
> inconsistency
> | within this API.
> |
> | ---------------------------------------
> |
> | It seems to be the case and I was wondering why. Seems kind of odd to 
> have
> | this requirement.
>
> ??????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> Interesting :-) I have been using C# for some time now and have never come
> across any such convention.
>
> The normal property declaration is :
>
> class Thing
> {
>  private string name;
>
>  public string Name
>  {
>    get { return name; }
>    set { name = value; }
>  }
> }
>
> However, the quote that you make says something about read methods that
> require input parameters; the only thing I can see that satisifies that
> would be an indexer (array property) :
>
> class Thing
> {
>  private Dictionary<string, Stuff> stuffList;
>
>  public Stuff this[string index]
>  {
>    get { return stuffList[index]; }
>  }
> }
>
> But in no case that I know of would you ever call the accessor method, 
> which
> does get compiled to a hidden method called something like get_Stuff.
>
> Do the docs give any examples of what they are talking about ?
>
> Joanna
>
> -- 
> Joanna Carter [TeamB]
> Consultant Software Engineer
>
>