What format needs to be a property?

Question

ALL,

I have a following code with C#:

public int property
{
    set
    {
         tbText.Text = property.ToString();
    }
    get
    {
         return Convert.ToInt32(tbText.Text);
    }
}

When I go to the properties Window, I see the message:

Input string was not in the right format.

tbText is a TextBox control on which I am trying to get or set value.

Initially the control is empty.

What am I doing wrong?

Thank you.

Answer 1

You're looking for the value keyword in your setter.

The contextual keyword value is used in the set accessor in ordinary property declarations. It is similar to an input parameter on a method.

public int property
{
    get
    {             
         int defaultVal;
         int.TryParse(tbText.Text, out defaultVal);
         return defaultVal;
    }
    set
    {
         tbText.Text = value.ToString();
    }
}

Answer 2

When using setters you need to set it to the keyword value:

public int property
{
    set
    {
        tbText.Text = value.ToString();
    }
    get
    {
        return Convert.ToInt32(tbText.Text);
    }
}

So when setting property:

property = 100; // value is equal to whatever you are making property equal.

Hope this helps!