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c#windows-phone-8.1
MrEko
MrEko

Reputation: 89

Why does visual studio give me this error type expected

I'm Developing windows phone 8.1 application when i want to start emulator Give me this error "Type expected" line 27 this is the line of code:

statusBar.BackgroundColor = new ((SolidColorBrush)Windows.UI.Xaml.Application.Current.Resources["PhoneAccentBrush"]);

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Upvotes: 0

Views: 3724

Answers (2)

Zaheer Ahmed
Zaheer Ahmed

Reputation: 28528

Error is clear, you are not telling the type name:

statusBar.BackgroundColor = new (...);
                         -------^

Now, you've got a SolidColorBrush (after casting) but you're trying to get a Color. Fortunately, SolidColorBrush has a Color property which is what I suspect you want:

var brush = (SolidColorBrush) Application.Current.Resources["PhoneAccentBrush"];
statusBar.BackgroundColor = brush.Color;

Upvotes: 2

Jon Skeet
Jon Skeet

Reputation: 1499760

You're trying to use the new operator, which requires a type, like this:

variable = new SomeType(constructorArguments);

You've got new and then a cast.

I suspect you just want the cast, without new:

// With a using directive for Windows.UI.Xaml...
statusBar.BackgroundColor = (SolidColorBrush) Application.Current.Resources["PhoneAccentBrush"];

Upvotes: 0

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