Reference to a non-shared member requires an object reference - vb.net

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I am getting the above error now when I run one of my ASPX pages, written in VB.NET. So I tried following the solution at:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/zwwhc0d0(v=vs.80).aspx
The above link seemed promising, cause it seemed to describe my problem exactly. However, I got the following error from this solution:
Compiler Error Message: BC30456:
'GlobalF2' is not a member of
'GlobalFunctions' Line 88:
DSProductData =
GlobalFunctions.GlobalF2.ComplaintTrendingDrillDown3p(FirstMonthDate,
LastMonthDate, TheLevel, ProductGroup,
TheCategory, ListNumber)
And here is my modified source code causing this error, but based off of Mike Smith's solution:
Namespace GlobalFunctions
Public Class GlobalF
Public Function ComplaintTrendingDrillDown3p(ByVal FirstMonth As DateTime, ByVal LastMonth As DateTime, ByVal rowLevel As Integer, ByVal productGroup As String, ByVal category As String, ByVal ListNumber As String) As DataSet
Dim DSPageData As New System.Data.DataSet
Dim param(5) As SqlClient.SqlParameter
param(0) = New SqlParameter("#FirstMonthDate", SqlDbType.DateTime)
param(0).Value = FirstMonth
param(1) = New SqlParameter("#LastMonthDate", SqlDbType.DateTime)
param(1).Value = LastMonth
param(2) = New SqlParameter("#TheLevel", SqlDbType.Int)
param(2).Value = rowLevel
param(3) = New SqlParameter("#ProductGroup", SqlDbType.Varchar)
param(3).Value = productGroup
param(4) = New SqlParameter("#TheCategory", SqlDbType.Varchar)
param(4).Value = category
param(5) = New SqlParameter("#ListNumber", SqlDbType.Varchar)
param(5).Value = ListNumber
''# A Using block will ensure the .Dispose() method is called for these variables, even if an exception is thrown
''# This is IMPORTANT - not disposing your connections properly can result in an unrespsonsive database
Using conn As New SQLConnection(ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings("AMDMetricsDevConnectionString")), _
cmd As New SQLCommand("ComplaintTrendingDrillDown3p", conn), _
da As New SQLDataAdapter(cmd)
cmd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure
cmd.Parameters.AddRange(param)
da.Fill(DSPageData)
End Using
Return DSPageData
End Function
End Class
Public Class CallingClass
Dim GlobalF2 As New GlobalF
Public Function ComplaintTrendingDrillDown3p(ByVal FirstMonth As DateTime, ByVal LastMonth As DateTime, ByVal rowLevel As Integer, ByVal productGroup As String, ByVal category As String, ByVal ListNumber As String) As DataSet
Dim DSPageData As New System.Data.DataSet
Dim param(5) As SqlClient.SqlParameter
param(0) = New SqlParameter("#FirstMonthDate", SqlDbType.DateTime)
param(0).Value = FirstMonth
param(1) = New SqlParameter("#LastMonthDate", SqlDbType.DateTime)
param(1).Value = LastMonth
param(2) = New SqlParameter("#TheLevel", SqlDbType.Int)
param(2).Value = rowLevel
param(3) = New SqlParameter("#ProductGroup", SqlDbType.Varchar)
param(3).Value = productGroup
param(4) = New SqlParameter("#TheCategory", SqlDbType.Varchar)
param(4).Value = category
param(5) = New SqlParameter("#ListNumber", SqlDbType.Varchar)
param(5).Value = ListNumber
''# A Using block will ensure the .Dispose() method is called for these variables, even if an exception is thrown
''# This is IMPORTANT - not disposing your connections properly can result in an unrespsonsive database
Using conn As New SQLConnection(ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings("AMDMetricsDevConnectionString")), _
cmd As New SQLCommand("ComplaintTrendingDrillDown3p", conn), _
da As New SQLDataAdapter(cmd)
cmd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure
cmd.Parameters.AddRange(param)
da.Fill(DSPageData)
End Using
Return DSPageData
End Function
End Class
End Namespace
I think Mike Smith is correct about not using Shared, cause I think that caused this problem. However, I am a newbie at VB.NET and I'm not sure how else to declare an instance as an object variable and then reference this instance by variable name. Can you help?
OK, ur solution looked very good to me. I want to make sure I implemented it correctly though. Can you compare mine to urs?
Now I get the same error I had initially...Maybe it's overwriting data in the table?
Dim gf As New GlobalFunctions.CallingClass
DSProductData = gf.GlobalF2.ComplaintTrendingDrillDown3p(FirstMonthDate, LastMonthDate, TheLevel, ProductGroup, TheCategory, ListNumber)
...
Public Class CallingClass
Public GlobalF2 As New GlobalF
'Public Function CallingClass(ByVal FirstMonth As DateTime, ByVal LastMonth As DateTime, ByVal rowLevel As Integer, ByVal productGroup As String, ByVal category As String, ByVal ListNumber As String)
' Dim cc_new As New CallingClass()
'End Function
Public Function ComplaintTrendingDrillDown3p(ByVal FirstMonth As DateTime, ByVal LastMonth As DateTime, ByVal rowLevel As Integer, ByVal productGroup As String, ByVal category As String, ByVal ListNumber As String) As DataSet
Dim DSPageData As New System.Data.DataSet
Dim param(5) As SqlClient.SqlParameter
param(0) = New SqlParameter("#FirstMonthDate", SqlDbType.DateTime)
param(0).Value = FirstMonth
param(1) = New SqlParameter("#LastMonthDate", SqlDbType.DateTime)
param(1).Value = LastMonth
param(2) = New SqlParameter("#TheLevel", SqlDbType.Int)
param(2).Value = rowLevel
param(3) = New SqlParameter("#ProductGroup", SqlDbType.Varchar)
param(3).Value = productGroup
param(4) = New SqlParameter("#TheCategory", SqlDbType.Varchar)
param(4).Value = category
param(5) = New SqlParameter("#ListNumber", SqlDbType.Varchar)
param(5).Value = ListNumber
''# A Using block will ensure the .Dispose() method is called for these variables, even if an exception is thrown
''# This is IMPORTANT - not disposing your connections properly can result in an unrespsonsive database
Using conn As New SQLConnection(ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings("AMDMetricsDevConnectionString")), _
cmd As New SQLCommand("ComplaintTrendingDrillDown3p", conn), _
da As New SQLDataAdapter(cmd)
cmd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure
cmd.Parameters.AddRange(param)
da.Fill(DSPageData)
End Using
Return DSPageData
End Function
End Class
And the error:
System.ArgumentException: Column
'QXP_SHORT_DESC' does not belong to
table Table.
The offending line:
If pException("QXP_SHORT_DESC") =
TheCategory Then

Answer 1

You can't dim an instance of a class outside a method you can use
public GlobalF2 As New GlobalF
EDIT
I'm not sure exactly what you are attempting to do but pulling all of the extraneous code out.
Class File
Namespace GlobalFunctions
Public Class GlobalF
Public Sub DoSomthing()
Console.WriteLine("hi")
End Sub
End Class
Public Class CallingClass
Public GlobalF2 As New GlobalF
Public x As Int16 = 3
End Class
End Namespace
Main File
Imports System.IO
Module Module1
Public Sub Main()
Dim gf As New GlobalFunctions.CallingClass
gf.GlobalF2.DoSomthing()
End Sub
End Module