private void button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
HappyBirthday birthdayMessage = new HappyBirthday();
string returnedMessage;
birthdayMessage.PresentCount = 10;
birthdayMessage.MyProperty = ("Shane");
birthdayMessage.PartyStatus = true; //Why is this not working properly?...Isn't this new value supposed to be passed over to the "PartyStatus" property variable in the HappyBirthday class?....Same goes for the code beneath.....WTF?
birthdayMessage.PartyAttendees = 27; //Why is this not working properly?...It seems to be set up the same as the value assignment for birthdayMessage.PresentCount
returnedMessage = birthdayMessage.MyProperty;
MessageBox.Show(returnedMessage);
}
private void button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
HappyBirthday birthdayMessage = new HappyBirthday();
string returnedMessage;
/*******************************************************************************
* ORIGINAL CODE
*
* birthdayMessage.PresentCount = 10;
* birthdayMessage.MyProperty = ("Shane");
* birthdayMessage.PartyStatus = true; //Why is this not working properly?...Isn't this new value supposed to be passed over to the "PartyStatus" property variable in the HappyBirthday class?....Same goes for the code beneath.....WTF?
* birthdayMessage.PartyAttendees = 27; //Why is this not working properly?...It seems to be set up the same as the value assignment for birthdayMessage.PresentCount
* returnedMessage = birthdayMessage.MyProperty;
*
* The whole problem you're having is with the order that things happen.
*
* The message that gets built in getMessage() is using the original values
* in the partyYayNay and partyComers fields.
*
* You are setting PartyStatus and PartyAttendees properties AFTER
* you set MyProperty.
*
* The message that gets built in getMessage doesn't automatically update
* when the values that were used change. You need to move the line of code
* that sets MyProperty so that it's building the message after you've set your
* other values to what you want them to be.
*
* Stepping through the code that builds the message using the debugger
* reveals that the values have not yet been changed at the time the message
* is being built.
*
******************************************************************************/
// Fixed code:
birthdayMessage.PresentCount = 10;
birthdayMessage.PartyStatus = true;
birthdayMessage.PartyAttendees = 27;
birthdayMessage.MyProperty = ("Shane"); // moved this AFTER PartyStatus & PartyAttendees are set
returnedMessage = birthdayMessage.MyProperty;
MessageBox.Show(returnedMessage);
}