Thread: only static data members can be initialized inside a ref class or value type

Hi guys,

Do any of you know how to correct the error when using bool OkToClose = false;??

The error I have got is:

Error: error C3845: 'MyApplication::Form1::OkToClose': only static data members can be initialized inside a ref class or value type

Code:

#pragma once

using namespace System;
using namespace System::ComponentModel;
using namespace System::Collections;
using namespace System::Windows::Forms;
using namespace System::Data;
using namespace System::Drawing;

namespace Form1 {

	/// <summary>
	/// Summary for Form1
	///
	/// WARNING: If you change the name of this class, you will need to change the
	///    'Resource File Name' property for the managed resource compiler tool
	///    associated with all .resx files this class depends on.  Otherwise,
	///    the designers will not be able to interact properly with localized
	///    resources associated with this form.
	/// </summary>
	public ref class Form1: public System::Windows::Forms::Form
	{
	public:
		Form1(void)
		{
			InitializeComponent();
			//
			//TODO: Add the constructor code here
			//
		}

	protected:
		/// <summary>
		/// Clean up any resources being used.
		/// </summary>
		~Form1()
		{
			if (components)
			{
				delete components;
			}
		}
	protected: 

	private:
		/// <summary>
		/// Required designer variable.
		/// </summary>
		System::ComponentModel::Container ^components;

#pragma region Windows Form Designer generated code
		/// <summary>
		/// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
		/// the contents of this method with the code editor.
		/// </summary>
		void InitializeComponent(void)
		{
			this->SuspendLayout();
			// 
			// Form1
			// 
			this->AutoScaleDimensions = System::Drawing::SizeF(6, 13);
			this->AutoScaleMode = System::Windows::Forms::AutoScaleMode::Font;
			this->ClientSize = System::Drawing::Size(292, 266);
			this->Controls->Add(this->comboBox1);
			this->Controls->Add(this->button1);
			this->Name = L"Form1";
			this->Text = L"Form1";
			this->Load += gcnew System::EventHandler(this, &Form1::Form1_Load);
			this->ResumeLayout(false);

		}
#pragma endregion

bool OkToClose = false;
};
}

Any advice would be much appreciate.

Thanks,
Mark

The message is self-explanatory. Your code declares OkToClose as a non-static member of the class Form1. Such class members cannot be initialised at the point they are declared.

If you want a solution, it would have helped if you had actually specified what your programming language is. If you force people to guess on such things, the likelihood of getting useful advice goes down. Your code looks ostensibly like C++, but will never get past a vanilla C++ compiler. From that, I suspect your code is either C# or some form of managed C++, so I will only give you a generic hint of the solution - you'll have to bridge the gaps.....

If the member has to be static (i.e. only one instance of OkToClose for all instances of Form1) then declare it as static. If it is not static (which is the case in your code) take of the "= false" initialisation and do an appropriate initialisation in the constructor(s) of Form1.