no vailid "Main" entry point

Code:

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.String;

namespace JWGenetics
{
    // instance Class
    public class Prog
    {

 //  public static void Main(string[] args)
        static void Main()



       {
           Genetics jw = new Genetics();
            jw.prog();
        } // end main
    
    }     // end class prog

      public  class Genetics
        {

            //create list for sire data
            public List<int> siregtype = new List<int>();
            //create list for dam data
            public List<int> damgtype = new List<int>();
            public const int rows = 128;
            public const int columns = 7;
            // create lists for dictionaries
            public List<int> colorslist = new List<int>();
            public List<int> gtypelist = new List<int>();


            // create sire & dam data 2D arrays
            public int[,] siredata = new int[rows, columns];
            public int[,] damdata = new int[rows, columns];
            //create offspring 1D array
            public int[] offspring = new int[14];
            // create sire && dam 1D arrays
            public int[] sire = new int[14];
            public int[] dam = new int[14];
            // create child 4D array
            public int[, , ,] child = new int[color_counter, 4];

            public Dictionary<string, int> colors = new Dictionary<string, int>();
            public string color; //name
            Dictionary<string, string> geneo = new Dictionary<string, string>();
            public string gtype; //geneotype 


            // gene groups
            public int Broken, Agouti, Brown, Colour, Dilute, Ext, Vienna;

            // Vienna types flags
            bool vienna = false; bool vm = false; bool vc = false;
            //color flags
            bool dilute = false; bool charlie = false; bool broken = false; bool rew = false;

            // data holders
            public int sen1, sen2, sa1, sa2, sb1, sb2, sc1, sc2, sd1, sd2, se1, se2, sv1, sv2;
            public int den1, den2, da1, da2, db1, db2, dc1, dc2, dd1, dd2, de1, de2, dv1, dv2;
            public char colorpct;

            // declare counters //
            public int sirecounter = 0;
            public int damcounter = 0;
            public int offspringcounter = 0;
            public int totalcount = 0;
            public int color_count = 0;
            public static bool e_trap;


    
          // main function


            // start program run          
            public void program()
            {
                //housekeeping
                // array setup variables for parseing combinations into the correct fields
                Broken = (rows / 2);
                Agouti = (Broken / 2);
                Brown = (Agouti / 2);
                Colour = (Brown / 2);
                Dilute = (Colour / 2);
                Ext = (Dilute / 2);
                Vienna = (Ext / 2);

                setup_sire();
                setup_dam();
                child_setup();
                //  child_calc();  // determine % of each pheneotype && output to screen


                return;
            }

I'm getting this message:
Error 1 Program 'C:\Documents and Settings\XXXX\My Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Projects\LapinGenetics1\ConsoleApplication1\o bj\x86\Release\RabbitGenetics.exe' does not contain a static 'Main' method suitable for an entry point

I've checked the properties settings and they seem fine. What should be the properties settings?

Make main() public, please.

Don't know why you feel the need to comment the main method supplied to you. But in any case, making your replacement method public is all you need.

But in any case, making your replacement method public is all you need.

I doubt that. The CLR doesn't give a hoot about the access modifier applied to Main(). More likely is that the build settings for the project got mucked up. Perhaps the build action for that file isn't set to "Compile".

You're also calling

Code:

jw.prog()

, but there's no prog() method in the Genetics class.

Yup. Sorry about that. Confessedly I lost track of the main entry rules, being that this is automatically supplied to me. One of the "perks" of making it simple for us. Neither, to be true, I payed enough attention to the code.

So... let's do this properly:

The class where main() resides is not the default Program class. So if you wish that main function to be your entry point, you need to alter the project properties. Under the tab Application, you'll find a Startup object listbox. Set it to point to JWGenetics.Prog. That should fix this particular error. Note that I'm not looking at any other part of your code.

Thanks for the info.
I've tried to change the startup object but I can't change it. It's stuck on not set and no other options are given.

Why don't you just make a new project and paste your code into it? Make sure you paste it all - as your first example is actually missing a few closing braces.


Quzah.

"I've tried to change the startup object but I can't change it. It's stuck on not set and no other options are given. "

Make sure all the projects within the solution have a Main entry point.