How to Ini variables in C#

Hello! Maybe my title name was a bad choice huh? I am new to C# and am using Visual C# .NET

I need to know where in my code that I can Ini variables so that they can be used anywhere in my program for example. Say I wanted to use


DirectSound Ds;
more than once. Where do I place it? Thanks!

You cannot have variables outside of a class like in C/C++. However, if you have static member of a class, you can access them from anywhere you can access the class type.

Example:

You have one class that contains the static main function.
If this is your form class as VS puts it as default I suggest you put the main function in a class of it's own. Call it "Global" or something similar. Now for each global variable you need create a public static member. Take an integer for example:

class Global
{
public static int Test = 7;

//main function here
}


Now you can access this int anywhere:

Global.Test = 8;

if( Global.Test != 9 ) ...


Please note that if a class contains only static members, as this probably will, it is good practice to have an explicit private contructor, so noone using this class can create an instance of it.