Not declared or inaccessible due to protection levels - VS 2017 errors

Member 8761667

Hello

I am just wondering why, if I have these lines of code in my aspx file

why I would get the following red underlined errors (VS 2017) in my corresponding aspx.vb file:

pnlFormFields.Visible = False
pnlThankYouMessage.Visible = True
LblDate.Text = ReturnDate()

Not declared or inaccessible due to protection levels.

What should I have, please?

Thanks!

Richard Deeming

The most likely cause is that your controls are declared inside a data-bound control - FormView, GridView, ListView, etc.

"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

Member 8761667

Thanks, Richard, for replying. I have this:

Function ReturnDate() As String

Code for ordinal date

End Function

And then:

Protected Sub SendEmail_Click(sender As Object, e As System.EventArgs)

SMTP code here

End Sub

And this, where the errors occur:

Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load

    'user\_name.Focus()

    pnlFormFields.Visible = False
    pnlThankYouMessage.Visible = True
    LblDate.Text = ReturnDate()

End Sub

The forms tell the user 'thank you' when he clicks on 'Send' (the form), but I didn't think it would be part of the SMTP

Protected Sub SendEmail_Click

, and I didn't think the 'show date'would be part of the Date Function, so I put the three lines of code above (the ones with the errors) in that

Protected Sub Page_Load

. Thanks again.

Richard Deeming

As I said, the problem is most likely that your controls are part of a data-bound control. That's in the .aspx file, not the .aspx.vb file. The other option would be if the CodeFile or Inherits attributes on the <%@ Page ... %> directive don't match the code-behind file.

"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

Member 8761667

That's now working fine, Richard, many thanks.