CS0120: An object reference is required for the nonstatic field, method, or property 'foo'

Question

Consider:

namespace WindowsApplication1
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            


        

Answer 1

For this case, where you want to get a Control of a Form and are receiving this error, then I have a little bypass for you.

Go to your Program.cs and change

Application.Run(new Form1());

to

public static Form1 form1 = new Form1(); // Place this var out of the constructor
Application.Run(form1);

Now you can access a control with

Program.form1.

Also: Don't forget to set your Control-Access-Level to Public.

And yes I know, this answer does not fit to the question caller, but it fits to googlers who have this specific issue with controls.