C#•6mo ago

✅ Rider Program does not contain Static Main

Program does not contain a static 'Main' method suitable for an entry point Program.Helper.cs

using System.Globalization;

partial class Program
{
    private static void ConfigureConsole(string culture = "en-US", bool useComputerCulture = false)
    {
        OutputEncoding = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8;
        
        if(!useComputerCulture) CultureInfo.CurrentCulture = CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo(culture);
        
        WriteLine($"Current Culture: {CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.DisplayName}");
    }

    private static void WriteLineInColor(string value, ConsoleColor color = ConsoleColor.White)
    {
        ConsoleColor previousColor = ForegroundColor;
        ForegroundColor = color;
        WriteLine(value);
        ForegroundColor = previousColor;
    }
}

using System.Globalization;

partial class Program
{
    private static void ConfigureConsole(string culture = "en-US", bool useComputerCulture = false)
    {
        OutputEncoding = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8;
        
        if(!useComputerCulture) CultureInfo.CurrentCulture = CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo(culture);
        
        WriteLine($"Current Culture: {CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.DisplayName}");
    }

    private static void WriteLineInColor(string value, ConsoleColor color = ConsoleColor.White)
    {
        ConsoleColor previousColor = ForegroundColor;
        ForegroundColor = color;
        WriteLine(value);
        ForegroundColor = previousColor;
    }
}

My Program.cs is empty

43 Replies

333fred•6mo ago

Not sure what you're expecting us to say? If you don't have a Main method or a file with top-level statements, then there indeed isn't an entry point

Jimmacle•6mo ago

not a rider problem, i'm not even sure how you got here because no standard C# project template that looks like this

Angius•6mo ago

Your Program class is partial too, so I assume you're doing something weird

RobertGeeOP•6mo ago

in vscode is does it automatically with top level statements?

333fred•6mo ago

No idea what you mean by that

RobertGeeOP•6mo ago

I get it completely the error etc, just switching from vscode to rider this error is apparent unless i am doing something differently

Jimmacle•6mo ago

this has nothing to do with your editor the way your project looks when you create it depends on the template and options you selected

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RobertGeeOP•6mo ago

example old project

Jimmacle•6mo ago

i feel like you're not listening to what we're saying you did something to make your project not have a main/TLS no template comes like that

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Jimmacle•6mo ago

regardless, just add a main or a file with top level statements and that will solve the problem

RobertGeeOP•6mo ago

i did dotnet new console and yeah true obj / bin should not be added mb

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RobertGeeOP•6mo ago

yep

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Jimmacle•6mo ago

dotnet new console will make a Program.cs with TLS

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RobertGeeOP•6mo ago

yeah it did

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Jimmacle•6mo ago

and then you deleted the code from Program.cs

RobertGeeOP•6mo ago

oooh

Jimmacle•6mo ago

so it doesn't know what to use as a main anymore

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RobertGeeOP•6mo ago

bro i get it aah yeah okay so if i put anything like writeline we all good

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Jimmacle•6mo ago

yes, or add an explicit main method $mains

MODiX•6mo ago

The possible signatures for Main are

public static void Main() { }
public static int Main() { }
public static void Main(string[] args) { }
public static int Main(string[] args) { }
public static async Task Main() { }
public static async Task<int> Main() { }
public static async Task Main(string[] args) { }
public static async Task<int> Main(string[] args) { }

public static void Main() { }
public static int Main() { }
public static void Main(string[] args) { }
public static int Main(string[] args) { }
public static async Task Main() { }
public static async Task<int> Main() { }
public static async Task Main(string[] args) { }
public static async Task<int> Main(string[] args) { }

public is not required (can be any accessibility). Top-level statements are compiled into a Main method and will use an appropriate signature depending on the body. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-US/dotnet/csharp/fundamentals/program-structure/main-command-line

Main() and command-line arguments - C#

Learn about Main() and command-line arguments. The 'Main' method is the entry point of an executable program.

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RobertGeeOP•6mo ago

yeah works thanks, yeah i needed something in their to declare it as TLS

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RobertGeeOP•6mo ago

i do not use #region aha not yet anyways

Jimmacle•6mo ago

this is the second time i've seen regions used so terribly

RobertGeeOP•6mo ago

im going through the book series, on the second rn

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RobertGeeOP•6mo ago

i used regions in game dev unity a ton to seperate logic but i guess that game dev

Jimmacle•6mo ago

if this is what the book is teaching you to do, you might want to find a different book regions in general aren't super useful, regions inside a single method is insane

RobertGeeOP•6mo ago

its not a "this is the definite coding way" more just to learn some stuff with basic assistance more of a topic coverage

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RobertGeeOP•6mo ago

yeah, i do not treat any content online as "best practices" ngl

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RobertGeeOP•6mo ago

sick thanks guys, me being dumb ngl

Angius•6mo ago

The codebase is wild in general lmao Target-type new next to format: passed to Console.WriteLine

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✅ Rider Program does not contain Static Main