"does not contain a static 'main' method suitable for an entry point"

Question

I can't figure what's my wrong with my code below.

When I try to compile I get the message:

does not contain a static 'main' method suitable for an entry point.

This is my code:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace RandomNumberGenerator
{

public partial class Form1 : Form
{
    private const int rangeNumberMin = 1;
    private const int rangeNumberMax = 3;
    private int randomNumber;

public Form1()
{            
        randomNumber = GenerateNumber(rangeNumberMin, rangeNumberMax);
}

private int GenerateNumber(int min,int max)
    {
        Random random = new Random();
        return random.Next(min, max);
    }

private void Display(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {                       
        switch (randomNumber)
        {
            case 1:
            MessageBox.Show("A");
            break;
            case 2:
            MessageBox.Show("B");
            break;
            case 3:
            MessageBox.Show("C");
            break;
        }

    }           
}
}

Can someone please tell me where I've gone wrong.

Answer 1

simple change in code. main method should be 'Main' (Capital M).

Answer 2

Your project must be created as an empty project. So the output type shows as Console Application. Change it to Class library, and it should work

Answer 3

Every C# program needs an entry point. By default, a new c# Windows Forms project includes a Program class in a Program.cs file:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace StackOverflow6
{
    static class Program
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// The main entry point for the application.
        /// </summary>
        [STAThread]
        static void Main()
        {
            Application.EnableVisualStyles();
            Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
            Application.Run(new Form1());
        }
    }
}

You are probably missing this or deleted it.

Answer 4

I just had this issue myself.

I created a winforms project, decided to refactor my code and the project would now not contain the UI, so I deleted the Program.cs and winforms files only to get the same error you were getting.

You either need to re add the static void main() method as Matt Houser mentioned above, or go into the project properties and change the output type in the Application tab to Class Library.