error CS0027: Keyword 'this' is not available in the current context [duplicate]

Question

I have the following initialization of a constructor:

public partial class WizardPage1 : WizardPage
{
    public WizardPage1()
        : base(0, getLocalizedString(this.GetType(), "PageTitle"))
    {
    }
}

where

public static string getLocalizedString(Type type, string strResID)
{
}

but this.GetType() part causes the following error:

error CS0027: Keyword 'this' is not available in the current context

Any idea how to resolve it?

Answer 1

The 'this' keyword refers to the current instance of the class. In the constructor, you don't have access to the instance because you are about to create one... So try below:

public partial class WizardPage1 : WizardPage
{
    public WizardPage1()
        : base(0, getLocalizedString(typeof(WizardPage1), "PageTitle"))
    {
    }
}