The name "WriteLine" does not exist in Visual Studio

March 5, 2023

I am developing a console project in C#. The code is separated into some files. The compiler shows this error:

IDE1007 The name 'WriteLine' does not exist in the current context

I used Console.Writeline() method in other files (Program.cs and LaptopBLL.cs to be precise) and the compiler didn’t report any error.
I checked SalesManagerMenu.cs for the using System; line. Naturally, it was there, thouugh the error remains. Here is the full file:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace LaptopStore
{
    internal class SalesManagerMenu
    {
        Console.WriteLine("\nSample text here");
    }
}

How do I make it work with Console.WriteLine() properly?

>Solution :

The problem isn’t with WriteLine, it’s the fact you can’t have statements directly under a class – they need to be in a method or a constructor. E.g.:

namespace LaptopStore
{
    internal class SalesManagerMenu
    {
        static public void Main(String[] args) // Here!
        {
            Console.WriteLine("\nSample text here");
        }
    }
}