Im having a problem with the vb version i am getting an error in the basePage class
at the dim id as string = globals.themeselectorID
'Type initializer for 'MB.TheBeerHouse.Globals' threw an exception. i cant figure out how to solve this problem

if i do a debug and enter globals.themesselector into watch it says that its not a member of globals. but in the code intellisense picks up all properties

i solved the problem my web.config file was incorrect.

What did you do, I'm get the same error in the c# version.

I just copied the web.config file from the completed sample chapter and made sure all my page inherits were correct

I am also recieving this error and cannot figure it out. I have taken the site back down to a working version (chapter 2) and found that it was the following C# code that is causing the issue. I have checked the web.config file and it is the same as the chapter by chapter (which I would like to add, does not work on my machine either). All of the references are the same.



It is like the Globals class is not being initialized and I am not sure why. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Patrick

I actually found a work around, not sure why I was having trouble but this seemed to fix the issue.

Thank you very very much patrickst1. Your explicit initialization worked for me too. I am posting the entire class with working and not working codes.

Mike1298


using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Web.Configuration;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Security;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
namespace MB.TheBeerHouse.App_Code
{
publicstaticclassGlobals
{
publicstaticstring ThemesSelectorID = "";
#if (false)
/* The offending constructor/initializer */
public readonly static TheBeerHouseSection Settings =
(TheBeerHouseSection)WebConfigurationManager.GetSe ction("theBeerHouse");
#else
// replaced it by the following and it workd.
// Both do the same thing. The explicit one works.
publicstaticTheBeerHouseSection Settings
{
get
{
return (TheBeerHouseSection)WebConfigurationManager.GetSection("theBeerHouse");
}
}
#endif
}
}

The same code as above, except it is more readable.
Mike1298

using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Web.Configuration;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Security;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;

namespace MB.TheBeerHouse.App_Code
{
publicstaticclassGlobals
{
publicstaticstring ThemesSelectorID = "";

#if (false)
/* The offending constructor/initializer */

public readonly static TheBeerHouseSection Settings =
(TheBeerHouseSection)WebConfigurationManager.GetSe ction("theBeerHouse");
#else
// Replaced it by the following and it workd.
// Both do the same thing. The explicit one works.

publicstaticTheBeerHouseSection Settings
{
get
{
return (TheBeerHouseSection)WebConfigurationManager.GetSection("theBeerHouse");
}
}
#endif
}
}