c# - Does not contain a static 'main' method suitable for an entry point

Question

I began organizing my code to day into seperarate .cs files, and in order to allow the methods that work with the UI to continue to do so I would create the .cs code under the same namespace and public partial class name so the methods could be inter-operable.

My header look like this in four files, including my main core file that calls:

public shell()
{
InitializeComponent(); 
}

Header area of .cs files that work with the UI (and seem to be causing this new conflict):

using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
using System.IO;
using System.Data.SqlServerCe;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Threading;
using System.Collections.Specialized;
using System.Net;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using watin = WatiN.Core;
using WatiN.Core.Native.InternetExplorer;
using System.Web; 


namespace WindowsFormsApplication1
{

    public partial class shell : Form
    {

Now when I try to debug/preview my application (BTW this is a Windows Application within Visual Studio 2010 Express) I get this error message:

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

I looked in the application properties in Application->Startup object, but it offers me no options. How can I inform the application to begin at the .cs file that has my InitializeComponent(); command?

• I've looked around so far without a solution.
• The properties on each .cs file are set to 'Compile'.
• I do not see an App.xaml file in my Solutions explorer but I do see a app.config file.

I'm still very new and this is my first attempt at an organizing method with c# code.

Answer 1

I was looking at this issue as well, and in my case the solution was too easy. I added a new empty project to the solution. The newly added project is automatically set as a console application. But since the project added was a 'empty' project, no Program.cs existed in that new project. (As expected)

All I needed to do was change the output type of the project properties to Class library