Re: Application["TotalPlayings"]++ doesn't work

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Compiler Error Message: CS0201: Only assignment, call, increment,
decrement, and new object expressions can be used as a statement

And:
(int)Application["TotalPlayings"]++;
Makes no sense.

Application["TotalPlayings"] returns an object,
(int)Application["TotalPlayings"] unboxes that object and returns
an int as a *copy* of that value,
When you use the "++" operator, you will use that on that copy,
not on the original. So the original Application["TotalPlayings"] is not updated.
Plus you might have a precedence problem: what would be evaluated first: the (int) or the ++?

Hans Kesting


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