BleepingComputer.com: problems compiling first Windows application

I tried to compile a Windows Forms Application in Visual C# 2008 Express with this source code from the CSharpSchool tutorial at Programmer's Heaven:

using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Drawing;
namespace CSharpSchool
{
	class HelloWinForm
	{
		static void Main ()
		{
			Application.Run (new MyWindow ());
		}
	}
	class MyWindow : Form
	{
		public MyWindow () : base ()
		{
			this.Text = "My First Windows Application";
			this.Size = new Size (300, 300);
			Label lblGreeting = new Label ();
			lblGreeting.Text = "Hello WinForm";
			lblGreeting.Location = new Point (100, 100);
			this.Controls.Add (lblGreeting);
		}
	}
}

but I got these errors:

Error 1 Program 'C:\Documents and Settings\Bob\Local Settings\Application Data\Temporary Projects\HelloWinForm\obj\Release\HelloWinForm.exe' has more than one entry point defined: 'HelloWinForm.Test.Main()'. Compile with /main to specify the type that contains the entry point. C:\Documents and Settings\Bob\Local Settings\Application Data\Temporary Projects\HelloWinForm\Form1.cs 8 21 HelloWinForm

Error 2 Program 'C:\Documents and Settings\Bob\Local Settings\Application Data\Temporary Projects\HelloWinForm\obj\Release\HelloWinForm.exe' has more than one entry point defined: 'HelloWinForm.Program.Main()'. Compile with /main to specify the type that contains the entry point. C:\Documents and Settings\Bob\Local Settings\Application Data\Temporary Projects\HelloWinForm\Program.cs 14 21 HelloWinForm

Error 3 'HelloWinForm.Form1.Dispose(bool)': no suitable method found to override C:\Documents and Settings\Bob\Local Settings\Application Data\Temporary Projects\HelloWinForm\Form1.Designer.cs 14 33 HelloWinForm

Feeding this into a search engine:

"visual c#" "Compile with /main"

yielded this link:

Compiler Error CS0017
Visual C# Reference: Errors and Warnings. Compiler Error CS0017 ... Compile with /main to specify the type that contains the entry point. ...
msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/t9k01y87.aspx

which said:

If you are using MS Visual Studio and do not want to delete the other Main() methods you can specify the class which you want as you Entry Point in Startup Object in the Project Properties under Application Tab (at least for VS2008 Express)

Going to:

Project | HelloWinForm Properties | Application | Startup Object

I discovered it wasn't set. Setting it to either HelloWinForm.Test or HelloWinForm.Program, the first two problems disappear, but not the third. I can't see how this code has more than one entry point, and I'm not at all clear on why the compiler requires these gyrations in Startup Object. None of these issues are mentioned by CSharpSchool, which claims the code I used will run as written. This is my first Windows app, and WOW! am I in the dark on this. What gives? Maybe I should just get a different tutorial. Any explanations of this or, failing that, any suggestions for which tutorial(s) I should use?

The code you have listed here is written for you by the windows forms designer, and needs only be there if you aren't using the windows forms designer.

The compiler is complaining because it doesn't know which starting function to call -- your main() or the function inside the form.

Billy3

The code compiles without any problem using Visual Studio 2005. I used command line compiler "csc hello.cs" where "hello.cs" is the source code file. Maybe the express edition is causing the problem.

He's not compiling with the command line. The forms designer has a main() and you declared a main(). The compiler doesn't know which main() to call.