hello everyone, i get this error when i try to run thsi program..its really nothing, i'm just a new programmer and this si practice but i'm stuck here error C2228: left of '.Text' must have class/struct/union 1> type is 'System::Windows::Forms::Label ^' 1> did you intend to use '->' instead? Code: #pragma once namespace HelloWorld1 { using namespace System; using namespace System::ComponentModel; using namespace System::Collections; using namespace System::Windows::Forms; using namespace System::Data; using namespace System::Drawing; /// /// Summary for Form1 /// public ref class Form1 : public System::Windows::Forms::Form { public: Form1(void) { InitializeComponent(); // //TODO: Add the constructor code here // } protected: /// /// Clean up any resources being used. /// ~Form1() { if (components) { delete components; } } private: System::Windows::Forms::Button^ Copy_Button; protected: private: System::Windows::Forms::Label^ Answer_Label; private: System::Windows::Forms::TextBox^ Data_Entry_Tb; private: /// /// Required designer variable. /// System::ComponentModel::Container ^components; #pragma region Windows Form Designer generated code /// /// Required method for Designer support - do not modify /// the contents of this method with the code editor. /// void InitializeComponent(void) { this->Copy_Button = (gcnew System::Windows::Forms::Button()); this->Answer_Label = (gcnew System::Windows::Forms::Label()); this->Data_Entry_Tb = (gcnew System::Windows::Forms::TextBox()); this->SuspendLayout(); // // Copy_Button // this->Copy_Button->Location = System::Drawing::Point(49, 79); this->Copy_Button->Name = L"Copy_Button"; this->Copy_Button->Size = System::Drawing::Size(161, 23); this->Copy_Button->TabIndex = 0; this->Copy_Button->Text = L"Copy to &Label "; this->Copy_Button->UseVisualStyleBackColor = true; this->Copy_Button->Click += gcnew System::EventHandler(this, &Form1::Copy_Button_Click); // // Answer_Label // this->Answer_Label->AutoSize = true; this->Answer_Label->Font = (gcnew System::Drawing::Font(L"Book Antiqua", 18, System::Drawing::FontStyle::Regular, System::Drawing::GraphicsUnit::Point, static_cast(0))); this->Answer_Label->Location = System::Drawing::Point(46, 147); this->Answer_Label->Name = L"Answer_Label"; this->Answer_Label->Size = System::Drawing::Size(96, 28); this->Answer_Label->TabIndex = 1; this->Answer_Label->Text = L"Answer"; // // Data_Entry_Tb // this->Data_Entry_Tb->Location = System::Drawing::Point(49, 8); this->Data_Entry_Tb->Name = L"Data_Entry_Tb"; this->Data_Entry_Tb->Size = System::Drawing::Size(100, 20); this->Data_Entry_Tb->TabIndex = 2; this->Data_Entry_Tb->Text = L"TextBox1\t"; // // Form1 // this->AutoScaleDimensions = System::Drawing::SizeF(6, 13); this->AutoScaleMode = System::Windows::Forms::AutoScaleMode::Font; this->ClientSize = System::Drawing::Size(484, 262); this->Controls->Add(this->Data_Entry_Tb); this->Controls->Add(this->Answer_Label); this->Controls->Add(this->Copy_Button); this->Name = L"Form1"; this->Text = L"Hello World"; this->ResumeLayout(false); this->PerformLayout(); } #pragma endregion private: System::Void Copy_Button_Click(System::Object^ sender, System::EventArgs^ e) {Answer_Label.Text = Data_Entry_Tb.Text;} }; }