Using Methods and Classes

Methods I have a good idea on how to use and set them up. The bigger problem I have is that I have a very hard time under standing classes and how to use them. So this just has me all so confused.So I went back to my old console application to see if I can try and learn how to make and use classes, Below is a very simple class.

public class cfgInfo
    {
        public string bbsName { get; set; }
        public string sysopname { get; set; }
        public bool logs { get; set; }
        public int adminAccess { get; set; }
        public int userAccess { get; set; }

        public cfgInfo(string BBSName)
        {
            bbsName = BBSName;
        }
    }

This is the configuration class for the console application. To make a long story short. Look at the code below.

 public static void getsys()
        {

            if (!File.Exists(ppath + cfgfile))
            {
                Directory.CreateDirectory(ppath);
                StreamWriter sw = File.CreateText(ppath + cfgfile);

                sw.WriteLine("BBS Name"); // BBS Name
                sw.WriteLine("Sysop Name"); //Sysops Name
                sw.WriteLine("y"); //Ok
                sw.WriteLine("99"); //Admin Access
                sw.WriteLine("10"); //User Access
                sw.Close();

            }

            StreamReader rw = File.OpenText(ppath + cfgfile);

            var Info = new cfgInfo(rw.ReadLine()); //BBS Name            
            //MyDoor.Program.bbsname = rw.ReadLine();
            Info.sysopname = rw.ReadLine(); // Sysops Name
            //MyDoor.Program.sysname = rw.ReadLine();

            string YN = rw.ReadLine().ToUpper();
            if (YN == "Y")
                Info.logs = true;
            else
                Info.logs = false;


            Info.adminAccess = Convert.ToInt32(rw.ReadLine());
            //MyDoor.Program.sysopaccess = rw.ReadLine();
            Info.userAccess = Convert.ToInt32(rw.ReadLine());
            //MyDoor.Program.useraccess = rw.ReadLine();
            rw.Close();

This part of the code creates the cfg file if it's not fount. any way it loads in and reads the lines one at a time. and gets 5 lines from the file. As you can see I use the class for this. The problem is. I can't use it any where else in my application. Sense I can only use this in side a method. I didn't want to create 5 new static vars just to hold these in. So may be I'm getting the wrong idea about classes.

Now VS C# has 1000's of name spaces and class library's that I have use 100's of times. But creating and using my own classes is a pain in the butt. So am I getting the wrong idea about classes and how to use them. Are classes confined only too methods. Some one please tell me. ??????

Joe M.

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