Passing a true value to a boolean value

Question

I am trying to learn C # and I come up with an example that uses a boolean value. For life, I cannot understand why the program does not notice that I am trying to pass true to boolean. Here is the code in Form.cs:

namespace WindowsFormsApplication7
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
    public Form1()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
    }

    private void button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        HappyBirthday birthdayMessage = new HappyBirthday();
        string returnedMessage;

        birthdayMessage.PresentCount = 5;
        birthdayMessage.MyProperty = "Adam";
        birthdayMessage.hasParty = true;
        returnedMessage = birthdayMessage.MyProperty;

        MessageBox.Show(returnedMessage);

    }
}
}

Here is the class I created:

class HappyBirthday
{

//====================
//  CLASS VARIABLES
//====================
private int numberOfPresents;
private string birthdayMessage;
private bool birthdayParty;

//===========================
//  DEFAULT CONSTRUCTOR
//===========================
public HappyBirthday()
{
    numberOfPresents = 0;
    //birthdayParty = false;
}

//===========================
//      METHOD
//===========================
private string getMessage(string givenName)
{

    string theMessage;

    theMessage = "Happy Birthday " + givenName + "\n";
    theMessage += "Number of presents = ";
    theMessage += numberOfPresents.ToString() + "\n";

    if (birthdayParty == true)
    {
        theMessage += "Hope you enjoy the party!";
    }
    else
    {
        theMessage += "No party = sorry!";
    }

    return theMessage;
}

//================================
//      READ AND WRITE PROPERTY
//================================
public string MyProperty
{
    get { return birthdayMessage; }

    set { birthdayMessage = getMessage(value); }
}

//================================
//     WRITE-ONLY PROPERTY
//================================
public int PresentCount
{
    set { numberOfPresents = value; }
}

public bool hasParty
{
    set { birthdayParty = value; }
}

}

Now I set the initial value to false (although if my understanding is correct, this should be the default value), but when I try to set it = true, the program does not recognize it. Should I pass the boolean value differently, then would I use a string or int?

Answer 1

MyProperty hasParty. getMessage() , MyProperty.

Answer 2

MyProperty , set get ( set , get , ). GivenName, GetMessage() ( Message) public.

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class HappyBirthday
{
    public string Message
    {
        get
        {
            string theMessage;

            theMessage = "Happy Birthday " + GivenName + "\n";
            theMessage += "Number of presents = ";
            theMessage += PresentCount.ToString() + "\n";

            if (HasParty)
            {
                theMessage += "Hope you enjoy the party!";
            }
            else
            {
                theMessage += "No party = sorry!";
            }

            return theMessage;
        }
    }

    public string GivenName { private get; set; }

    public int PresentCount { private get; set; }

    public bool HasParty { private get; set; }
}