Error: Extension methods must be defined in a top level static class (CS1109)

Question

I'm trying to make a countdown program, which I can start and stop and set the value of the countdown to 10 minutes if needed.

But I'm getting an error I don't quite understand. I'm not that into C#, so here's the code:

Can some one help me a bit here ? Think I run on framework 3.0 or something ?

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Timers;

namespace PauseMaster
{   
    public partial class MainForm : Form
    {           
        public MainForm()
        {           
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void MainForm_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {               
        }

        private DateTime endTime;
        private void btnStartStop_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            if(btnStartStop.Text == "START")
            {
                int hours = int.Parse(string.IsNullOrEmpty(txtCountFromHour.TextBox.Text) || txtCountFromHour.TextBox.Text == "timer" ? "0" : txtCountFromHour.TextBox.Text);
                int mins = int.Parse(string.IsNullOrEmpty(txtCountFromMin.TextBox.Text) || txtCountFromMin.TextBox.Text == "minutter" ? "0" : txtCountFromMin.TextBox.Text);
                int secs = int.Parse(string.IsNullOrEmpty(txtCountFromSec.TextBox.Text) || txtCountFromSec.TextBox.Text == "sekunder" ? "0" : txtCountFromSec.TextBox.Text);

                endTime = DateTime.Now.AddHours(hours).AddMinutes(mins).AddSeconds(secs);

                timer1.Enabled = true;  
                btnStartStop.Text = "STOP";
            }
            else
            {
                timer1.Enabled = false;
                btnStartStop.Text = "START";
            }
        }

        private void timer1_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            if (endTime <= DateTime.Now)
            {
                timer1.Enabled = false;
                lblTimer.Text = "00:00:00";
                btnStartStop.Text = "Start";
                return;
            }

            TimeSpan ts = endTime - DateTime.Now;
            lblTimer.Text = string.Format("{0}:{1}:{2}.{3}", ts.Hours.AddZero(), ts.Minutes.AddZero(), ts.Seconds.AddZero());
        }

        public static class IntExt
        {
            public static string AddZero(this int i) // GETTING ERROR HERE AT 'AddZero'
            {
                int totLength = 2;
                int limit = (int)Math.Pow(10, totLength - 1);
                string zeroes = "";
                for (int j = 0; j < totLength - i.ToString().Length; j++)
                {
                    zeroes += "0";
                }
                return i < limit ? zeroes + i : i.ToString();
            }
        }     
    }       
}

Answer 1

The error message says exactly what's wrong: your IntExt method isn't a top-level static class. It's a nested static class. Just pull it out of MainForm and it'll be fine.