Should static variable in be visible in a separate project?

Question

If a Visual Studio 2010 solution contains two C# projects where the second projects references the first project:

If a public static variable is declared in a class in the first project, should it be visible to a class in the second project?

Answer 1

Yes, and no. It all depends on the access modifier

First off, the second project has to have a reference to the first.

Second, the owning object has to be marked public and not internal.

Finally, the field/variable itself has be marked as public and not internal/private/protected

Answer 2

It will be visible if you make it public. By default it's private.

Of course, you need a reference to the other project.

Cheers

EDIT: It goes without saying that the class itself must be public.

public class Class1
{
    public static string zaza = "zaza";
}