Re: 2003 vs 2005B

From: Brian Henry (brianiupmsdn_at_newsgroups.nospam)
Date: 09/20/04 

Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 14:08:15 -0400

oh there is bugs with the form designer ;) we've had controls mysteriously
"disappear" by themselfs on compiles and other odd stuff like that then when
you go back to the form to look at it they are mysteriously missing on there
too like they never existed..

"Gerry O'Brien [MVP]" <gerry dot obrien at gmail dot com> wrote in message
news:umijntKnEHA.3464@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> What kind of issues are you experiencing? We have been using 2003 from
> Beta until now and I see no bugs with the forms designer.
>
> Can you give me some examples that I can try out.
>
> I do know that if you make changes to the code in the Designer Generated
> section that it will be overwritten by VS. Visual Studio 2005 solves that
> issue.
>
> I'd like to try some of the things that you are seeing as bugs. Not that
> I can fix them or have them fixed in 2003 if they are bugs but you can
> submit these issues via product feedback to Microsoft so they can be
> looked at for possible fixes in service packs.
>
>
> --
> Gerry O'Brien [MVP]
> Visual Basic .NET(VB.NET)
>
>
>
>
> "Doug Forster" <doug_ZAPTHIS_AT_ZAPTHIS_TONIQ_DOT_CO_DOT_NZ> wrote in
> message news:eD$LuCDnEHA.3396@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> Hey Gerry,
>>
>>>>No Beta product exhibits stability of release products. You make it
>>>>sound as though you are having problems with VS 2003.
>>
>> This may be true in general, but in the case of VS 2003 its a serious
>> question. The VS 2003 forms designer is an incredible mess of bugs and we
>> for one are champing at the bit for a reliable version so we can get on
>> with serious work instead of forever inventing workarounds and recovering
>> design information that VS simply chucks away seemingly at random
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Doug Forster
>>
>>
>
>

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