Re: Controls disappear from designer...

From: Aaron Smith (thespirit-1-_at_smithcentral.net)
Date: 12/02/04 

Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2004 21:16:30 GMT

Yep, Herfried, clued me in to look around and I found it.. Let me tell
ya, I was freaking out there for a minute!

Zorpiedoman wrote:
> Aaron -
>
> There are a number of reasons this will happen, so I can't tell you why it
> happened. Usually this happens because some code you wrote created an error
> condition that would not allow the form design to complete.
>
> I can tell you how to fix it without starting all over, however. In the
> code for the form, check the mysterious "Windows Form Designer generated
> code" region...
>
> It normally looks something like this:
>
> Public Sub New()
> MyBase.New()
>
> 'This call is required by the Windows Form Designer.
> InitializeComponent()
>
> 'Add any initialization after the InitializeComponent() call
>
> End Sub
>
> 'Form overrides dispose to clean up the component list.
> Protected Overloads Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean)
> If disposing Then
> If Not (components Is Nothing) Then
> components.Dispose()
> End If
> End If
> MyBase.Dispose(disposing)
> End Sub
>
> 'Required by the Windows Form Designer
> Private components As System.ComponentModel.IContainer
>
> 'NOTE: The following procedure is required by the Windows Form Designer
> 'It can be modified using the Windows Form Designer.
> 'Do not modify it using the code editor.
> Friend WithEvents TextBox1 As System.Windows.Forms.TextBox
> <System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()> Private Sub
> InitializeComponent()
> Me.TextBox1 = New System.Windows.Forms.TextBox
> Me.SuspendLayout()
> '
> 'TextBox1
> '
> Me.TextBox1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(0, 0)
> Me.TextBox1.Name = "TextBox1"
> Me.TextBox1.TabIndex = 0
> Me.TextBox1.Text = "TextBox1"
> '
> 'Form2
> '
> Me.AutoScaleBaseSize = New System.Drawing.Size(5, 13)
> Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(568, 421)
> Me.Controls.Add(Me.TextBox1)
> Me.Name = "Form2"
> Me.ResumeLayout(False)
>
> End Sub
>
> #End Region
>
> What usually is missing is the line(s) in the InitializeComponent section
> thats sets your control objects to new instances of the control:
>
> "Me.TextBox1 = New System.Windows.Forms.TextBox"
>
> OR the line(s) that add the control(s) to the form's control collection are
> missing:
>
> "Me.Controls.Add(Me.TextBox1)"
>
> Just figure out what is missing, and type it in, and you should be good to go!
>
> --Zorpie
>
> "Aaron Smith" wrote:
>
>
>>I have a problem... Have a form, made some changes.. now all the
>>controls are gone. I didn't make any changes to the designer generated
>>region.. I'm not really sure what happened to them, but this has
>>happened before where one or two will disappear.. They are still in the
>>code too.. And if I try to add a new control with the same name, it says
>>it exists... Any ideas?
>>--
>>---
>>Aaron Smith
>>Remove -1- to E-Mail me. Spam Sucks.
>> 

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