Editing a form in VisualStudio

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Jeff Connelly

Using Visual C# .NET. I have successfully created my own Windows forms from
scratch and been able to view and edit both the code and the designer (i.e.
right click on the .cs file in the Solution Explorer pane and select View
Code or View Designer.) I'm also modifying existing code, and have also
successfully edited existing classes using View Code and View Designer.
However, in one particular project there is a folder in which I cannot View
Designer for the form class - the only option is View Code. Also, the icon
shown is different from the usually forms classes - it's not the gray
"control-looking" icon, but the green/white "text-looking" option. Both a
..cs and a .resx file exist for form classes in question. This is code I got
out of a library and my colleague is able to View Designer on these classes
just fine. Any idea what's wrong?
 
Hi Jeff,

Double check the class in question inherits from System.Windows.Forms.Form
(or from some class which inherits from this).

Rebuild your project, and if that doesn't work, a restart of VS should do
the trick.

Cheers,
Alex
 
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