Forms Designer not available for some forms

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Justin Marshall

Greetings,

I have just opened up a Compact Framework project that I was working on a
couple of days ago and I now can't edit the screen design of SOME of the
forms in the project (5 out of 12).
The icon in the solution explorer for the forms that I can't design has now
changed to the standard vb class icon yet the other 7 forms show the normal
form icon and I can open these in the Forms Designer.
If I right click on the file in solution explorer, I don't have the "View
Designer" option available, only "View Code".

I have compared the files to the last checkin to Source Safe and nothing
strange has changed.
If I build and deploy the app to the handheld, it runs ok (ie. the forms
that I can't design in VS still display on the handheld).

I have restarted Visual Studio (2003) and also restarted the machine with no
luck.

TIA for any assistance possible.

Regards,
Justin.
 
For anybody else who experiences a similar problem, I managed to solve it by
excluding one of the forms from the project and then adding it back in.
The other forms went back to normal at the same time.

Just one of those things, I guess.

Thanks anyway,
Justin.
 
If I recall correctly, you can also just do a rebuild of the project to get things back to normal


----- Justin Marshall wrote: ----

For anybody else who experiences a similar problem, I managed to solve it b
excluding one of the forms from the project and then adding it back in
The other forms went back to normal at the same time

Just one of those things, I guess

Thanks anyway
Justin
 
Thanks for the response Michel. Now that it is fixed, I don't have the
opportunity to try the Rebuild option.

But that does prompt me to go and read up on the difference between Build
and Rebuild. It's one of those things I've thought of in passing but never
bothered to check the difference, but I will now.

Thanks again,
Justin.
 
Don't worry, I'm sure you'll soon have the opportunity to try it. :) It happens here on a semi-regular basis

Come to think of it, Build probably does the trick too. But now I'm also wondering what's the difference between the two

----- Justin Marshall wrote: ----

Thanks for the response Michel. Now that it is fixed, I don't have th
opportunity to try the Rebuild option.
 
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