tagged [designer]
How do I get the cursor back in Visual Studio 2010 RC Windows Forms designer after drawing controls?
How do I get the cursor back in Visual Studio 2010 RC Windows Forms designer after drawing controls? I am not sure if this is a bug or if I'm just missing something, but I cannot for the life of me fi...
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- 11 Feb at 13:53
Windows Forms application option seems to be missing?
Windows Forms application option seems to be missing? I'm learning how to design a Windows Forms Application in Visual Studio 2017. The tutorial asks me to create a new project using the File -> New -...
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- 18 Apr at 12:43
Fix embedded resources for a generic UserControl
Fix embedded resources for a generic UserControl During a refactoring, I added a generic type parameter to `MyControl`, a class derived from [UserControl](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/syste...
Why can't I alter the height of a TextBox control in the windows forms design view?
Why can't I alter the height of a TextBox control in the windows forms design view? I have a new project. I drop a textbox control on it. I open up the properties window, and I can change the height a...
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- 4 Jan at 03:3
Visual Studio designer in x64 doesn't work
Visual Studio designer in x64 doesn't work In Visual Studio 2010 64bit I can't design my forms. I keep getting this warning (and error): ``` Warning 18 The designer could not be shown for this file b...
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- 6 Sep at 06:57
Combining multiple Attributes to a single Attribute - Merge Attributes
Combining multiple Attributes to a single Attribute - Merge Attributes On a control I am using multiple attribute properties: I am using those properties on a lot of the other con
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- 23 Jan at 19:53
Properly using file Designer Files in ASP.NET Web Sites
Properly using file Designer Files in ASP.NET Web Sites I need to get existing web pages into an existing ASP.NET web site project in Visual Studio 2008. I simply tried to drag and drop the whole file...
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- 15 Jan at 22:0
The method or operation is not implemented
The method or operation is not implemented There are two forms. is derived from . But I have an issue with in design mode as shown on the screenshot below. If I will comment this `this._presenter.Retr...
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- 21 Dec at 23:42
WPF Designer DataTemplate.DataType cannot be type object
WPF Designer DataTemplate.DataType cannot be type object I have a tree view that I'm binding to with some custom viewmodels. The viewmodels are in an `ObservableCollection` and inherit `ViewModelBase`...
How to display placeholder value in WPF Visual Studio Designer until real value can be loaded
How to display placeholder value in WPF Visual Studio Designer until real value can be loaded I'm an experienced C# developer but a WPF newbie. Basic question (I think) that I can't find an answer to ...
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- 29 Mar at 20:2
C# Winforms Designer won't open because it cannot find type in same assembly
C# Winforms Designer won't open because it cannot find type in same assembly I'm getting the following error > Could not find type 'My.Special.UserControl'. Please make sure that the assembly that con...
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- 10 Mar at 08:59
Generic base class for WinForm UserControl
Generic base class for WinForm UserControl I created a generic base class for a WinForm UserControl: And a UserControl based on that: ``` public partial class MyControl : BaseUserControl { public ov...
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- 25 Dec at 20:18
Windows store app ResourceLoader at design time
Windows store app ResourceLoader at design time I've started creating a Windows Store App for Windows 8.1 and now I encountered a problem concerning localization. I would like to display a string reso...
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- 16 Nov at 01:32
How can I get Visual Studio 2008 Windows Forms designer to render a Form that implements an abstract base class?
How can I get Visual Studio 2008 Windows Forms designer to render a Form that implements an abstract base class? I engaged a problem with inherited Controls in Windows Forms and need some advice on it...
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- 23 Aug at 21:35
Automatic regenerate designer files
Automatic regenerate designer files Recently I've been making some improvements to a lot of the controls we use, for example give properties default values and making buttons private instead of protec...
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- 31 May at 14:4
Visual studio shows endless messages "Code generation for property 'valueMember' failed."
Visual studio shows endless messages "Code generation for property 'valueMember' failed." After several days of happily hacking away on this C# app using Visual Studio 2008, I get struck by a barrage ...
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- 22 Nov at 17:24
Designer.cs not updating when new controls added to .aspx
Designer.cs not updating when new controls added to .aspx I've added a new control to my aspx files and noticed that not only was the new control not added to the designer file but that it was also mi...
Microsoft Visual Studio and C#: How to Visually Add Events to Controls?
Microsoft Visual Studio and C#: How to Visually Add Events to Controls? How would one go about adding an event handler to a control in a form in Microsoft Visual Studio (2008) with C#? I can do it man...
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- 13 Aug at 20:41
What's the purpose of the components IContainer generated by the Winforms designer?
What's the purpose of the components IContainer generated by the Winforms designer? When you create a new form in Visual Studio, the designer generates the following code in the .Designer.cs file: ```...
My Windows Form keeps on shrinking/resizing on build
My Windows Form keeps on shrinking/resizing on build I am working on a Windows Forms project. It contains a tab controller with multiple pages and multiple controls on each. It appears that relatively...
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- 27 Apr at 09:41
How to avoid error "Constructor on type 'MyType' not found" when inheriting a base class
How to avoid error "Constructor on type 'MyType' not found" when inheriting a base class I have a Visual Studio 2010 Windows Forms app which includes a Form base class that other classes will inherit....
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- 1 May at 20:32
Centering Windows Forms Controls inside TableLayoutPanel with Visual Studio Designer
Centering Windows Forms Controls inside TableLayoutPanel with Visual Studio Designer I have control containers tightly bound to the edge of user controls, evenly spaced on both sides of said user cont...
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- 1 Oct at 15:17
Visual Studio Designer is always trying to change my control
Visual Studio Designer is always trying to change my control I have a somewhat complex UserControl, and Visual Studio 2008 is giving me a rather harmless annoyance when working with it. Every single t...
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- 28 Apr at 00:12
Importing Windows Forms (C#), Visual Studio 2012
Importing Windows Forms (C#), Visual Studio 2012 trying to add an existing Windows form into a VS2012 WinForm project, I go "Add/Existing item..." then import: MyForm.cs, MyForm.designer.cs, MyForm.re...
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- 25 Feb at 08:23
The specified named connection is either not found in the configuration, not intended to be used with the EntityClient provider, or not valid
The specified named connection is either not found in the configuration, not intended to be used with the EntityClient provider, or not valid I have two projects in a solution. 1. PizzaSoftware.Data 2...
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- 24 Jun at 21:8