Resolved At Design View, Form Does Not Showing Any Control

[SiamIT]

Greeting, i have manually convert a vb.net design file to c# file.

though it's working/showing fine on run time.. but on design view it's not showing anything (controls)

this is how it looks like on design view:

And this is how it looks likes on run time:

after many hours of trying i can't find any reason for that.. that's why i am here for some help!

here is the contents for RegForm.Designer.cs:

using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace SiamIT.NW
{
    public partial class RegForm : Form
    {

        /// <summary>
        /// Required designer variable.
        /// </summary>
        private System.ComponentModel.IContainer components = null;

        /// <summary>
        /// Clean up any resources being used.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="disposing">true if managed resources should be disposed; otherwise, false.</param>
        protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
        {
            if (disposing && (components != null))
            {
                components.Dispose();
            }
            base.Dispose(disposing);
        }

        #region Windows Form Designer generated code

        /// <summary>
        /// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
        /// the contents of this method with the code editor.
        /// </summary>
        private void InitializeComponent()
        {
            this.cmdRequest = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
            this.txtRefID = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox();
            this.txtName = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox();
            this.lblRefID = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
            this.lblTitle = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
            this.txtMobile = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox();
            this.lblMobile = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
            this.cmdCancel = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
            this.SuspendLayout();
            //
            //cmdRequest
            //
            this.cmdRequest.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(200, 45);
            this.cmdRequest.Name = "cmdRequest";
            this.cmdRequest.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(252, 48);
            this.cmdRequest.TabIndex = 6;
            this.cmdRequest.Text = "Request Activation Code";
            this.cmdRequest.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
            //
            //txtRefID
            //
            this.txtRefID.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(12, 132);
            this.txtRefID.MaxLength = 25;
            this.txtRefID.Name = "txtRefID";
            this.txtRefID.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(174, 20);
            this.txtRefID.TabIndex = 5;
            this.txtRefID.TextAlign = System.Windows.Forms.HorizontalAlignment.Center;
            //
            //txtName
            //
            this.txtName.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(12, 29);
            this.txtName.MaxLength = 100;
            this.txtName.Name = "txtName";
            this.txtName.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(174, 20);
            this.txtName.TabIndex = 1;
            this.txtName.TextAlign = System.Windows.Forms.HorizontalAlignment.Center;
            //
            //lblRefID
            //
            this.lblRefID.AutoSize = true;
            this.lblRefID.Font = new System.Drawing.Font("Microsoft Sans Serif", 9.75F, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Bold, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, ((byte)(0)));
            this.lblRefID.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(9, 113);
            this.lblRefID.Name = "lblRefID";
            this.lblRefID.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(113, 16);
            this.lblRefID.TabIndex = 4;
            this.lblRefID.Text = "&Transaction ID:";
            //
            //lblTitle
            //
            this.lblTitle.AutoSize = true;
            this.lblTitle.Font = new System.Drawing.Font("Microsoft Sans Serif", 9.75F, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Bold, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, ((byte)(0)));
            this.lblTitle.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(9, 9);
            this.lblTitle.Name = "lblTitle";
            this.lblTitle.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(96, 16);
            this.lblTitle.TabIndex = 0;
            this.lblTitle.Text = "Client Name:";
            //
            //txtMobile
            //
            this.txtMobile.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(12, 80);
            this.txtMobile.MaxLength = 11;
            this.txtMobile.Name = "txtMobile";
            this.txtMobile.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(174, 20);
            this.txtMobile.TabIndex = 3;
            this.txtMobile.TextAlign = System.Windows.Forms.HorizontalAlignment.Center;
            //
            //lblMobile
            //
            this.lblMobile.AutoSize = true;
            this.lblMobile.Font = new System.Drawing.Font("Microsoft Sans Serif", 9.75F, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Bold, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, ((byte)(0)));
            this.lblMobile.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(9, 61);
            this.lblMobile.Name = "lblMobile";
            this.lblMobile.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(102, 16);
            this.lblMobile.TabIndex = 2;
            this.lblMobile.Text = "Client Mobile:";
            //
            //cmdCancel
            //
            this.cmdCancel.DialogResult = System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.Cancel;
            this.cmdCancel.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(200, 100);
            this.cmdCancel.Name = "cmdCancel";
            this.cmdCancel.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(252, 23);
            this.cmdCancel.TabIndex = 7;
            this.cmdCancel.Text = "Cancel";
            this.cmdCancel.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
            //
            //RegForm
            //
            this.AutoScaleDimensions = new System.Drawing.SizeF(6F, 13F);
            this.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font;
            this.CancelButton = this.cmdCancel;
            this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(469, 175);
            this.Controls.Add(this.cmdCancel);
            this.Controls.Add(this.txtMobile);
            this.Controls.Add(this.lblMobile);
            this.Controls.Add(this.cmdRequest);
            this.Controls.Add(this.txtRefID);
            this.Controls.Add(this.txtName);
            this.Controls.Add(this.lblRefID);
            this.Controls.Add(this.lblTitle);
            this.FormBorderStyle = System.Windows.Forms.FormBorderStyle.FixedSingle;
            this.MaximizeBox = false;
            this.MinimizeBox = false;
            this.Name = "RegForm";
            this.StartPosition = System.Windows.Forms.FormStartPosition.CenterParent;
            this.Text = "Registration";
            this.ResumeLayout(false);
            this.PerformLayout();
        }

        #endregion

        internal System.Windows.Forms.Button cmdRequest;
        internal System.Windows.Forms.TextBox txtRefID;
        internal System.Windows.Forms.TextBox txtName;
        internal System.Windows.Forms.Label lblRefID;
        internal System.Windows.Forms.Label lblTitle;
        internal System.Windows.Forms.TextBox txtMobile;
        internal System.Windows.Forms.Label lblMobile;
        internal System.Windows.Forms.Button cmdCancel;
    }
}

any idea what i have messed up?

thanks in advance..

 

[jmcilhinney]

The only obvious difference I can see, although I'm not sure why it would matter, is that this:

public partial class RegForm : Form

would normally be this:

partial class RegForm

The line you have would be in the user code file.

Have you tried adding a control in the designer? Hard to say what will happen, so make sure that you have backed up first.

 

[jmcilhinney]

Does the form look correctly nested in the Solution Explorer?

 

[SiamIT]

The only obvious difference I can see, although I'm not sure why it would matter, is that this:

public partial class RegForm : Form

would normally be this:

partial class RegForm

The line you have would be in the user code file.

Have you tried adding a control in the designer? Hard to say what will happen, so make sure that you have backed up first.

sorry, but that didn't make any changes so i revert back to original

Does the form look correctly nested in the Solution Explorer?

great.. it's look like project file was corrupted (not formed correctly by the converter)

previously it was like this:

    <Compile Include="RegForm.cs">
      <SubType>Form</SubType>
    </Compile>
    <Compile Include="RegForm.Designer.cs" />

but it should be and i changed to:

    <Compile Include="RegForm.cs">
      <SubType>Form</SubType>
    </Compile>
    <Compile Include="RegForm.Designer.cs">
      <DependentUpon>RegForm.cs</DependentUpon>
    </Compile>

and it's looks like it solved the case

once again thanks a lot for your support,

A special thanks.. as it seems you are also the same person (by user name) who was helping me over years from vbnetforums as well

now i moved to c# and that causing some issues as well..

best regards