I'm developing a windows form designer.
I'm not able to view form designer to add components.
How can I solve my problem?
resx is present. I reset also devenv
simone
Try this:
Shift+F7 press
in the Solution Explorer right click on the form and click "View Designer" option
# Simnoe : I have face the same issue with VS 2017, but I was able to solve it. What you got to do is right click on your form, for example if your form name is "Form1.cs". Right click on it and you'll see an option called "Include in project", just click on it, this should solve your problem.
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I'm working on a winform app.
The design view worked well until I renamed the Form1.cs to FormMain.cs.
The program itself is ok. It can be compiled with no error and it runs well(with right form). But visual studio keep warning me that there are mistakes in FormMain.cs. It seems that FormMain class in FormMain.Designer.cs is totally ignore as it alerts "InitializeComponent(); is not defined."
And the design view goes blank as if the form was just newly-created.
IntelliSense tells me the origin(not yet renamed) Designer.cs is not found.
Now if I try to create anything on the blank form, the code is directly written in FormMain.cs.
How can I solve this?
Thanks.
Using Visual Studio 2019, I was following the C# WPF tutorial from Microsoft docs. Along the way, there is a step wherein you rename MainWindow.xaml to Greetings.xaml. When I did this, the design view was gone. Restarting Visual Studio fixes the design view. Of course, save your files before restarting.
Removing the form and adding it again to the solution fixes this issue. Here's how you can do:
Right click on the FormMain in the solution explorer and "Exclude From Project". Now right-click on the solution and click Add -> Existing Item and select the FormMain.cs from the same solution folder.
I'm using Visual Studio 2013 and I created a windows form application. Everything was fine until just now. When I go into my project now I cannot find the Form1.cs [Design] tab which allows actual form designing with the rag and drop of object from the toolbox.
I checked the directory and I do have files and sub-directories, but being a C# beginner, I'm not too familiar with what files are needed.
So, could someone please show me how to get this back?
Thanks.
This is pretty vague. But if it isn't in your solution explorer, re add the files to the project.
Right Click on your project root -> New -> From Existing Item, navigate to said item and add it. (shortcut is Shift + Alt + A).
If it's just code right click on it and select "View Designer", if you still have trouble try posting a screenshot.
I m using visual studio 2012 and my problem is minor .. and that is whenever i create mvc4 web application it doesnot show solution explorer to add class library. only my project gets displayed.
If you are looking for the actual Solution Explorer window you can activate it by going to the View menu and clicking on Solution Explorer.
I was experiencing the same issue. In my case, it got resolved by following the below steps:
Click on Tools.
Click on "Import and Export settings".
Select "Reset all settings".
Click on "No Just reset my setting".
Click on next.
Click on finish.
Hi i have searched the web with several people complaining about the same trouble .Some found the solution , some did not.
I have a Winform application created in C# using Visual Studio.
I have two computers : One has Visual Studio 2012 Express Desktop and another is Visual Studio 2012 Ultimate and both have the same trouble.
Under my "Data" tab i see no option that says "Chart".
Here is what i tried :
right clicked "Data" and clicked "Show all items". I get "Chart" but that is grayed out.
I tried resetting the toolbox , but the result is same.
I tried right clicking and chose " Choose items" . There i see my "Chart" control , both for web and winforms and both are checked.
It also shows the following description :
Language : Invariant Language (Invariant Country)
Version : 4.0.0.0
Please help .
Change : I downloaded the DataVisualization.dll and tried adding reference manually. I am now able to add the reference with "using" keyword.
I also tried to drag the dll in the toolbox and it dows show me the new chart control but that is still grayed out.
Well am not sure what made it work . But after downloading the dll and adding a manual reference, i had to restart Visual Studio. I still have the item grayed out and i am not able to drag the control in my application . But strangely now when i right click and choose to copy the control and go in my WinForm applicatin and paste it . It does show up the control there.
I made a User Control and already was able to use it by adding it to a form in the C# code. The User Control is in the same VS2005 Project as the main form.
The problem is that I can't see the User Control in the gui editor ([Design] window) with this implementation. I tried many things but I wasn't able to add the user control to the real form desing.
I read some things about making a control lib dll and then add this dll to the toolbox but I don't want to have an additional project and an additional binary file.
How can I use a User Control in an form Design, if both are in the same VS Project? I think somehow this should be possible?
Edit 1:
Sorry I have Visual Studio 2005 not 2010
It's certainly possible to use a UserControl in design mode when it's part of the same project.
Do note, however, that it will only show up in your toolbox if you have enabled the "AutoToolboxPopulate" setting. Go to the "Tools" menu and select "Options". Expand "Windows Forms Designer", and click on "General". Make sure that the "AutoToolboxPopulate" property is set to True. When you rebuild your solution, your UserControl should show up at the top of your toolbox, ready to add to your form.
Alternatively, you can add the UserControl to your toolbox manually. To do that, right-click on your toolbox and select "Choose Items" from the context menu. Navigate to your control, ensure that it is checked in the list, and click "OK".
In the event that an exception is thrown (like MacX mentioned), you will still be notified by the designer. The control will still show up in the toolbox, and you'll still be able to attempt to add it to your form.
As APShredder already mentioned the control should automatically appear in the toolbox. If it doesn't check your Visual Studio Settings:
Tools - Options - Windows Forms Designer - General - AutoToolboxPopulate - True
For further informations just read the Walkthrough in the MSDN.
You should be able to use a custom User Control in the Winforms designer. You have to build your project first however. You can do this by going to Build --> Build Solution or by pressing F6. Then your control should appear in the Toolbox.
Yes, in the toolbox, right-click and choose "Choose items...". Then navigate to the ".NET Framework Components" - your controls should be listed in there. Just choose to add them.
There should be no Problem with the Control, except you have an exception which is thrown within the constructor or the Load-Event. The the Designer is not able to display the control correctly.
In VS2010 after you create a User Control and compiled it, VS add automatically your component and make it visibile in his namespace on ToolBar.
This can be done in Both WPF and old style code/Components...