[OT] VS 2005 Windows Form designer errors

DansDreams posted on Saturday, December 30, 2006

I'd like to take an informal poll...

I probably spend 2-3 hours every week dealing with the stupid VS 205 forms designer error where it says it can't find some Type when I try to load the form or user control up in the designer.  Everything is all perfectly fine, it's just the designer still (even after SP1) has some bug about the way it loads stuff into memory that gets its panties in a bunch every once in a while.  The old exit VS, restart VS, compile project, cross fingers, say 3 hail marys, try loading form again.... dance is getting old.

I've probably griped about this before, but I'd like to get a feel for how common this is.  Are you guys sailing along crash free or is everyone just putting up with this nonsense?

xal replied on Sunday, December 31, 2006

Putting up with this nonsense here...

Andrés

Brian Criswell replied on Sunday, December 31, 2006

I experience this every so often as well.  On the other hand, since moving to CSLA last year, I have found the number of times that it happens has gone significantly down as the forms are much simpler.

cds replied on Sunday, December 31, 2006

I have experienced this periodically too... usually when I can least afford the time to deal with it! Grrr 

I usually find that rebuilding my solution fixes the problem, though not always. It is a pain in the neck... I hope MS is doing something about it!

Craig