Can't find Designer Icon

greg222 · June 14th, 2011, 07:16 PM

Sorry for bothering you guys. I'm starting Chapter 3 and working thru the steps 1-7, but on I can't seem to find the View Designer icon on the Solution Explorer Window. I have four icons on the top of the Solution Explorer Window; Properties, Show All Files, Refresh, and View Code. I am using Microsoft Visual C# 2010 Express.

DrPurdum · June 14th, 2011, 07:24 PM

I've never had this happen, so I'm not sure what to tell you. All I can say is: recreate the program following the steps that begin on p.36 and see if that fixes it.

greg222 · June 14th, 2011, 07:36 PM

Do you see any flaws in my C# Template Code. This is the first time I've used it.

using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;

public class frmMain : Form
{
#region Windows code
private void InitializeComponent()
{
}
#endregion

public frmMain()
{
InitializeComponent();
}

public static void Main()
{
frmMain main = new frmMain();
Application.Run(main);
}
}

greg222 · June 14th, 2011, 07:55 PM

ok...found the problem. My Target Frameworks defaults to .NET Framework 4 Client Profile. I changed it to just .NET Framework 4 and it showed up. Not sure why.

jmartin · February 9th, 2012, 03:33 PM

This has happened to me a few times. Usually if I close the frmMain.cs file and then re-open it, the designer icon pops up. I think Visual Studio just has to "catch up" or realize where it's at sometimes.

DrPurdum · February 9th, 2012, 05:33 PM

I had that happen once, too, and I'm not sure, but I think it was because I didn't select an Empty Code File but Selected Windows Form instead. I then erased the code that was in the Windows Form that I did select. Once I deleted the frmMain.Designer.cs file (don't bother putting any controls on the form because you'll lose them) and double-clicked the new form, the icon popped up. I've slept since that happened, so I may be wrong.

Dr. Purdum