How to edit windows generated designer code

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I have a windows form but i am unable to see the UI because of some errors.Now i want to modify the Windows Form Designer generated code but nothing is working.Even though i change the size of the button the size remains the same.Please help me with this.TIA

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this.btnReset.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(330, 15);
         this.btnReset.Name = "btnReset";
         this.btnReset.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(0, 23);
         this.btnReset.TabIndex = 23;
         this.btnReset.Text = "Reset";
         this.btnReset.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
         this.btnReset.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.btnReset_Click);

Here i set the width of the button to 0 but the width is not changed.

What I have tried:

I have tried adding some buttons and groupbox to the designer code and changed the size of the existing buttons but nothing worked.

Posted 10-Feb-16 17:25pm

chandra sekhar

Updated 10-Feb-16 19:09pm

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EliteBrain 10-Feb-16 23:41pm

Please check thhe class name(form name) it should be same in code behind and also in designer.. Also check if all the controls tags are closed properly.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 10-Feb-16 23:45pm

What's the point of using the designer if you want to modify auto-generated code? Of course, you can do it for research purpose, to find out what's wrong...
Anyway, your "nothing worked" is not informative; how do you imagine helping you?
—SA

chandra sekhar 10-Feb-16 23:50pm

I cant drag and drop the controls to the UI so i want to add some controls to the designer so that i can see them in UI.But even though i add controls i cant see them in the UI.

Ralf Meier 11-Feb-16 0:25am

I think, there is no generell advise what should be given to you. It is necessary (for us) to get more Information. Perhaps you improve your question with the designer-generated-code and some further (detailed) Information - especially what exactly is not working ...

Richard MacCutchan 11-Feb-16 4:33am

Often the errors occur because of manual editing of the designer files. Try recreating the form from scratch.

Philippe Mori 11-Feb-16 13:03pm

Which version of Visual Studio are you using?

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BillWoodruff · Answer 1 · 2016-02-10T19:38:00

Well the 'Button evidently does not have its 'AutoSize Property set to 'true (the default is 'false), or its 'MinimumSize Property set (the default is 0,0).

Setting a Button 'Width to #0 in the Designer.cs file will not cause a compile-time, or run-time, error: it will just hide the Button.

And, setting 'Width to #0 to hide a Control makes no "sense:" hide a Control by setting its 'Visible Property to 'False.

So something else is going on, and the important information you need to share here is what error messages you get when try to open the Form in 'Designer View.'

A strategy I have used when something is so screwed-up that I can't access the designer view is:

First, always make a copy of the broken Project, and save it for possible future re-use.

a. open another instance of Visual Studio, create a new Project.

b. re-create the UI, use the same Names for NameSpace and Forms, UserControls, etc.

c. either

c.1. copy-and-paste code (Classes, Form Code) from the broken Project to the new Project equivalent code-behind.

c.2. after I have saved important code I don't want to lose from the original project, then go back and start deleting the various UI elements from the Designer.cs file one-at-a-time until you isolate what's broken.

However, this "dirty business" might be avoided if you can figure out what the error messages you get when you can't open the Form or UserControl, or Component, in design view.