Developing controls - visual studio problem ?

[Paul R Carre]

This one is driving me nuts.

I have a Windows application and a windows control library contained
in the same project. In the controll library I have a control derrived
from System.Windows.Forms.Button :-

public class neatBtn : System.Windows.Forms.Button

I am using neatBtn on the form in the windows application.

However changes that I make to my neatBtn do not seem to become
available in the control that is used on the form until I close the
whole of visual studio and re-run it.

This seems to apply to both properties and methods.

There _has_ to be a better way - or am I missing the plot ?

[Dave]

Did you re-build the control library containing neatBtn + maybe close and
re-open the form containing it?
"Paul R Carre" <pa********@polarinstruments.com> wrote in message
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This one is driving me nuts.

I have a Windows application and a windows control library contained
in the same project. In the controll library I have a control derrived
from System.Windows.Forms.Button :-

public class neatBtn : System.Windows.Forms.Button

I am using neatBtn on the form in the windows application.

However changes that I make to my neatBtn do not seem to become
available in the control that is used on the form until I close the
whole of visual studio and re-run it.

This seems to apply to both properties and methods.

There _has_ to be a better way - or am I missing the plot ?

[Paul R Carre]

Yup - tried that several times - it is just as though it is not
unloading the dll that contains the control.

Am I doing somthing wierd here or what ?

On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 11:49:19 +0100, "Dave" <millitec.com@dave> wrote:

Did you re-build the control library containing neatBtn + maybe close and
re-open the form containing it?
"Paul R Carre" <pa********@polarinstruments.com> wrote in message
news:3f**************@news.cwgsy.net...

This one is driving me nuts.

I have a Windows application and a windows control library contained
in the same project. In the controll library I have a control derrived
from System.Windows.Forms.Button :-

public class neatBtn : System.Windows.Forms.Button

I am using neatBtn on the form in the windows application.

However changes that I make to my neatBtn do not seem to become
available in the control that is used on the form until I close the
whole of visual studio and re-run it.

This seems to apply to both properties and methods.

There _has_ to be a better way - or am I missing the plot ?

[Ryan Wade]

Try closing the solution and re-opening it.

"Paul R Carre" <pa********@polarinstruments.com> wrote in message
news:3f***************@news.cwgsy.net...

Yup - tried that several times - it is just as though it is not
unloading the dll that contains the control.

Am I doing somthing wierd here or what ?

On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 11:49:19 +0100, "Dave" <millitec.com@dave> wrote:

Did you re-build the control library containing neatBtn + maybe close and
re-open the form containing it?
"Paul R Carre" <pa********@polarinstruments.com> wrote in message
news:3f**************@news.cwgsy.net...

This one is driving me nuts.

I have a Windows application and a windows control library contained
in the same project. In the controll library I have a control derrived
from System.Windows.Forms.Button :-

public class neatBtn : System.Windows.Forms.Button

I am using neatBtn on the form in the windows application.

However changes that I make to my neatBtn do not seem to become
available in the control that is used on the form until I close the
whole of visual studio and re-run it.

This seems to apply to both properties and methods.

There _has_ to be a better way - or am I missing the plot ?

[Chris Hornberger]

Paul, I was working on a control yesterday and like you, none of my
changes were appearing until I closed all code/designer windows and
deleted the button from the host form, then rebuilt and redrew the
button. Give that a shot?

pa********@polarinstruments.com (Paul R Carre) wrote in message news:<3f**************@news.cwgsy.net>...

This one is driving me nuts.

I have a Windows application and a windows control library contained
in the same project. In the controll library I have a control derrived
from System.Windows.Forms.Button :-

public class neatBtn : System.Windows.Forms.Button

I am using neatBtn on the form in the windows application.

However changes that I make to my neatBtn do not seem to become
available in the control that is used on the form until I close the
whole of visual studio and re-run it.

This seems to apply to both properties and methods.

There _has_ to be a better way - or am I missing the plot ?

[Paul R Carre]

On 18 Sep 2003 12:03:26 -0700, ch***@chornbe.com (Chris Hornberger)
wrote:

Paul, I was working on a control yesterday and like you, none of my
changes were appearing until I closed all code/designer windows and
deleted the button from the host form, then rebuilt and redrew the
button. Give that a shot?

Not for me - the only way I can get the changes to be seen ( currently
) are by closing and re starting visual studio.

[Paul R Carre]

On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 06:29:24 -0700, "Ryan Wade" <te**@test.com> wrote:

Try closing the solution and re-opening it.

Nope.