C# .NET 2.0 Form Inheritance Problem

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I have a base class form called ODBrowseForm that I've created which
inherits from System.Windows.Forms.Form with no problems. The problem
is that I have a DataGridView control in ODBrowseForm that I can't
access the properties of in my child forms.

For example I create a form called BrowseForm1 in a different project
that inherits from ODBrowseForm. When viewing BrowseForm1 in the
visual designer I can't move or resize the DataGridView control or
access any of its properties (IE: I want to edit the Columns collection
property). I can, however, access the DataGridView control and its
properties when coding in BrowseForm1.cs.

I've tried declaring the DataGridViewControl as protected and as
public, with the same results. I have been recompiling the solution
and copying the output .dll files to the Common7\IDE folder also.

Any ideas as to why this happens? Is there some property I need to
change, or is this a bug in Visual Studio 2005?