my IDE -- what did I do to it ?

[tcloud]

Fired up VS 2003 this morning, editing VB application and now I cannot open
Design View and Code View at the same time. If I select "view code" while in
Design View, the code appears, but there is no tab to switch back to Design
View. If I double-click the vb app, the Design View replaces the code window
and tab. I work on this at two different computers -- everything was okay
yesterday on the other computer.

[Chris]

something in your code is not correct
a new project works correct?

you need to post your code

"tcloud" <tc****@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Fired up VS 2003 this morning, editing VB application and now I cannot
open
Design View and Code View at the same time. If I select "view code" while
in
Design View, the code appears, but there is no tab to switch back to
Design
View. If I double-click the vb app, the Design View replaces the code
window
and tab. I work on this at two different computers -- everything was okay
yesterday on the other computer.

[Charles Law]

Did you add another class ahead of your form class?

The designer can get upset if the form or control class is not the first in
the file.

HTH

Charles
"tcloud" <tc****@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:47**********************************@microsof t.com...

Fired up VS 2003 this morning, editing VB application and now I cannot
open
Design View and Code View at the same time. If I select "view code" while
in
Design View, the code appears, but there is no tab to switch back to
Design
View. If I double-click the vb app, the Design View replaces the code
window
and tab. I work on this at two different computers -- everything was okay
yesterday on the other computer.

[tcloud]

This is the same project as on the other computer -- and it worked okay here
just last week.

I quit everything, closed all projects, and created a new app, one form,
text box and command button printing "hello world" in the text box.

When I double-click on an element on the form (e.g. command button) the code
window window opens okay. The application works okay.

When I close the design view and the code window, double-click on the vb app
in the solution explorer, the design view open, as normal. Then, when I
right-click and choose "vuew code", this problem occurs -- the design window
and tab disappear and the code window appears. double-clicking the app in
the solution explorer brings the design view back, but closes the code window.

I just did a "repair" of VS .Net 2003 Pro -- same thing is happening.

code for simple "hello world" project below:
Public Class Form1
Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form

#Region " Windows Form Designer generated code "

Public Sub New()
MyBase.New()

'This call is required by the Windows Form Designer.
InitializeComponent()

'Add any initialization after the InitializeComponent() call

End Sub

'Form overrides dispose to clean up the component list.
Protected Overloads Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean)
If disposing Then
If Not (components Is Nothing) Then
components.Dispose()
End If
End If
MyBase.Dispose(disposing)
End Sub

'Required by the Windows Form Designer
Private components As System.ComponentModel.IContainer

'NOTE: The following procedure is required by the Windows Form Designer
'It can be modified using the Windows Form Designer.
'Do not modify it using the code editor.
Friend WithEvents TextBox1 As System.Windows.Forms.TextBox
Friend WithEvents Button1 As System.Windows.Forms.Button
<System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()> Private Sub
InitializeComponent()
Me.TextBox1 = New System.Windows.Forms.TextBox
Me.Button1 = New System.Windows.Forms.Button
Me.SuspendLayout()
'
'TextBox1
'
Me.TextBox1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(32, 64)
Me.TextBox1.Name = "TextBox1"
Me.TextBox1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(216, 20)
Me.TextBox1.TabIndex = 0
Me.TextBox1.Text = "TextBox1"
'
'Button1
'
Me.Button1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(120, 168)
Me.Button1.Name = "Button1"
Me.Button1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(80, 32)
Me.Button1.TabIndex = 1
Me.Button1.Text = "Button1"
'
'Form1
'
Me.AutoScaleBaseSize = New System.Drawing.Size(5, 13)
Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(292, 273)
Me.Controls.Add(Me.Button1)
Me.Controls.Add(Me.TextBox1)
Me.Name = "Form1"
Me.Text = "Form1"
Me.ResumeLayout(False)

End Sub

#End Region

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
TextBox1.Text = "hello world"
End Sub

End Class