Hi,
I have a project developed in VB.NET 1.1 (using VS 2003). The project has forms developed using the DataForm wizard (Connecting to Access Database, having a dataset and couple of adapter as automatically generated through the wizard - See attached screenprint "Original Form In VS 2003.PNG").
I converted the project to VB.NET 2.0 using VS2005 Express Edition.
Now when I tried to open the form from the converted project in Designer mode in VS2005 Express Edition, the form is not displayed, instead a text line similar to below (also see the screenprint "Converted Form To VS2005 Express Edition.png" attached below) is shown
<html><head><META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><title></title><style>.ErrorStyle { font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11 pt; text-align: left}.DetailsStyle { font-family: tahoma; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;text-indent: 0; word-spacing: 0; line-height: 100%; float: left; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0}.StackStyleVisible { font-family: tahoma; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; margin-left: 20; text-indent: 0}.StackStyleHidden { display:none; font-family: tahoma; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; margin-left: 20; text-indent: 0}</style></head><body><DIV class="DetailsStyle" width="100%"><table border="0" width="100%" id="table1" height="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td height="40" bgcolor="#FF9999" width="8%" style="letter-spacing: 0" align="center"><img border="0" src="C:\Documents and Settings\Umesh\Local Settings\Temp\13622E.tmp" width="35" height="35" alt="ErrorImage" ></td><td height="40" bgcolor="#FF9999" width="91%" style="vertical-align: top; letter-spacing: 0" align="left"><b><font size="2" face="Arial" fontsize="70%">One or more errors encountered while loading the designer. The errors are listed below. Some errors can be fixed by rebuilding your project, while others may require code changes.</font><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></b></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><DIV id="div1" class="ErrorStyle" width="100%"><span style="font-weight: 600"><br>Object reference not set to an instance of an object. </span><br><a href="" id="details0">Hide</a><font color="#0000FF">  </font></DIV> </td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><DIV id="div20" class="StackStyleVisible" width="100%"><br> at CustomBaseForm.CommonFunctions.GetApplicationFont(OleDbConnection OleDbConnection1)<br> at CustomBaseForm.BaseForm.frmSupplierDetails_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e)<br> at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnLoad(EventArgs e)<br> at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnCreateControl()<br> at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl(Boolean fIgnoreVisible)<br> at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl()<br> at System.Windows.Forms.Control.SetVisibleCore(Boolean value)<br> at System.Windows.Forms.Form.SetVisibleCore(Boolean value)<br> at System.Windows.Forms.Control.set_Visible(Boolean value)<br> at System.Windows.Forms.Design.DesignerFrame.Initialize(Control view)<br> at System.Windows.Forms.Design.DocumentDesigner.Initialize(IComponent component)<br> at System.Windows.Forms.Design.FormDocumentDesigner.Initialize(IComponent component)<br> at System.ComponentModel.Design.DesignerHost.AddToContainerPostProcess(IComponent component, String name, IContainer containerToAddTo)<br> at System.ComponentModel.Design.DesignerHost.Add(IComponent component, String name)<br> at System.ComponentModel.Design.DesignerHost.System.ComponentModel.Design.IDesignerHost.CreateComponent(Type componentType, String name)<br> at System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.DesignerSerializationManager.CreateInstance(Type type, ICollection arguments, String name, Boolean addToContainer)<br> at System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.DesignerSerializationManager.System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.IDesignerSerializationManager.CreateInstance(Type type, ICollection arguments, String name, Boolean addToContainer)<br> at System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.TypeCodeDomSerializer.Deserialize(IDesignerSerializationManager manager, CodeTypeDeclaration declaration)<br> at System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.CodeDomDesignerLoader.PerformLoad(IDesignerSerializationManager manager)<br> at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Design.Serialization.CodeDom.VSCodeDomDesignerLoader.PerformLoad(IDesignerSerializationManager serializationManager)<br> at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Design.Serialization.CodeDom.VSCodeDomDesignerLoader.DeferredLoadHandler.Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextManager.Interop.IVsTextBufferDataEvents.OnLoadCompleted(Int32 fReload)</DIV></td></tr></table></div></body></html>When I execute the converted project (Application), it executes perfectly and the form is also shown correctly.
How can I open the form in the designer so that I can modify the same?
Thanks in advance!!
