Possible bug in VS.NET 2003?

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Jul 9th, 2003, 03:09 PM
Sheppe

Possible bug in VS.NET 2003?

Here's the situation:

I've got an application that is using the System.Windows.Forms.Toolbar object. I have assigned an Image List to the Toolbar and it has been working just fine - until now. I started debugging the project from the IDE (F5) and it ran fine and all of the images came up, no problem. I quit the app and went back to the IDE and locked the controls of the form (Format >> Lock Controls). I started debugging again and now none of the images show up. ***? Even if I run the Release version outside of the IDE there are still no images being displayed in the Toolbar. I have removed all of the images from the image list and re-added them, but to no avail. I have also dicked around with a bunch of different property settings to see if that would trigger something, but no. If I run a previous version of the app then the images show up in that. Any thoughts?

TIA
Jul 9th, 2003, 03:35 PM
Edneeis

Something like this happened to me once using 2002, I had to remove the toolbar and add a new one then do the same for the images. Never had it happen again after that.
Jul 9th, 2003, 05:58 PM
Sheppe

Quote:

Originally posted by Edneeis
Something like this happened to me once using 2002, I had to remove the toolbar and add a new one then do the same for the images. Never had it happen again after that.

Bugger. I was hoping not to have to do that.... :( The weird thing is that the images are all visible in the IDE, just not at run time. Aw well, hopefully this is something that will be dealt with in a service pack.

Thanks! :)
Jul 9th, 2003, 07:22 PM
Pirate

It shouldn't be that serious bug . Ok don't lock your controls :D ...that's it .
Jul 9th, 2003, 11:35 PM
DevGrp

If you are using Application.EnableVisualStyles() that might be the problem. During the beta phase of VS 2003 it was reported on the MS betas forums. I got that bug but only in C#. It works fine in VB.NET.

The problem was that I had a toolbar on my form with the images and at runtime the images would disappear. The problem was because I was using Application.EnableVisualStyle(). If I removed it, the toolbar images would show up. Someone found a way to get around it by puting DoEvents() right after Application.EnableVisualStyle(). The MS guys said that they did'nt have any time to fix it since it was'nt a show stopper.
Jul 10th, 2003, 04:01 AM
Pirate

What the **** they mean by "they didn't have time" ??Did they even consider to release any fix ???:confused: damn MS
Jul 10th, 2003, 10:19 AM
Sheppe

Quote:

Originally posted by DevGrp
If you are using Application.EnableVisualStyles() that might be the problem. During the beta phase of VS 2003 it was reported on the MS betas forums. I got that bug but only in C#. It works fine in VB.NET.

The problem was that I had a toolbar on my form with the images and at runtime the images would disappear. The problem was because I was using Application.EnableVisualStyle(). If I removed it, the toolbar images would show up. Someone found a way to get around it by puting DoEvents() right after Application.EnableVisualStyle(). The MS guys said that they did'nt have any time to fix it since it was'nt a show stopper.

I'm not making such a call, but I am experiencing the exact behaviour that you describe. This has given me a couple of ideas to work with, though, so thanks. :)
Jul 10th, 2003, 11:07 AM
DevGrp

Quote:

Originally posted by Pirate
What the **** they mean by "they didn't have time" ??Did they even consider to release any fix ???:confused: damn MS

According to them, its not a priority bug. Its at the bottom of the to-fix list.