Weird IDE; lost controls

A very annoying IDE problem has occurred to me in VS 2005 Express Edition Beta. I cut and pasted some controls on a form but they do not appear in the designer IDE. Also, when I compile my app they are not there. However, in the Properties window I can select the controls.

When I add this code to my Form_Load event, I do see the controls.

Code:

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SplitContainer1.Parent = Me

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So the controls are on the form, but not visible. :confused: Is this a bug? Can anyone help me out? This is driving my crazy... :mad:

perhaps they were pasted off the screen? select one of the controls and check its top and left property...

No, they all have normal top and left, height and width values. They should be visible... :confused:

When I request the Parent property of e.g. the SplitContainer it's empty. But when I set it to Me it works.

Hi

Well even released versions have bugs :afrog:

Regards
Jorge

Yes, very true. But does that mean I have to redesign my interface? That sucks, it was quite some work. :(