VS2010 statusstrip problem

I have a status strip that is resisting all my efforts to reset to 'Visible'.

When I open the form with the status strip in designer mode, the status strip is not displayed but does appear with other embedded tools (i.e. toolstrip) at the bottom of the screen. I click the bottom display and the strip then appears on the form proper. In the status strip properties I scroll down to Visible, which is set to False (bold face). I change this to True (displays in normal font). If I save, close and reopen the form, the status strip is again set to Visible = False, displayed in bold face. This seems to happen on the 'save' because the visible property also seems to be reset when I compile or compile/run the app.

Every time I reload the form.vb file, the Visible property is reset to False (in bold font), regardless of the state in which it was saved.

Note that setting the visible attribute at run time is also an epic fail.

Here's the status strip property definition from the designer file:

HTML Code:

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        '
        'SpecStatusStrip
        '
        Me.SpecStatusStrip.Dock = System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle.None
        Me.SpecStatusStrip.Items.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem() {Me.SpecStatusLabel, Me.SpecStatsDropDownButton})
        Me.SpecStatusStrip.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(0, 0)
        Me.SpecStatusStrip.Name = "SpecStatusStrip"
        Me.SpecStatusStrip.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(930, 25)
        Me.SpecStatusStrip.TabIndex = 1

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Are you able to post your entire Form.Designer.vb file? Or a reduced version that replicates the problem for you?

For reasons of length I left out the 'Friend...' statements at the end.

Code:

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<Global.Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices.DesignerGenerated()> _
Partial Class SpectrometerDisplayForm
    Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form

    'Form overrides dispose to clean up the component list.
    <System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCode()> _
    Protected Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean)
        Try
            If disposing AndAlso components IsNot Nothing Then
                components.Dispose()
            End If
        Finally
            MyBase.Dispose(disposing)
        End Try
    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.
    <System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()> _
    Private Sub InitializeComponent()
        Dim resources As System.ComponentModel.ComponentResourceManager = New System.ComponentModel.ComponentResourceManager(GetType(SpectrometerDisplayForm))
        Me.MonitorDisplayGraph = New ZedGraph.ZedGraphControl()
        Me.SpecStatusStrip = New System.Windows.Forms.StatusStrip()
        Me.SpecStatsDropDownButton = New System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripDropDownButton()
        Me.WvLength4ToolStripMenuItem = New System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem()
        Me.WvLength3ToolStripMenuItem = New System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem()
        Me.WvLength2ToolStripMenuItem = New System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem()
        Me.WvLength1ToolStripMenuItem = New System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem()
        Me.ToolStripContainer1 = New System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripContainer()
        Me.Label1 = New System.Windows.Forms.Label()
        Me.ToolStrip1 = New System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip()
        Me.PrintSingleScanStripButton = New System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripButton()
        Me.ExportSingleScanToolStripButton = New System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripButton()
        Me.CalculatePeaks = New System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripButton()
        Me.SpecStatus = New System.Windows.Forms.StatusStrip()
        Me.SpecStatusLabel1 = New System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripStatusLabel()
        Me.SpecStatsDropDownButton1 = New System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripDropDownButton()
        Me.WvLength1ToolStripMenuItem1 = New System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem()
        Me.WvLength2ToolStripMenuItem1 = New System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem()
        Me.WvLength3ToolStripMenuItem1 = New System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem()
        Me.WvLength4ToolStripMenuItem1 = New System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem()
        Me.SpecStatusStrip.SuspendLayout()
        Me.ToolStripContainer1.ContentPanel.SuspendLayout()
        Me.ToolStripContainer1.TopToolStripPanel.SuspendLayout()
        Me.ToolStripContainer1.SuspendLayout()
        Me.ToolStrip1.SuspendLayout()
        Me.SpecStatus.SuspendLayout()
        Me.SuspendLayout()
        '
        'MonitorDisplayGraph
        '
        Me.MonitorDisplayGraph.Anchor = CType((((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Top Or System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Bottom) _
                    Or System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Left) _
                    Or System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Right), System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles)
        Me.MonitorDisplayGraph.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(28, 28)
        Me.MonitorDisplayGraph.Margin = New System.Windows.Forms.Padding(5)
        Me.MonitorDisplayGraph.Name = "MonitorDisplayGraph"
        Me.MonitorDisplayGraph.ScrollGrace = 0.0R
        Me.MonitorDisplayGraph.ScrollMaxX = 0.0R
        Me.MonitorDisplayGraph.ScrollMaxY = 0.0R
        Me.MonitorDisplayGraph.ScrollMaxY2 = 0.0R
        Me.MonitorDisplayGraph.ScrollMinX = 0.0R
        Me.MonitorDisplayGraph.ScrollMinY = 0.0R
        Me.MonitorDisplayGraph.ScrollMinY2 = 0.0R
        Me.MonitorDisplayGraph.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(869, 276)
        Me.MonitorDisplayGraph.TabIndex = 0
        '
        'SpecStatusStrip
        '
        Me.SpecStatusStrip.Dock = System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle.None
        Me.SpecStatusStrip.Items.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem() {Me.SpecStatsDropDownButton})
        Me.SpecStatusStrip.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(0, 325)
        Me.SpecStatusStrip.Name = "SpecStatusStrip"
        Me.SpecStatusStrip.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(61, 22)
        Me.SpecStatusStrip.TabIndex = 1
        '
        'SpecStatsDropDownButton
        '
        Me.SpecStatsDropDownButton.DisplayStyle = System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItemDisplayStyle.Image
        Me.SpecStatsDropDownButton.DropDownItems.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem() {Me.WvLength4ToolStripMenuItem, Me.WvLength3ToolStripMenuItem, Me.WvLength2ToolStripMenuItem, Me.WvLength1ToolStripMenuItem})
        Me.SpecStatsDropDownButton.Enabled = False
        Me.SpecStatsDropDownButton.ImageTransparentColor = System.Drawing.Color.Magenta
        Me.SpecStatsDropDownButton.Name = "SpecStatsDropDownButton"
        Me.SpecStatsDropDownButton.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(13, 20)
        '
        'WvLength4ToolStripMenuItem
        '
        Me.WvLength4ToolStripMenuItem.Name = "WvLength4ToolStripMenuItem"
        Me.WvLength4ToolStripMenuItem.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(156, 24)
        Me.WvLength4ToolStripMenuItem.Text = "WvLength 4"
        '
        'WvLength3ToolStripMenuItem
        '
        Me.WvLength3ToolStripMenuItem.Name = "WvLength3ToolStripMenuItem"
        Me.WvLength3ToolStripMenuItem.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(156, 24)
        Me.WvLength3ToolStripMenuItem.Text = "WvLength3"
        '
        'WvLength2ToolStripMenuItem
        '
        Me.WvLength2ToolStripMenuItem.Name = "WvLength2ToolStripMenuItem"
        Me.WvLength2ToolStripMenuItem.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(156, 24)
        Me.WvLength2ToolStripMenuItem.Text = "WvLength2"
        '
        'WvLength1ToolStripMenuItem
        '
        Me.WvLength1ToolStripMenuItem.Name = "WvLength1ToolStripMenuItem"
        Me.WvLength1ToolStripMenuItem.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(156, 24)
        Me.WvLength1ToolStripMenuItem.Text = "WvLength1"
        '
        'ToolStripContainer1
        '
        Me.ToolStripContainer1.BottomToolStripPanelVisible = False
        '
        'ToolStripContainer1.ContentPanel
        '
        Me.ToolStripContainer1.ContentPanel.AutoScroll = True
        Me.ToolStripContainer1.ContentPanel.Controls.Add(Me.SpecStatusStrip)
        Me.ToolStripContainer1.ContentPanel.Controls.Add(Me.Label1)
        Me.ToolStripContainer1.ContentPanel.Controls.Add(Me.MonitorDisplayGraph)
        Me.ToolStripContainer1.ContentPanel.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(930, 375)
        Me.ToolStripContainer1.Dock = System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle.Fill
        Me.ToolStripContainer1.LeftToolStripPanelVisible = False
        Me.ToolStripContainer1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(0, 0)
        Me.ToolStripContainer1.Name = "ToolStripContainer1"
        Me.ToolStripContainer1.RightToolStripPanelVisible = False
        Me.ToolStripContainer1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(930, 400)
        Me.ToolStripContainer1.TabIndex = 2
        Me.ToolStripContainer1.Text = "ToolStripContainer1"
        '
        'ToolStripContainer1.TopToolStripPanel
        '
        Me.ToolStripContainer1.TopToolStripPanel.Controls.Add(Me.ToolStrip1)
        '
        'Label1
        '
        Me.Label1.AutoSize = True
        Me.Label1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(651, 6)
        Me.Label1.Name = "Label1"
        Me.Label1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(51, 17)
        Me.Label1.TabIndex = 1
        Me.Label1.Text = "Label1"
        '
        'ToolStrip1
        '
        Me.ToolStrip1.Dock = System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle.None
        Me.ToolStrip1.Items.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem() {Me.PrintSingleScanStripButton, Me.ExportSingleScanToolStripButton, Me.CalculatePeaks})
        Me.ToolStrip1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(3, 0)
        Me.ToolStrip1.Name = "ToolStrip1"
        Me.ToolStrip1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(58, 25)
        Me.ToolStrip1.TabIndex = 0
        '
        'PrintSingleScanStripButton
        '
        Me.PrintSingleScanStripButton.DisplayStyle = System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItemDisplayStyle.Image
        Me.PrintSingleScanStripButton.Image = CType(resources.GetObject("PrintSingleScanStripButton.Image"), System.Drawing.Image)
        Me.PrintSingleScanStripButton.ImageTransparentColor = System.Drawing.Color.Magenta
        Me.PrintSingleScanStripButton.Name = "PrintSingleScanStripButton"
        Me.PrintSingleScanStripButton.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(23, 22)
        Me.PrintSingleScanStripButton.Text = "Print Single Scan Report"
        '
        'ExportSingleScanToolStripButton
        '
        Me.ExportSingleScanToolStripButton.DisplayStyle = System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItemDisplayStyle.Image
        Me.ExportSingleScanToolStripButton.Image = CType(resources.GetObject("ExportSingleScanToolStripButton.Image"), System.Drawing.Image)
        Me.ExportSingleScanToolStripButton.ImageTransparentColor = System.Drawing.Color.Magenta
        Me.ExportSingleScanToolStripButton.Name = "ExportSingleScanToolStripButton"
        Me.ExportSingleScanToolStripButton.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(23, 22)
        Me.ExportSingleScanToolStripButton.Text = "Export"
        '
        'CalculatePeaks
        '
        Me.CalculatePeaks.BackgroundImage = Global.NVSpecMon.My.Resources.Resources.graph
        Me.CalculatePeaks.DisplayStyle = System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItemDisplayStyle.Image
        Me.CalculatePeaks.Image = Global.NVSpecMon.My.Resources.Resources.graph
        Me.CalculatePeaks.ImageTransparentColor = System.Drawing.Color.Magenta
        Me.CalculatePeaks.Name = "CalculatePeaks"
        Me.CalculatePeaks.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(23, 22)
        Me.CalculatePeaks.Text = "Calculate Peaks"
        Me.CalculatePeaks.Visible = False
        '
        'SpecStatus
        '
        Me.SpecStatus.Items.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem() {Me.SpecStatusLabel1, Me.SpecStatsDropDownButton1})
        Me.SpecStatus.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(0, 375)
        Me.SpecStatus.Name = "SpecStatus"
        Me.SpecStatus.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(930, 25)
        Me.SpecStatus.TabIndex = 3
        Me.SpecStatus.Text = "StatusStrip1"
        '
        'SpecStatusLabel1
        '
        Me.SpecStatusLabel1.Enabled = False
        Me.SpecStatusLabel1.Name = "SpecStatusLabel1"
        Me.SpecStatusLabel1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(247, 20)
        Me.SpecStatusLabel1.Text = "No individiual wavelengths selected"
        '
        'SpecStatsDropDownButton1
        '
        Me.SpecStatsDropDownButton1.DisplayStyle = System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItemDisplayStyle.Image
        Me.SpecStatsDropDownButton1.DropDownItems.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem() {Me.WvLength4ToolStripMenuItem1, Me.WvLength3ToolStripMenuItem1, Me.WvLength2ToolStripMenuItem1, Me.WvLength1ToolStripMenuItem1})
        Me.SpecStatsDropDownButton1.ImageTransparentColor = System.Drawing.Color.Magenta
        Me.SpecStatsDropDownButton1.Name = "SpecStatsDropDownButton1"
        Me.SpecStatsDropDownButton1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(13, 23)
        Me.SpecStatsDropDownButton1.Text = "ToolStripDropDownButton1"
        '
        'WvLength1ToolStripMenuItem1
        '
        Me.WvLength1ToolStripMenuItem1.Name = "WvLength1ToolStripMenuItem1"
        Me.WvLength1ToolStripMenuItem1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(152, 24)
        Me.WvLength1ToolStripMenuItem1.Text = "WvLength1"
        '
        'WvLength2ToolStripMenuItem1
        '
        Me.WvLength2ToolStripMenuItem1.Name = "WvLength2ToolStripMenuItem1"
        Me.WvLength2ToolStripMenuItem1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(152, 24)
        Me.WvLength2ToolStripMenuItem1.Text = "WvLength2"
        '
        'WvLength3ToolStripMenuItem1
        '
        Me.WvLength3ToolStripMenuItem1.Name = "WvLength3ToolStripMenuItem1"
        Me.WvLength3ToolStripMenuItem1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(152, 24)
        Me.WvLength3ToolStripMenuItem1.Text = "WvLength3"
        '
        'WvLength4ToolStripMenuItem1
        '
        Me.WvLength4ToolStripMenuItem1.Name = "WvLength4ToolStripMenuItem1"
        Me.WvLength4ToolStripMenuItem1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(152, 24)
        Me.WvLength4ToolStripMenuItem1.Text = "WvLength4"
        '
        'SpectrometerDisplayForm
        '
        Me.AutoScaleDimensions = New System.Drawing.SizeF(8.0!, 16.0!)
        Me.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font
        Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(930, 400)
        Me.Controls.Add(Me.SpecStatus)
        Me.Controls.Add(Me.ToolStripContainer1)
        Me.Icon = CType(resources.GetObject("$this.Icon"), System.Drawing.Icon)
        Me.Margin = New System.Windows.Forms.Padding(4)
        Me.MaximizeBox = False
        Me.Name = "SpectrometerDisplayForm"
        Me.StartPosition = System.Windows.Forms.FormStartPosition.Manual
        Me.Text = "Monitor: "
        Me.SpecStatusStrip.ResumeLayout(False)
        Me.SpecStatusStrip.PerformLayout()
        Me.ToolStripContainer1.ContentPanel.ResumeLayout(False)
        Me.ToolStripContainer1.ContentPanel.PerformLayout()
        Me.ToolStripContainer1.TopToolStripPanel.ResumeLayout(False)
        Me.ToolStripContainer1.TopToolStripPanel.PerformLayout()
        Me.ToolStripContainer1.ResumeLayout(False)
        Me.ToolStripContainer1.PerformLayout()
        Me.ToolStrip1.ResumeLayout(False)
        Me.ToolStrip1.PerformLayout()
        Me.SpecStatus.ResumeLayout(False)
        Me.SpecStatus.PerformLayout()
        Me.ResumeLayout(False)
        Me.PerformLayout()

    End Sub

End Class

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Need the friend statements, I basically want to recreate your form on my screen and try to duplicate the behaviour.

Code:

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Friend WithEvents MonitorDisplayGraph As ZedGraph.ZedGraphControl
    Friend WithEvents SpecStatusStrip As System.Windows.Forms.StatusStrip
    Friend WithEvents SpecStatsDropDownButton As System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripDropDownButton
    Friend WithEvents WvLength4ToolStripMenuItem As System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem
    Friend WithEvents WvLength3ToolStripMenuItem As System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem
    Friend WithEvents WvLength2ToolStripMenuItem As System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem
    Friend WithEvents WvLength1ToolStripMenuItem As System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem
    Friend WithEvents ToolStripContainer1 As System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripContainer
    Friend WithEvents ToolStrip1 As System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip
    Friend WithEvents PrintSingleScanStripButton As System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripButton
    Friend WithEvents ExportSingleScanToolStripButton As System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripButton
    Friend WithEvents CalculatePeaks As System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripButton
    Friend WithEvents Label1 As System.Windows.Forms.Label
    Friend WithEvents SpecStatus As System.Windows.Forms.StatusStrip
    Friend WithEvents SpecStatusLabel1 As System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripStatusLabel
    Friend WithEvents SpecStatsDropDownButton1 As System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripDropDownButton
    Friend WithEvents WvLength4ToolStripMenuItem1 As System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem
    Friend WithEvents WvLength3ToolStripMenuItem1 As System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem
    Friend WithEvents WvLength2ToolStripMenuItem1 As System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem
    Friend WithEvents WvLength1ToolStripMenuItem1 As System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem

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