I have an MDI container with a ToolStrip. I ran into a naming issue with images/icons. I removed the lines of code referring to the image of the buttons in the MDIForm.Designer.VB file. Then, in the actual designer, I imported the image file as a project resource and added this image to each button.

When I view the MDI form in the designer, the buttons appear normally, but when I run the app, the buttons are not there!

Should i have not edited the designer.vb file directly? Can this be fixed without recreating each button?