Weird IDE; lost controls

[TheVader]

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.

SplitContainer1.Parent = Me

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

[kleinma]

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

[TheVader]

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

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

[Asgorath]

Hi

Well even released versions have bugs

Regards
Jorge

[TheVader]

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