[2005] Annoying Error in IDE

[mpdeglau]

Does anyone ever get this error when trying to view a form in the designer? This is displayed instead of the form.

One or more errors encountered while loading the designer. The errors are listed below. Some errors can be fixed by rebuilding your project, while others may require code changes.

The designer loader did not provide a root component but has not indicated why.
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at System.ComponentModel.Design.DesignSurface.get_View()
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Design.WindowPaneProviderService.CreateWindowPane(DesignSurface surface)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Design.Serialization.CodeDom.DeferrableWindowPaneProviderService.CreateWindow Pane(DesignSurface surface)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Design.VSDesignSurface.Microsoft.VisualStudio.Designer.Interfaces.IVSMDDesign er.get_View()

I can't see any ryhme or reason why it happens. I may or may not have changed anything on the form. Closing and reopen may or may not work. Re-Building may or may not work. But if both those fail, closing VS and re-opening does.

[Kasracer]

There have been multiple posts about issues similar to this. While most of the times it's because of a coding error, when no errors exist it's just a bug in the IDE.

A service pack for VS 2005 is set for release sometime this year I think. It should fix these issues.