[RESOLVED] How to access Windows Form Designer generated code in 2008?

[riechan]

Is it possible to edit the Windows Form Designer generated code in VS2008?

[jmcilhinney]

Open the Solution Explorer and click the Show All Files button. You can then expand your for to reveal a node for the designer code file.

[riechan]

Is the Windows Form Designer code in the .resx file? And can I add code such as this?

    Private Shared _instanceTransaction As frmTransaction
    Public Shared ReadOnly Property Instance() As frmTransaction
        Get
            If _instanceTransaction Is Nothing OrElse _instanceTransaction.IsDisposed Then
                'There is no current instance so create one.                
                _instanceTransaction = New frmTransaction
            End If

            'Return a reference to the one and only instance.          
            Return _instanceTransaction
        End Get
    End Property

[jmcilhinney]

The designer code would be in the one with "designer" in the name.

You shouldn't be touching the designer code file at all unless you specifically need to, which is generally only when something has gone awry. If all you want to do is add a property then that is not designer code; it's user code so it belongs in the user code file, i.e. the code file that you (the user) normally add and edit code in. Why should this particular property be any different?

[riechan]

I got it. Thanks.