Custom Form working at runtime but cannot be loaded in designer

Hi,
I have a custom form that works fine when I debug it or run it in release
mode but cannot be loaded in the designer... Actually, it can be loaded in
the designer when no control is on it, but the resizing tool (in the
designer) is offset both horizontally and vertically and when I put a
control on it, as soon as I save, the designer throws an exception (but
cannot be reproduced everytime) and the form cannot be loaded anymore unless
I remove all the controls from it... but the major problem is the offset of
the designer... also, I'm unable to move the newly added controls on my
form... I can resize them when I add them and after that cannot even select
them... this behavior happens when I want to use the custom form (inherit
forms of my projects from this form)...

When I want to see the form in the designer (the CustomForm itself inherited
from system.windows.forms.form) I receive and exception too (here it is)

Events cannot be set on the object passed to the event binding service
because a site associated with the object could not be located.
Hide
at
System.ComponentModel.Design.EventBindingService.EventPropertyDescriptor.SetValue(Object
component, Object value)
at
System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.CodeDomSerializerBase.DeserializeAttachEventStatement(IDesignerSerializationManager
manager, CodeAttachEventStatement statement)
at
System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.CodeDomSerializerBase.DeserializeStatement(IDesignerSerializationManager
manager, CodeStatement statement)

Events cannot be set on the object passed to the event binding service
because a site associated with the object could not be located.
Hide
at
System.ComponentModel.Design.EventBindingService.EventPropertyDescriptor.SetValue(Object
component, Object value)
at
System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.CodeDomSerializerBase.DeserializeAttachEventStatement(IDesignerSerializationManager
manager, CodeAttachEventStatement statement)
at
System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.CodeDomSerializerBase.DeserializeStatement(IDesignerSerializationManager
manager, CodeStatement statement)

Method 'System.Windows.Forms.Form.SetStyle' not found.
Hide
at System.RuntimeType.InvokeMember(String name, BindingFlags bindingFlags,
Binder binder, Object target, Object[] providedArgs, ParameterModifier[]
modifiers, CultureInfo culture, String[] namedParams)
at
System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.CodeDomSerializerBase.DeserializeExpression(IDesignerSerializationManager
manager, String name, CodeExpression expression)
at
System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.CodeDomSerializerBase.DeserializeStatement(IDesignerSerializationManager
manager, CodeStatement statement)


Does anybody know the solution to this kind of behavior? btw, it may be
relevant to say I'm using a custom message filter (IMessageFilter)

Thanks

ThunderMusic

ThunderMusic
Thu Nov 23 12:42:41 CST 2006

ok... great I solved most of my problems... the only thing remaining is
the fact that the form appears offset with the sizing anchors in the
designer when I inherit from it.

So let's say I have my CustomForm, then I create a form like this "public
class MyForm : CustomForm"... Everytime I want to load MyForm in the
designer, the anchors are offset... the form itself is in the right place,
but the anchors are offset low and right and everything I place on the form
is located at 0,0 and cannot be moved in the designer (cannot even be
selected again after I select anything else at creation)... I can move them
into the MyForm.designer.cs tought, and it works fine, but it's not the
"normal" behavior of things... does anybody can point me to some possible
causes for this problem?

thanks

ThunderMusic

"ThunderMusic" <NoSpAmdanlatathotmaildotcom@NoSpAm.com> wrote in message
news:uV5tWSkDHHA.1012@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
> I have a custom form that works fine when I debug it or run it in release
> mode but cannot be loaded in the designer... Actually, it can be loaded
> in the designer when no control is on it, but the resizing tool (in the
> designer) is offset both horizontally and vertically and when I put a
> control on it, as soon as I save, the designer throws an exception (but
> cannot be reproduced everytime) and the form cannot be loaded anymore
> unless I remove all the controls from it... but the major problem is the
> offset of the designer... also, I'm unable to move the newly added
> controls on my form... I can resize them when I add them and after that
> cannot even select them... this behavior happens when I want to use the
> custom form (inherit forms of my projects from this form)...
>
> When I want to see the form in the designer (the CustomForm itself
> inherited from system.windows.forms.form) I receive and exception too
> (here it is)
>
> Events cannot be set on the object passed to the event binding service
> because a site associated with the object could not be located.
> Hide
> at
> System.ComponentModel.Design.EventBindingService.EventPropertyDescriptor.SetValue(Object
> component, Object value)
> at
> System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.CodeDomSerializerBase.DeserializeAttachEventStatement(IDesignerSerializationManager
> manager, CodeAttachEventStatement statement)
> at
> System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.CodeDomSerializerBase.DeserializeStatement(IDesignerSerializationManager
> manager, CodeStatement statement)
>
> Events cannot be set on the object passed to the event binding service
> because a site associated with the object could not be located.
> Hide
> at
> System.ComponentModel.Design.EventBindingService.EventPropertyDescriptor.SetValue(Object
> component, Object value)
> at
> System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.CodeDomSerializerBase.DeserializeAttachEventStatement(IDesignerSerializationManager
> manager, CodeAttachEventStatement statement)
> at
> System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.CodeDomSerializerBase.DeserializeStatement(IDesignerSerializationManager
> manager, CodeStatement statement)
>
> Method 'System.Windows.Forms.Form.SetStyle' not found.
> Hide
> at System.RuntimeType.InvokeMember(String name, BindingFlags bindingFlags,
> Binder binder, Object target, Object[] providedArgs, ParameterModifier[]
> modifiers, CultureInfo culture, String[] namedParams)
> at
> System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.CodeDomSerializerBase.DeserializeExpression(IDesignerSerializationManager
> manager, String name, CodeExpression expression)
> at
> System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.CodeDomSerializerBase.DeserializeStatement(IDesignerSerializationManager
> manager, CodeStatement statement)
>
>
> Does anybody know the solution to this kind of behavior? btw, it may be
> relevant to say I'm using a custom message filter (IMessageFilter)
>
> Thanks
>
> ThunderMusic
>
>

Mick
Thu Nov 23 17:01:40 CST 2006

Sorry for the slow response, but I've been busy.

Because you are using the method on my site, most users may not even have
seen the error without further info. I happen to know what you're doing
because of a previous thread.

When Inheriting the shapedform class you need to make sure that the
CreateParams is not applied in DesignTime, so the CreateParams method should
be modified as below:

protected override System.Windows.Forms.CreateParams CreateParams
{
get
{
CreateParams cp = base.CreateParams;
if (!this.DesignMode)
{
const int WS_CLIPCHILDREN = 0x2000000;
const int WS_MINIMIZEBOX = 0x20000;
//const int WS_MAXIMIZEBOX = 0x10000;
const int WS_SYSMENU = 0x80000;

const int CS_DBLCLKS = 0x8;
const int CS_DROPSHADOW = 0x20000;

int ClassFlags = CS_DBLCLKS;
int OSVER = Environment.OSVersion.Version.Major * 10;
OSVER += Environment.OSVersion.Version.Minor;
if (OSVER >= 51) ClassFlags = CS_DBLCLKS | CS_DROPSHADOW;

cp.Style = WS_CLIPCHILDREN | WS_MINIMIZEBOX | WS_SYSMENU;

cp.ClassStyle = ClassFlags;
}
return cp;
}
}


--
Mick Doherty
http://dotnetrix.co.uk/nothing.html


"ThunderMusic" <NoSpAmdanlatathotmaildotcom@NoSpAm.com> wrote in message
news:%23n4go8yDHHA.3596@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> ok... great I solved most of my problems... the only thing remaining is
> the fact that the form appears offset with the sizing anchors in the
> designer when I inherit from it.
>
> So let's say I have my CustomForm, then I create a form like this "public
> class MyForm : CustomForm"... Everytime I want to load MyForm in the
> designer, the anchors are offset... the form itself is in the right
> place, but the anchors are offset low and right and everything I place on
> the form is located at 0,0 and cannot be moved in the designer (cannot
> even be selected again after I select anything else at creation)... I can
> move them into the MyForm.designer.cs tought, and it works fine, but it's
> not the "normal" behavior of things... does anybody can point me to some
> possible causes for this problem?
>
> thanks
>
> ThunderMusic
>
> "ThunderMusic" <NoSpAmdanlatathotmaildotcom@NoSpAm.com> wrote in message
> news:uV5tWSkDHHA.1012@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Hi,
>> I have a custom form that works fine when I debug it or run it in release
>> mode but cannot be loaded in the designer... Actually, it can be loaded
>> in the designer when no control is on it, but the resizing tool (in the
>> designer) is offset both horizontally and vertically and when I put a
>> control on it, as soon as I save, the designer throws an exception (but
>> cannot be reproduced everytime) and the form cannot be loaded anymore
>> unless I remove all the controls from it... but the major problem is the
>> offset of the designer... also, I'm unable to move the newly added
>> controls on my form... I can resize them when I add them and after that
>> cannot even select them... this behavior happens when I want to use the
>> custom form (inherit forms of my projects from this form)...
>>
>> When I want to see the form in the designer (the CustomForm itself
>> inherited from system.windows.forms.form) I receive and exception too
>> (here it is)
>>
>> Events cannot be set on the object passed to the event binding service
>> because a site associated with the object could not be located.
>> Hide
>> at
>> System.ComponentModel.Design.EventBindingService.EventPropertyDescriptor.SetValue(Object
>> component, Object value)
>> at
>> System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.CodeDomSerializerBase.DeserializeAttachEventStatement(IDesignerSerializationManager
>> manager, CodeAttachEventStatement statement)
>> at
>> System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.CodeDomSerializerBase.DeserializeStatement(IDesignerSerializationManager
>> manager, CodeStatement statement)
>>
>> Events cannot be set on the object passed to the event binding service
>> because a site associated with the object could not be located.
>> Hide
>> at
>> System.ComponentModel.Design.EventBindingService.EventPropertyDescriptor.SetValue(Object
>> component, Object value)
>> at
>> System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.CodeDomSerializerBase.DeserializeAttachEventStatement(IDesignerSerializationManager
>> manager, CodeAttachEventStatement statement)
>> at
>> System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.CodeDomSerializerBase.DeserializeStatement(IDesignerSerializationManager
>> manager, CodeStatement statement)
>>
>> Method 'System.Windows.Forms.Form.SetStyle' not found.
>> Hide
>> at System.RuntimeType.InvokeMember(String name, BindingFlags
>> bindingFlags, Binder binder, Object target, Object[] providedArgs,
>> ParameterModifier[] modifiers, CultureInfo culture, String[] namedParams)
>> at
>> System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.CodeDomSerializerBase.DeserializeExpression(IDesignerSerializationManager
>> manager, String name, CodeExpression expression)
>> at
>> System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.CodeDomSerializerBase.DeserializeStatement(IDesignerSerializationManager
>> manager, CodeStatement statement)
>>
>>
>> Does anybody know the solution to this kind of behavior? btw, it may be
>> relevant to say I'm using a custom message filter (IMessageFilter)
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> ThunderMusic
>>
>>
>
>

ThunderMusic
Thu Nov 23 17:52:07 CST 2006

Great!!! everything is solved now... thanks a bunch... ;) I modified your
solution a bit to remove the border at design time because, anyways, it's
not useful to show it as it will not be visible at runtime... and it does
not cause any problem to remove it at design time (no one I can see right
now, if you think of one, let me know)

Thanks a lot again!!

ThunderMusic


"Mick Doherty"
<EXCHANGE#WITH@AND.REMOVE.SQUAREBRACKETS.[mdaudi100#ntlworld.com]> wrote in
message news:%2330PXN1DHHA.996@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Sorry for the slow response, but I've been busy.
>
> Because you are using the method on my site, most users may not even have
> seen the error without further info. I happen to know what you're doing
> because of a previous thread.
>
> When Inheriting the shapedform class you need to make sure that the
> CreateParams is not applied in DesignTime, so the CreateParams method
> should be modified as below:
>
> protected override System.Windows.Forms.CreateParams CreateParams
> {
> get
> {
> CreateParams cp = base.CreateParams;
> if (!this.DesignMode)
> {
> const int WS_CLIPCHILDREN = 0x2000000;
> const int WS_MINIMIZEBOX = 0x20000;
> //const int WS_MAXIMIZEBOX = 0x10000;
> const int WS_SYSMENU = 0x80000;
>
> const int CS_DBLCLKS = 0x8;
> const int CS_DROPSHADOW = 0x20000;
>
> int ClassFlags = CS_DBLCLKS;
> int OSVER = Environment.OSVersion.Version.Major * 10;
> OSVER += Environment.OSVersion.Version.Minor;
> if (OSVER >= 51) ClassFlags = CS_DBLCLKS | CS_DROPSHADOW;
>
> cp.Style = WS_CLIPCHILDREN | WS_MINIMIZEBOX | WS_SYSMENU;
>
> cp.ClassStyle = ClassFlags;
> }
> return cp;
> }
> }
>
>
> --
> Mick Doherty
> http://dotnetrix.co.uk/nothing.html
>
>
> "ThunderMusic" <NoSpAmdanlatathotmaildotcom@NoSpAm.com> wrote in message
> news:%23n4go8yDHHA.3596@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> ok... great I solved most of my problems... the only thing remaining is
>> the fact that the form appears offset with the sizing anchors in the
>> designer when I inherit from it.
>>
>> So let's say I have my CustomForm, then I create a form like this "public
>> class MyForm : CustomForm"... Everytime I want to load MyForm in the
>> designer, the anchors are offset... the form itself is in the right
>> place, but the anchors are offset low and right and everything I place on
>> the form is located at 0,0 and cannot be moved in the designer (cannot
>> even be selected again after I select anything else at creation)... I can
>> move them into the MyForm.designer.cs tought, and it works fine, but it's
>> not the "normal" behavior of things... does anybody can point me to some
>> possible causes for this problem?
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> ThunderMusic
>>
>> "ThunderMusic" <NoSpAmdanlatathotmaildotcom@NoSpAm.com> wrote in message
>> news:uV5tWSkDHHA.1012@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> Hi,
>>> I have a custom form that works fine when I debug it or run it in
>>> release mode but cannot be loaded in the designer... Actually, it can
>>> be loaded in the designer when no control is on it, but the resizing
>>> tool (in the designer) is offset both horizontally and vertically and
>>> when I put a control on it, as soon as I save, the designer throws an
>>> exception (but cannot be reproduced everytime) and the form cannot be
>>> loaded anymore unless I remove all the controls from it... but the
>>> major problem is the offset of the designer... also, I'm unable to move
>>> the newly added controls on my form... I can resize them when I add them
>>> and after that cannot even select them... this behavior happens when I
>>> want to use the custom form (inherit forms of my projects from this
>>> form)...
>>>
>>> When I want to see the form in the designer (the CustomForm itself
>>> inherited from system.windows.forms.form) I receive and exception too
>>> (here it is)
>>>
>>> Events cannot be set on the object passed to the event binding service
>>> because a site associated with the object could not be located.
>>> Hide
>>> at
>>> System.ComponentModel.Design.EventBindingService.EventPropertyDescriptor.SetValue(Object
>>> component, Object value)
>>> at
>>> System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.CodeDomSerializerBase.DeserializeAttachEventStatement(IDesignerSerializationManager
>>> manager, CodeAttachEventStatement statement)
>>> at
>>> System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.CodeDomSerializerBase.DeserializeStatement(IDesignerSerializationManager
>>> manager, CodeStatement statement)
>>>
>>> Events cannot be set on the object passed to the event binding service
>>> because a site associated with the object could not be located.
>>> Hide
>>> at
>>> System.ComponentModel.Design.EventBindingService.EventPropertyDescriptor.SetValue(Object
>>> component, Object value)
>>> at
>>> System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.CodeDomSerializerBase.DeserializeAttachEventStatement(IDesignerSerializationManager
>>> manager, CodeAttachEventStatement statement)
>>> at
>>> System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.CodeDomSerializerBase.DeserializeStatement(IDesignerSerializationManager
>>> manager, CodeStatement statement)
>>>
>>> Method 'System.Windows.Forms.Form.SetStyle' not found.
>>> Hide
>>> at System.RuntimeType.InvokeMember(String name, BindingFlags
>>> bindingFlags, Binder binder, Object target, Object[] providedArgs,
>>> ParameterModifier[] modifiers, CultureInfo culture, String[]
>>> namedParams)
>>> at
>>> System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.CodeDomSerializerBase.DeserializeExpression(IDesignerSerializationManager
>>> manager, String name, CodeExpression expression)
>>> at
>>> System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.CodeDomSerializerBase.DeserializeStatement(IDesignerSerializationManager
>>> manager, CodeStatement statement)
>>>
>>>
>>> Does anybody know the solution to this kind of behavior? btw, it may be
>>> relevant to say I'm using a custom message filter (IMessageFilter)
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> ThunderMusic
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

GeirSanne
Fri Feb 09 06:44:00 CST 2007

hi!!!

what did you do to get rid of the strange designtime error ?
i got the same problem after upgrading my project from .net 1.1 to 2.0.
all forms that uses my custom usercontrol get this message.