"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" <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
>>
>>
>
>

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
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>