One for the books (???)....
In one of my projects I have a form (shows up in the Project Explorer). Last time I modified that form was late 2020...I 'replaced' that form with another one (but it was only going to be temporary. So when I wrote code for the new form, I kept references in my code for the 'old' one as well. After adding the new form, I never SHOWED it, but did, with code, 'display' data on it (although it was never seen by the users as it was never SHOWED).
Yesterday, I thought I would modify some of the controls on that old form with the intent to once again SHOW it during the run of my project. BUT, when I double-clicked on the name of the form (in the Project Explorer), it did not appear in the IDE.
My 'solution' was relatively simple: remove the form from the Project and add it back in. Now when I double-click it I can see (and modify) it in the IDE.
My question is: What happened to cause me to have to remove and add it, in order to see it in the IDE?
In one of my projects I have a form (shows up in the Project Explorer). Last time I modified that form was late 2020...I 'replaced' that form with another one (but it was only going to be temporary. So when I wrote code for the new form, I kept references in my code for the 'old' one as well. After adding the new form, I never SHOWED it, but did, with code, 'display' data on it (although it was never seen by the users as it was never SHOWED).
Yesterday, I thought I would modify some of the controls on that old form with the intent to once again SHOW it during the run of my project. BUT, when I double-clicked on the name of the form (in the Project Explorer), it did not appear in the IDE.
My 'solution' was relatively simple: remove the form from the Project and add it back in. Now when I double-click it I can see (and modify) it in the IDE.
My question is: What happened to cause me to have to remove and add it, in order to see it in the IDE?