Problem when Form inherits from another Form

[Guest]

I am using VS 2005/.Net 2.0. I have a base form that is contained in a
library project. When I try to inherit from this base form in another
project the designer get confused and displays the following error. Can I
not inhierit from a base form?
Thanks for your help!
Terry

Unable to load one or more of the requested types. Retrieve the
LoaderExceptions property for more information.
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[Linda Liu [MSFT]]

Hi Terry,

I have performed a test based on your description but did not reproduce the
problem.

I create two projects--one is a class library project and the other is a
WinForm application project. In the class library project, I add a form.
Build the class library project and then add a reference to the class
library project in the WinForm project. I add a inherited form to the
WinForm project based on the form in the class library, and all works fine.

If you have code in the base form's constructor, or Load event handler,
these code will be executed when the inherited form is opened in the form
designer. I suggest that you comment out the code in the base form's
constructor and Load event handler to see if the problem would disappear.

If the problem is still not resolved, you may send me a sample project that
could just reproduce the problem. To get my actual email address, remove
'online' from my displayed email address.


Sincerely,
Linda Liu
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[Guest]

I used to get this all the time but the service pack made it go away.
Have you got SP1?

 

[Linda Liu [MSFT]]

Hi Terry,

How about the problem now?

If the problem is still not solved, and you need our further assistance,
please feel free to let me know.

Thank you for using our MSDN Managed Newsgroup Support Service!

Sincerely,
Linda Liu
Microsoft Online Community Support

 

[Guest]

Hi Linda,
Thank you for your response. It appears that I have things working. My
issue was caused by the following:
1) I did not provide a default constructor in my base class. Please confirm
that this is required.
2) I was using the DevExpress XtraGrid which for VS2005 needs to have a
registry entry set.

Please confirm that I do in fact need a default constructor in my base class.

Again,
Thanks for your help!!!
Terry

 

[Linda Liu [MSFT]]

Hi Terry,

Yes, you need a default constructor that takes no parameter in the base
class.

In fact, in this case, we could not create a form derived from the base
form in the same project where the base form resides.

Hope this helps.
If you have any question, please feel free to let me know.

Sincerely,
Linda Liu
Microsoft Online Community Support

 

[Ramki]

Hi,


I am trying to open window form in designer (this form inherits another
window form

"BaseForm") ,
am getting exception and Visual studis is asking to debug or cancel message
alert.


I debugged and its said "Could not load file or assembly 'Wrappers.CLI,
Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' or one of its
dependencies.
The system cannot find the file specified. "

The WSOD contains:


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.

"Could not load file or assembly 'Wrappers.CLI, Version=0.0.0.0,
Culture=neutral,

PublicKeyToken=null' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the
file specified"
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at MyProject.BaseForm..ctor()

this is in C# project it has refernce to 'Wrappers.CLI' dll.

I tried

1. rebuilding

2. steps in http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cs/wsod.aspx

but none was working..

Thanks,
Ramki