Changing a forms name

[Jeff Johnson [MVP: VB]]

Is it possible to have a fix or an update to VS .NET 2003 for this problem?
I just work a lot with students and show them how to work in VS so I'm
changing the form's names a lot, and I alwase have to change the startup form.
It would be much easier to work with if this problem would some how

resolved.

I doubt MS will "fix" it in existing version if Visual Studio. Perhaps a
macro or an add-in could be created, but that would probably be a lot more
trouble than it's worth. It's just one error. Teach your students how to
handle it.

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Try in VS IDE File->New->Project than opens a window choose Visual Basic
Projects and than Windows Application. Give the name for your application.

A wizard will than generate a complete project for you. (Such a thing is
called a wizard even if it is not named a wizard)

OK, I didn't consider that to be a wizard, I thought that's a
"template".

 

[Jeff Johnson [MVP: VB]]

OK, I didn't consider that to be a wizard, I thought that's a
"template".

I think someone needs to make a formal definition of "Wizard" as requiring
more than one "page" before it completes its job. I've never thought of the
New Project dialog as a wizard either.

 

[Tom Spink]

Does Visual Studio 2005 fixed this BUG?

I wouldn't call it a bug.... I've never in all my years had a problem with
this, i'd say if anything it's a slight inconvenience.

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[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Is it possible to have a fix or an update to VS .NET 2003 for this problem?

There is nothing to fix. This behavior is IMO "by design".

I just work a lot with students and show them how to work in VS so I'm
changing the form's names a lot, and I alwase have to change the startup
form.

OK, I understand that this is a very special situation, but I never had
a problem with that because you see an error in the tasklist and can
select the new startup form using an UI, so that's a pretty easy task.

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

I wouldn't call it a bug.... I've never in all my years had a problem with
this, i'd say if anything it's a slight inconvenience.

The behavior changed in VB 2005. Renaming the /file/ will rename the class,
and renaming the class will cause VB to update the startup object.

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

I think someone needs to make a formal definition of "Wizard" as requiring
more than one "page" before it completes its job. I've never thought of the
New Project dialog as a wizard either.

Wizards, IMO, have a certain look, there is a common set of buttons
("Next >", "Finish", ...). Still, there is kind of magic in how VS puts
together the project from the template ;-).

 

[Guest]

I agree that this is not a difficult task but it would be nice to have it fixed.