Partial Class Getting Extra Designer Form

[Gary Brown]

Hi,

I have moved some of the implementation of a form into a second
file and enclosed it with "partial class ..." VS wants to give the
second file its own designer form. How do I prevent that and how
do I get rid of the second one?

Thanks,
Gary

 

[Gary Brown]

"Gary Brown"

I have moved some of the implementation of a form into a second
file and enclosed it with "partial class ..." VS wants to give the
second file its own designer form. How do I prevent that and how
do I get rid of the second one?

I should have added that I started with a blank code file for the second
implementation file.

 

[Guest]

Not sure how to prevent VS to display the blank designer form, but you can
manually modify the project file for your partial class to include the
following node:
<DependentUpon>MyFormFileName.cs</DependentUpon>
(or vb) - this way when you open your project, the partial class appears
under your form, sumilar to Designer class. You will still need to open with
View-Code rather then double-clicking though.

If anyone knows how to let VS know that the new partial definition should
NOT have a separate (blank) designer, or at least how to define default
opening action on it as code view - would appreciate a lot.