Visual Studio designer problem

[ovidiu.sabou]

The Windows Forms designer from VS 2005 behaves strangely on my
computer quite often. The only reliable and temporary fix that I know
is to restart the computer. I don't experience similar problems with
other applications. It chaotically draws text(and other stuff as well)
on the screen(out of it's window). Please see these screenshots:
http://img138.imageshack.us/my.php?image=omgwhathappennedtovisualstudio.png
http://img247.imageshack.us/my.php?image=omgwhathappennedtovisualstudio.png

Do you have any ideas how could I fix this ? (Although I am developing
a pocket pc app, I have the same problem with the WindowsApplication
template).

This happens suddenly after minimizing and restoring the visual studio
window(but I can't see any pattern in this) and after it happens, it
cannot be fixed by reloading the project, or creating another project
or even restarting VS(although sometimes it works). If I reboot,
everything works fine until in happens again.

Thanks,
Ovidiu Sabou

 

[Kevin Westhead]

Does this happen for every project, even simple ones with no custom
controls? Do you have any add-ins loaded or any other 3rd party enhancements
to VS? Finally, if you open Task Manager what is the GDI object count for VS
(go to View|Select Columns if it isn't already displayed)?

 

[William Stacey [MVP]]

I would first start by closing as many task bar apps as possible and see if
it keeps happening. Have you run a virus checker lately?

--
William Stacey [MVP]

| The Windows Forms designer from VS 2005 behaves strangely on my
| computer quite often. The only reliable and temporary fix that I know
| is to restart the computer. I don't experience similar problems with
| other applications. It chaotically draws text(and other stuff as well)
| on the screen(out of it's window). Please see these screenshots:
|
http://img138.imageshack.us/my.php?image=omgwhathappennedtovisualstudio.png
|
http://img247.imageshack.us/my.php?image=omgwhathappennedtovisualstudio.png
|
| Do you have any ideas how could I fix this ? (Although I am developing
| a pocket pc app, I have the same problem with the WindowsApplication
| template).
|
| This happens suddenly after minimizing and restoring the visual studio
| window(but I can't see any pattern in this) and after it happens, it
| cannot be fixed by reloading the project, or creating another project
| or even restarting VS(although sometimes it works). If I reboot,
| everything works fine until in happens again.
|
| Thanks,
| Ovidiu Sabou
|