vs2008 display error

[Miro]

I have a re-occuring problem in vs2008 and I have wondered if someone else
has run into this.

As I flip between 'ViewCode' and 'Design' mode of a form, suddenly what will
happen is that the form display will be totally blank / totally grey.
The only thing I can do is to click the 'x' and close the 'Design' mode of
the form and then go to the solutions explorer and re-open it.

Miro

 

[PvdG42]

I have a re-occuring problem in vs2008 and I have wondered if someone else
has run into this.

As I flip between 'ViewCode' and 'Design' mode of a form, suddenly what
will happen is that the form display will be totally blank / totally grey.
The only thing I can do is to click the 'x' and close the 'Design' mode of
the form and then go to the solutions explorer and re-open it.

Miro

What project type? I don't see this with C# Windows Forms, WPF or Web
projects.
Have you checked/updated your graphics drivers recently? Sometimes obsolete
drivers can cause odd symptoms such as those you describe.

 

[Miro]

Its with vb.net vs 2008 pro

and I am using a laptop to do the programmign - and its a nvidia card that
does have other issues I know of that drivers are not available.

I do suspect it could be the graphics driver, I will be upping the ram thru
the bios on the graphics chipset to see if that changes anything this
saturday.

It happens a lot when flip flopping between design mode and code mode.

The fact that it doesnt happen for you makes me feel 'better' knowing that
my first suspicions were correct and its my hardware cause im cheap

It still is bearable for me as I am not a gung ho .net programmer - im still
in learnign stages - but I know for later ill have to upp the horsepower.

Thanks

Miro

 

[Jack Jackson]

I have a re-occuring problem in vs2008 and I have wondered if someone else
has run into this.

As I flip between 'ViewCode' and 'Design' mode of a form, suddenly what will
happen is that the form display will be totally blank / totally grey.
The only thing I can do is to click the 'x' and close the 'Design' mode of
the form and then go to the solutions explorer and re-open it.

Miro

I get the totally white design surface with VB projects when I Rebuild
the project. It happens consistently with some .vb files, never with
others. I have not noticed it happening when I switch back and forth
between View Code and Design.

 

[Miro]

ok than that is what I am finding as well...mine is just the 'grey' color of
the form,
BUT...
If i happen to have a control selected when I went to the 'code' view, there
is a whitish outline of the control selected in the blank window now on the
form.

Either way - my only option is to click the X and reload it from the
solutions explorer.

Is that what you do? -forced to click the x and reload from solution
explorer

M.

 

[Jack Jackson]

Yes, I close the Design view and re-open it either by right-clicking
on the code view and selecting Design or double-clicking in Solution
Explorer.

 

[Miro]

If anyone is experiencing the same:

I have added another 2 gigs of ram to my computer ( now at 4 gigs ), and
upped my virutal memory on my video card to 128 from 64.

I have not had this issue re-occur since.

Cheers'
Miro