Keep Getting error that shouldnt be one...

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Imports System.Windows.Forms.Design
Imports System.ComponentModel
Imports System.ComponentModel.Design
Imports System.Drawing.Design
Imports System.Drawing.Drawing2D

Public Class WhatEver
    Inherits ControlDesigner


End Class

The line (Inherits ControlDesigner) is throwing an error...Error Says
"Type ControlDesigner is not defined"

I get the same error in VS 2005, VS 2008 and VS 2010.

I checked the Object Browser and it shows up under

VB

System.Windows.Forms.Design

What am I doing wrong???
This is a class file.

Posted 15-Sep-11 12:57pm

rspercy65

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AspDotNetDev 19-Sep-11 12:59pm

Did you ever figure out the solution?

rspercy65 19-Sep-11 16:43pm

Yes I Did, I had to UnInstall All Visual Studios' And Re-InStall them
all over again , download and install all the updates untill current
again. Im still working on the XP updates for VS2005.

AspDotNetDev 19-Sep-11 17:06pm

Ouch.

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AspDotNetDev · Answer 1 · 2011-09-15T13:17:00

Solution 1

You need to add a reference to System.Design.dll. If it does not show in the Add Reference dialog, your project may be set to the .Net 4 Client Profile. To use DLL's from the full framework, go to your project Properties, Compile tab, Advanced Compile Options button, and for "Target framework (all configurations)", change ".NET Framework 4 Client Profile" to ".NET Framework 4".

Posted 15-Sep-11 13:17pm

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rspercy65 15-Sep-11 19:20pm

Have done all that before I posted.

AspDotNetDev 15-Sep-11 19:41pm

Are you sure you added a reference to System.Design? Note that it is not in the same DLL as System.Windows.Forms. And also note that by "add reference", I do not mean "add an import statement" (as I noticed you already did that in your sample code above). When you type in "System.Windows.Forms.Design.", does "ControlDesigner" show up in Intellisense? What version of Visual Studio are you using?

rspercy65 15-Sep-11 20:00pm

I have all 3 versions of VS and it does the same thing in all of them. The ControlDesigner does not show in the Intellisense nor does it show in the add reference. I have the Advanced Options set to ".Net 4 Framework for VS10, .Net 3.5 For VS 9.0 and .Net 2.0 Framework for VS 8.0." These are all on different computers, VS8.0/XP, VS9.0/Vista, VS10.0/Win7. They are all up to date. All service packs installed for everything.
I am trying to create a button control similar to SSDiver2112's CButton except I want to create the buttons on a T83 Calculator with the same ARC style.

AspDotNetDev 15-Sep-11 21:50pm

You said: "The ControlDesigner does not show in the Intellisense nor does it show in the add reference". What do you mean ControlDesigner doesn't show in the Add Reference dialog? It shouldn't show there. You should add System.Design in the Add Reference dialog, and THEN you should see System.Windows.Forms.Design.ControlDesigner in Intellisense.

Member 12741660 9-Nov-16 12:35pm

Where is this this System.Design.dll located?