I am using the C# 2005 Express Edition on Windows XP Media Edition.
Earlier today as I was going through some tutorials and everything was working correctly. Then all of a sudden, all of my projects that contain a StatusStrip in one or more forms started throwing an exception within the IDE!
I have tried the following things:
1. I created a new project, and added only a StatusStrip to the default form, it immediately gets the exception (shown below)
2. I then re-ran the install and chose the "Repair/Re-install" option. I went through the whole process including the reboots. I did not uninstall the tool first, I only tried installing over the top of the existing tool. The error still occurs in a new project.
The error looks like this:
"The control System.Windows.Forms.StatusStrip has thrown an unhandled exception in the designer and has been disabled.
Exception:
Given combination of Class, Part, and State is not defined by the current visual style.
Stack Trace:
at System.Windows.Forms.StatusStrip.OnPaintBackground(PaintEventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.StatusStrip.WndProc(Message& m)"
Also, the StatusStrip object in the design view is replaced by an error message in large red letters and reads:
"System Argument Exception: Given combination"...
(it appears to be truncated to the size of the statusStrip object)
Has anyone seen this, or does anyone know what I might have done wrong to have caused this to start happening I can't use a StatusStrip at all now, even in a new project where there is nothing else! I'm very confused. It was working just fine all day until about an hour ago, then all of a sudden all StatusStrips get this error now. I really want to have a status bar in my app! Please help if you can!!
Thanks for taking the time to read this, and for your help!
-mike
HELP: Suddenly getting an exception in the Design View with StatusStrip (C# IDE)
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HELP: Suddenly getting an exception in the Design View with StatusStrip (C# IDE)
John Love
1. Uninstall all Visual Studio 2005 Express Edition products
2. Re-install Visual Studio 2005 C# Express Edition
The problem has apparently gone away at this time.
JawCo
At this point I am starting to think that something has become corrupt in the VC# IDE that a Repair will not fix. I will try uninstalling it completely (and VisualBasic and Web Developer) so that all Express Editions are uninstalled. Then I will install C# Express only and see if things work better.
I won't be doing this until later, so if anyone who reads this thinks of a better solution please let me know and I'll try that.
The weird thing is that I did not have a crash or anything like that. I was working along normally when my StatusStrip suddenly produced the exception I described in my previous post. So, I removed my StatusStrip and things were ok until I just realized that I cannot add strings to a list box in the IDE now either.
I drag a ListBox to my form
then I use the little arrow at the top right of the control to "Edit Items"
The String Editor flashes very quickly with a big red X across it, and then disappears just as quickly. It is so fast I can barely see it.
Has anyone else seen these problems