Regenerate designer files

This is mostly because the original project was a Web Site, not a Web Project so that the. The project is quite large and has been mostly straightforward except for User Controls. The problem is that once we moved to compiled User Controls, there was a bunch of naming changes to be made. That's all and good but Visual Studio was doing it really slowly and making me a little crazy.

Part of this was because it was regenerating the Designer files for me. I thought I was smarter and did a bunch of renaming outside of Visual Studio. I wasn't. I ended up with lots and lots of errors because the.

Since there are nearly files, the prospect of opening, changing, and saving each file to get a new designer file was out of the question. I reached out and Mick Lang saved my butt. If you're like me, you might remember when Visual Studio supported Macros.

Mick reminded me that you could install an addin to get that functionality back:. Macros for Visual Studio. Once I installed the macro, I reworked one of the examples to walk through my entire project and force all the designer files to re-generate.

I thought someone out there might need this script. Here it is:. If you read the code, you should see that it iterates through all files and then calls formatFile. I thought I was smarter and did a bunch of renaming outside of Visual Studio.

I ended up with lots and lots of errors because the. Since there are nearly files, the prospect of opening, changing, and saving each file to get a new designer file was out of the question. I reached out and Mick Lang saved my butt. Mick reminded me that you could install an addin to get that functionality back:. Macros for Visual Studio. Once I installed the macro, I reworked one of the examples to walk through my entire project and force all the designer files to re-generate.

I thought someone out there might need this script. Here it is:. If you read the code, you should see that it iterates through all files and then calls formatFile.

I also had to include the empty file in my project. Show 6 more comments. Ruvan Fernando. I think just deleting a single control and re-adding it has the same effect. I did this and it worked for me. Add a comment. Late to this thread. The previous attempts at fixes didn't do it for me. VS Pro — Daniel Bragg. I had the same problem, the user control had errors so the pages which use the user control had unrelated errors because of the errors in the user control. Same cause. I removed it and the designer code was re-generated.

Very good point about changes in newer version of Visual Studio. Then even if you forget to remove it, nothing is affected. Unfortunately, this option isn't available if it's already a web application. This should edit the namespace in the. I just tried this with VS Hi, I normally try with the way you provided but the problem is another user is not able to generate g.

What are the rights required to generate g. Show 1 more comment. Sorry it didn't work, its worked in VS for me since I started using it. Is there a syntax error in your page? You should get a dialogue box that tells you what to fix to finish it working.

The code-behind class had an int Id property which compiled just fine in C since it's case sensitive. Convert to Web Application did not work for me. Deleting designer. But yes this worked: Select all Default. New designer. I can confirm that this works in VS, I just did it and it solved my problems.

This worked for me in VS, when converting like in selected answer did not. Also remember that control inside things like Repeaters aren't visible in the designer file. That's the kind of error that i have many times. That's because controls inside html "comments" tags are also created. Johan Leino. Added this attribute then saved; nothing. Then removed the Inherits, saved, restored and voila the designer code file was updated!

This irksome feature catches me every time:- — GlennG. I've been having this problem with a legacy app I've been put in charge of supporting. I want to say thank you for pointing this out. I'm not permitted to convert to web application", create a new solution, or do anything but fix bugs. The designer would crash, constantly, for me. But this has helped so far. The following comes from experience with VS If you are having a different issue with VS, then I can't help.

Ran into this with VS. Net Thanks EndangeredMassa for the tip I used to go through this in the VS. Wish I knew this then ; — Richard B. When you are in design view, right click on the screen and hit refresh. Edit Project file. Check designer file. Code will be there. Tarek El-Mallah. Mark Cidade. This worked for me! I also saved the. Pasted back in, saved, and my previously blank designer file was fully populated.

Rory Solley. Sean Werkema. ChrisMcGrath Maybe overkill, but I have felt the pain that prompted this tool. I admire his dedication to put in the time to build it : — Jordan Rieger. My class looked like this: namespace MyProjects. Hope this helps someone using TFS! Within the Visual Studio: 1 Remove your aspx. If you get an error saying: "Generation of designer file failed: The method or operation is not implemented.

At least, it doesn't in VS Professional Select the aspx file, expand, and on the top project menu, click on the convert to web option. Step 2 : Again paste the same code in the same page and save again Now your. THe solution is simple though. Save your files. Completely exit the IDE make sure the process stops, task mgr.

Reopen the solution, dirty the markup, save. The Demz. If so, first thing, if there are multiple files you are installing; Fix one at a time first. When you compile, fix errors generated. They will probably be the same errors in all the files. These are the absolute best steps to fix the issues. It took actually visiting the page to get ASP. Net to tell me the error.