InitializeComponent() error

Question

I'm writing a program in VB and suddenly when i changed a bit something in the InitializeComponent() within the Windows Form Designer Generated Code the Form1.vb[design] is gone...it's disappear and i can't find a way to view it back. even the Shift+F7 (View > Designer) doesn't work as well.... the changes i did is about the combobox.text = ComboBox1 i chaged it to combobox.text = System.date.now.day ----> because the combobox is about the date of today's date... after that when i view the Form1.vb[design] the error page revealed. and then everything was gone... my program is almost done anyone know how to fix it? thnx..

J M · Answer

nah..nahh... everything's allright now.. when i create another design form using the same name of each component they restricted itcos the machine is somehow thinking that the name has already been there... so i just created another project put the same design and component's name and copy paste the code. i'm making the simple financial cash flow program.. do'ya know how to put a function when we right-click above the listbox and click one of the context menu popup? i can only create the popup menu but i don't know how to create the function after clicking it...

Alan · Answer

Is it listed under the Windows menu? BTW it's not a good idea to edit the InitializeComponent() method manually. At best the designer is likely to overwrite any changes you've made and at worst something like this can happen! Instead either change the properties of the form/control in the Properties window or put your code into the form's constructor or Form_Load eventhandler.