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Remove System.Data and System.XML permanently (Visual Studio 2005)

In Visual Studio 2005, references to the System.Data and System.Xml are automatically added when new class files are created. This happens even when you do not use Data or Xml at all. Why should you always manually remove these references from your project after adding new classes? Time to remove them permanently.

Disappearing Nested User Controls in VS2005

When trying to nest usercontrols, the child usercontrol sometimes disappears off the parent usercontrol. This is a commonly reported bug on the internet, and there’s a hotfix FIX:#842706 for vs2003 but not for vs2005, and its extremely annoying. What happens is that after placing the MyControl on your MyForm.designer.cs, it just disappears when you save MyParentControl in wysiwyg mode.

For me, the problem occurs because the Component Designer auto-validates & re-generates your MyParentControl.designer.cs code again. And, if your MyControl constructor requires initializing parameters, vs2005 will just delete that instantiation in MyParentControl.designer.cs.

Showing User Controls On Toolbar C#

User controls when placed in the same project in visual studios some times don’t appear on your toolbar. Recently had this experience when loading up some code on another workstation. Here’s how to fix it.