Phil Blake wrote:
> VS2005 has a bad habit of shrinking my form every time I compile. I doubt
> if there's a solution to this problem (besides Microsoft's fixing the bug),
> but I'm curious if anyone else has experienced the same thing.
>
> The Story: I converted a C# project from VS2003 to 2005. Ever since then,
> my form shrinks exactly 20 vertical pixels whenever I compile with the
> designer window open. This is repeatable; It happens every single time.
>
> I tried turning autoscale off and making the form's font the default, to no
> avail. I even tried making the form's source file read-only, but the
> compiler ignores this attribute and modifies the file anyway.
>
> Please don't suggest that I start the project from scratch under VS2005.
> That will probably get rid of the problem, but it doesn't explain this odd
> behavior. Shrinking the form by 20 pixels every time sounds so deliberate
> that it just has to be a feature gone wrong, and ought to be fixed.

"Phil Blake" <spiret_jp@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
> VS2005 has a bad habit of shrinking my form every time I compile. I doubt
> if there's a solution to this problem (besides Microsoft's fixing the
> bug),
> but I'm curious if anyone else has experienced the same thing.
>
> The Story: I converted a C# project from VS2003 to 2005. Ever since
> then,
> my form shrinks exactly 20 vertical pixels whenever I compile with the
> designer window open. This is repeatable; It happens every single time.
>
> I tried turning autoscale off and making the form's font the default, to
> no
> avail. I even tried making the form's source file read-only, but the
> compiler ignores this attribute and modifies the file anyway.
>
> Please don't suggest that I start the project from scratch under VS2005.
> That will probably get rid of the problem, but it doesn't explain this odd
> behavior. Shrinking the form by 20 pixels every time sounds so deliberate
> that it just has to be a feature gone wrong, and ought to be fixed.

>
> You don't mention the project or template types. Is this a Windows
> application?

> I also did a quick search for other reports of similar
> problems and found none, so I'm thinking it's something unique to your
> hardware/OS environment.

> You might consider reporting your bug through the link
> above.

> Does your form derive from Form, or from something else?

>
> I'm guessing that this is a problem in your form's
> InitializeComponent() code. Visually examine the generated code
> section and see if there is anything that may be manipulating the
> size.

> Another thing that you can try is to create another form from scratch,
> select all in the original form and past into the new form.

Phil Blake wrote:
> The Story: I converted a C# project from VS2003 to 2005. Ever since
> then, my form shrinks exactly 20 vertical pixels whenever I compile
> with the designer window open. This is repeatable; It happens every
> single time.

>
> VS2005 has a bad habit of shrinking my form every time I compile. I doubt
> if there's a solution to this problem (besides Microsoft's fixing the bug),
> but I'm curious if anyone else has experienced the same thing.
>
> The Story: I converted a C# project from VS2003 to 2005. Ever since then,
> my form shrinks exactly 20 vertical pixels whenever I compile with the
> designer window open. This is repeatable; It happens every single time.
>
> I tried turning autoscale off and making the form's font the default, to no
> avail. I even tried making the form's source file read-only, but the
> compiler ignores this attribute and modifies the file anyway.
>
> Please don't suggest that I start the project from scratch under VS2005.
> That will probably get rid of the problem, but it doesn't explain this odd
> behavior. Shrinking the form by 20 pixels every time sounds so deliberate
> that it just has to be a feature gone wrong, and ought to be fixed.