Hello All,
I'm an experienced 1.1 developer, still getting used to 2.0. Recently my company hired a consultant to convert a project from 1.1 to 2.0. Without getting into details, the conversion was not done well and I have had some problems getting the code running on my machine. So, I'm currently taking a page by page basis to getting it set up on my machine.

Here's my question:
When I copy the aspx, vb, and designer.vb files into my project, the designer.vb file does not nest under the page like the vb file. Is this normal? Since it doesn't seem to be associating it with the page, I've been just deleting it. Is there a way to re-create the file? I saw another post which said to right click on the project and say "Convert To Web Project", but that option does not exist for me, as it is already a web project.

Thanks in advance for your help with this newbie question!


 

Hi,

First check that you have a wap and not web site. There is not designer files in the web site model. If you open a project or solution you have probably a wap model.

To move existing aspx, vb and designer.vb (aspx, cs and designer.cs for csharp) to your project:

Copy the files to the appropriate folder,

in the solution explorer toggle "show all files",

select all the three files, right click "include in project".

This will do the nesting in the solution explorer.

You can regenerate any missing designer.vb/cs file this way:

Select your aspx file in the solution explorer (not the project), right click "Convert to Web Application". (You can do this only when there is really no designer file for a given aspx)

 Thanks stmarti,

I was able to include the designer.vb files, but they still do not show nested within the page. Rather, they display below the page as a separate file. When I create a new page (not importing existing pages) no designer.vb file even gets created. However, the code behind is still defined as a partial class so, where is the autogenerated code?

I understand partial classes, but I'm having a hard time finding any relevant material online to help me better understand what visual studio is doing, and why the consultant would have needed these desinger.vb files, yet it runs fine on my machine with out them.

Anyone know of any good references?

Thanks!
 

Are you sure that you have a web application project?

All "issues" which you have are normal in the web site project model!

By default vs 2005 convert an old 1.1 asp.net project to the web site model, maybe the consultant did the same. But you need(?) the wap model.

Start with a fresh conversion from your 1.1 app, forget what the "consultant" done, start here for an overview:

Resource: VS 2005 Web Application Project Tutorials

Please note, if you have vs2005 sp1 installed, the wap option already installed, don't need to download and install anything.

And look this: http://webproject.scottgu.com/VisualBasic/Migration/Migration.aspx