Don't scratch it. Please let me know your idea, it might set off some more ideas. I am running into all sorts of sub-classing "issues" with 2.0 which is really frustrating because I only use subclassed stuff in my apps.

>I had an idea, but am scratching it.
>
>
>>I have subclassed the TabPage control (see code further down). This code worked just fine in VS2003, but in VS2005 it doesn't work as expected (i.e. my tabpages are not red)
>>
>>OK here is my code for my subclassed tabpage:
>>

>>using System;
>>using System.Collections;
>>using System.ComponentModel;
>>using System.Drawing;
>>using System.Windows.Forms;
>>
>>namespace WindowsApplication19
>>{
>>	class myTabPage : System.Windows.Forms.TabPage
>>	{
>>		private System.ComponentModel.IContainer components = null;
>>		>		public override Color BackColor
>>		{
>>			get { return base.BackColor; }
>>			set { ;	}
>>		}
>>
>>		public myTabPage()
>>		{
>>			InitializeComponent();
>>			base.BackColor = Color.Red;
>>		}
>>
>>		protected override void Dispose( bool disposing )
>>		{
>>			if( disposing )
>>			{
>>				if (components != null)
>>				{
>>					components.Dispose();
>>				}
>>			}
>>			base.Dispose( disposing );
>>		}
>>
>>		private void InitializeComponent()
>>		{
>>			this.SuspendLayout();
>>			this.ResumeLayout(false);
>>		}
>>	}
>>}
>>

>>
>>(someone might feel the need to comment that I should not make the backcolor bright red, but this is simply an example <s>)
>>
>>Any clue about what I am doing wrong?