>>Hmm. My experience is otherwise. If you make any change to a form using the designer the generated code is *complelely* rewritten so any change you have made manually is lost.
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>Well, I guess you've only ever changed the *wrong* stuff! <g>

Conversely, I don't think I've ever changed the *right* stuff. Can you give a simple example of where changing anything in the form designer will retain other values in the *.Designer.cs file?
Regards,
Viv