>>Hi All, I have a usercontrol in a class library that consists of nothing more than text boxes and labels. I have been using it on tab pages without a problem for a long time. Today I tried to drop it on a form from the toolbox and received a VS error: Failed to create component xxxx System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80004005) Adding this project as a reference would cause a circular dependency etc... I've googled but haven't found anything of any help - any ideas ???
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>I assume the UserControl is in a different assembly to the Form in which you want to use it?
>If the assembly/project containing the UserControl contains a reference to the assembly/project containing the form then you can get this error since the IDE will attempt to add a reference in the opposite direction.....
>If that's the case you will need to re-organise your assembly/class structure - maybe put the UserControl in a separate assembly (you can still use the same namespace)

Hi Viv, you assumed correctly - I have all my UserControls in the same assembly, and , as they launch forms I have a reference to my forms assembly. Can't think of an easy way arround this one ! I'm all ears though ! Thanks for your time.