Bonnie,
I used to have the system default settings, “Save all changes” as the Build and Run option. All changes including a failed DLL were saved without a prompt.
Now I changed it to “Save changes to open documents only”. This option won’t save a project if the build fails. I hope it will help to prevent errors in the dependent projects and I will be able to do something before it’s too late.

Thank you

Slava

>Slava,
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>>>Rick advised to "Try moving the 'Windows Forms Designer Generated Code' to the top of the class before any other code."
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>I don't think that will make much difference, but I could be wrong. I think Rick's other point was more important ... and one that I forgot to mention, although I meant to. That is, to be sure you don't save your form, after you've had this problem with the controls disappearing. Once you've done that, they *will* disappear for good.
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>~~Bonnie