Thanks Bob, I think that is what happened, i will try a build and post the results, thanks!

>Well, I do all my work with Web Forms so far. The only time I have seen this is if a DLL that contains a control on a web form doesn't exist. In this case VS can't render the controls in the design view and I only get the code view.
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>Not sure if this was your situation, but after you got all your source, did you do a full solution build before trying to open any forms?
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>BOb
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>>Sorry winforms.
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>>>>This is a real pain any souloutions to get Vs.NEt to not do this?
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>>>Was this windows forms, or web forms?
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>>>BOb