When I try to reopen a basic form that I’ve designed in VS2019 or the pad. I’m unable to reopen the save form? When it open I just get a blank design form?
thanks
Hey @thenecroscope,
Can you share the form code you are trying to reopen? This is usually any issue with the designer parsing the code.
$PowerShellFormProject1_Load = {
}
$testToolStripMenuItem_Click = {
}
$generateToolStripMenuItem1_Click = {
Write-Debug “hello”
}
$menuStrip1_ItemClicked = {
}
$generateToolStripMenuItem_Click = {
Write-Host “hello”
}
. (Join-Path $PSScriptRoot ‘PowerShellFormProject1.designer.ps1’)
$PowerShellFormProject1.ShowDialog()
[void][System.Reflection.Assembly]::Load(‘System.Drawing, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a’)
[void][System.Reflection.Assembly]::Load(‘System.Windows.Forms, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089’)
$PowerShellFormProject1 = New-Object -TypeName System.Windows.Forms.Form
[System.Windows.Forms.MenuStrip]$menuStrip1 = $null
[System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem]$fileToolStripMenuItem = $null
[System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem]$fileToolStripMenuItem1 = $null
[System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem]$generateToolStripMenuItem = $null
[System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem]$fileToolStripMenuItem2 = $null
[System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem]$generateToolStripMenuItem1 = $null
[System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem]$fileToolStripMenuItem3 = $null
[System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem]$testToolStripMenuItem = $null
[System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem]$fileToolStripMenuItem4 = $null
[System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem]$editToolStripMenuItem = $null
[System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem]$testToolStripMenuItem1 = $null
[System.Windows.Forms.Button]$button1 = $null
function InitializeComponent
{
$menuStrip1 = (New-Object -TypeName System.Windows.Forms.MenuStrip)
$fileToolStripMenuItem = (New-Object -TypeName System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem)
$fileToolStripMenuItem1 = (New-Object -TypeName System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem)
$generateToolStripMenuItem = (New-Object -TypeName System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem)
$fileToolStripMenuItem2 = (New-Object -TypeName System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem)
$generateToolStripMenuItem1 = (New-Object -TypeName System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem)
$fileToolStripMenuItem3 = (New-Object -TypeName System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem)
$testToolStripMenuItem = (New-Object -TypeName System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem)
$fileToolStripMenuItem4 = (New-Object -TypeName System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem)
$editToolStripMenuItem = (New-Object -TypeName System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem)
$testToolStripMenuItem1 = (New-Object -TypeName System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem)
$menuStrip1.SuspendLayout()
$PowerShellFormProject1.SuspendLayout()
#menuStrip1
$menuStrip1.Items.AddRange([System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem[]]@($fileToolStripMenuItem4,$editToolStripMenuItem))
$menuStrip1.Location = (New-Object -TypeName System.Drawing.Point -ArgumentList @([System.Int32]0,[System.Int32]0))
$menuStrip1.Name = [System.String]‘menuStrip1’
$menuStrip1.Size = (New-Object -TypeName System.Drawing.Size -ArgumentList @([System.Int32]515,[System.Int32]24))
$menuStrip1.TabIndex = [System.Int32]0
$menuStrip1.Text = [System.String]‘menuStrip1’
$menuStrip1.add_ItemClicked($menuStrip1_ItemClicked)
#fileToolStripMenuItem
$fileToolStripMenuItem.Name = [System.String]‘fileToolStripMenuItem’
$fileToolStripMenuItem.Size = (New-Object -TypeName System.Drawing.Size -ArgumentList @([System.Int32]37,[System.Int32]20))
$fileToolStripMenuItem.Text = [System.String]‘File’
#fileToolStripMenuItem1
$fileToolStripMenuItem1.Name = [System.String]‘fileToolStripMenuItem1’
$fileToolStripMenuItem1.Size = (New-Object -TypeName System.Drawing.Size -ArgumentList @([System.Int32]37,[System.Int32]20))
$fileToolStripMenuItem1.Text = [System.String]‘File’
#generateToolStripMenuItem
$generateToolStripMenuItem.Name = [System.String]‘generateToolStripMenuItem’
$generateToolStripMenuItem.Size = (New-Object -TypeName System.Drawing.Size -ArgumentList @([System.Int32]180,[System.Int32]22))
$generateToolStripMenuItem.Text = [System.String]‘Generate’
$generateToolStripMenuItem.add_Click($generateToolStripMenuItem_Click)
#fileToolStripMenuItem2
$fileToolStripMenuItem2.Name = [System.String]‘fileToolStripMenuItem2’
$fileToolStripMenuItem2.Size = (New-Object -TypeName System.Drawing.Size -ArgumentList @([System.Int32]37,[System.Int32]20))
$fileToolStripMenuItem2.Text = [System.String]‘File’
#generateToolStripMenuItem1
$generateToolStripMenuItem1.Name = [System.String]‘generateToolStripMenuItem1’
$generateToolStripMenuItem1.Size = (New-Object -TypeName System.Drawing.Size -ArgumentList @([System.Int32]180,[System.Int32]22))
$generateToolStripMenuItem1.Text = [System.String]‘Generate’
$generateToolStripMenuItem1.add_Click($generateToolStripMenuItem1_Click)
#fileToolStripMenuItem3
$fileToolStripMenuItem3.Name = [System.String]‘fileToolStripMenuItem3’
$fileToolStripMenuItem3.Size = (New-Object -TypeName System.Drawing.Size -ArgumentList @([System.Int32]37,[System.Int32]20))
$fileToolStripMenuItem3.Text = [System.String]‘File’
#testToolStripMenuItem
$testToolStripMenuItem.Name = [System.String]‘testToolStripMenuItem’
$testToolStripMenuItem.Size = (New-Object -TypeName System.Drawing.Size -ArgumentList @([System.Int32]180,[System.Int32]22))
$testToolStripMenuItem.Text = [System.String]‘Test’
$testToolStripMenuItem.add_Click($testToolStripMenuItem_Click)
#fileToolStripMenuItem4
$fileToolStripMenuItem4.DropDownItems.AddRange([System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem[]]@($testToolStripMenuItem1))
$fileToolStripMenuItem4.Name = [System.String]‘fileToolStripMenuItem4’
$fileToolStripMenuItem4.Size = (New-Object -TypeName System.Drawing.Size -ArgumentList @([System.Int32]37,[System.Int32]20))
$fileToolStripMenuItem4.Text = [System.String]‘File’
#editToolStripMenuItem
$editToolStripMenuItem.Name = [System.String]‘editToolStripMenuItem’
$editToolStripMenuItem.Size = (New-Object -TypeName System.Drawing.Size -ArgumentList @([System.Int32]39,[System.Int32]20))
$editToolStripMenuItem.Text = [System.String]‘Edit’
#testToolStripMenuItem1
$testToolStripMenuItem1.Name = [System.String]‘testToolStripMenuItem1’
$testToolStripMenuItem1.Size = (New-Object -TypeName System.Drawing.Size -ArgumentList @([System.Int32]180,[System.Int32]22))
$testToolStripMenuItem1.Text = [System.String]‘Test’
#PowerShellFormProject1
$PowerShellFormProject1.ClientSize = (New-Object -TypeName System.Drawing.Size -ArgumentList @([System.Int32]515,[System.Int32]261))
$PowerShellFormProject1.Controls.Add($menuStrip1)
$PowerShellFormProject1.MainMenuStrip = $menuStrip1
$PowerShellFormProject1.Name = [System.String]‘PowerShellFormProject1’
$PowerShellFormProject1.add_Load($PowerShellFormProject1_Load)
$menuStrip1.ResumeLayout($false)
$menuStrip1.PerformLayout()
$PowerShellFormProject1.ResumeLayout($false)
$PowerShellFormProject1.PerformLayout()
Add-Member -InputObject $PowerShellFormProject1 -Name base -Value $base -MemberType NoteProperty
Add-Member -InputObject $PowerShellFormProject1 -Name menuStrip1 -Value $menuStrip1 -MemberType NoteProperty
Add-Member -InputObject $PowerShellFormProject1 -Name fileToolStripMenuItem -Value $fileToolStripMenuItem -MemberType NoteProperty
Add-Member -InputObject $PowerShellFormProject1 -Name fileToolStripMenuItem1 -Value $fileToolStripMenuItem1 -MemberType NoteProperty
Add-Member -InputObject $PowerShellFormProject1 -Name generateToolStripMenuItem -Value $generateToolStripMenuItem -MemberType NoteProperty
Add-Member -InputObject $PowerShellFormProject1 -Name fileToolStripMenuItem2 -Value $fileToolStripMenuItem2 -MemberType NoteProperty
Add-Member -InputObject $PowerShellFormProject1 -Name generateToolStripMenuItem1 -Value $generateToolStripMenuItem1 -MemberType NoteProperty
Add-Member -InputObject $PowerShellFormProject1 -Name fileToolStripMenuItem3 -Value $fileToolStripMenuItem3 -MemberType NoteProperty
Add-Member -InputObject $PowerShellFormProject1 -Name testToolStripMenuItem -Value $testToolStripMenuItem -MemberType NoteProperty
Add-Member -InputObject $PowerShellFormProject1 -Name fileToolStripMenuItem4 -Value $fileToolStripMenuItem4 -MemberType NoteProperty
Add-Member -InputObject $PowerShellFormProject1 -Name editToolStripMenuItem -Value $editToolStripMenuItem -MemberType NoteProperty
Add-Member -InputObject $PowerShellFormProject1 -Name testToolStripMenuItem1 -Value $testToolStripMenuItem1 -MemberType NoteProperty
Add-Member -InputObject $PowerShellFormProject1 -Name button1 -Value $button1 -MemberType NoteProperty
}
. InitializeComponent
I’m on 16.5.4 of vs 2019
It’s working now 
it looks as though its something to do with not running pad with the elevate administrator permissions.
Hi,
I’m having real problems with this. I keep creating menu structures but the nested menus are being deleted or not saved correctly. Its starting to get frustrating as I keep losing work. Do you have a new version of your app?
thanks,
This looks like a bug to me. You’re on the most recent version so we will have to resolve the issue inside the form designer.