PRB: Global.asa Does Not Show Components in Design View (191970)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual InterDev 6.0
This article was previously published under Q191970

SYMPTOMS

When you double-click the Global.asa file it automatically opens in Source View. When you switch to Design View it displays an empty page. If you add a component from the toolbox on the Global.asa in Design View, and then switch back to Source View and back to Design View, the editor will display an empty page.

After adding another control to the Global.asa in Design view, switching back and forth between Source and Design view, displays your latest added controls, but never the first one. Source view will display all your controls.

CAUSE

The Global.asa should be opened in Source view as it's a page where coding is done, not graphical placement of controls. It does not make sense to view your Global.asa in Design View since you are not really designing a page; therefore, Global.asa is not intended to be a "viewable" page.

STATUS

Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. Get a working copy of the Global.asa.
  2. Double-click the Global.asa to open it.
  3. The Global.asa is now opened in Source View.
  4. Switch to Design View, and drag and drop the Textbox DTC on the Global.asa.
  5. Switch to Source View and back to Design View (enable SOM).

    Nothing appears in the Design View.
  6. Add another Textbox DTC to the Global.asa.
  7. Switch to Source View and back to Design View (enable SOM).
Result: You'll see the latest added Textbox DTC, but not the first one.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:3/7/2005
Keywords:kbide kbprb KB191970
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