When I add my old VS 2003 user controls to the ToolBox in VS2005 RC1 and then try to drag one of the controls onto my Windows Form, I'm receiving:
Failed to create component "(My control created and used in VS2003)". The error message follows:
'System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at System.Reflection.Assembly.GetType(String name, Boolean throwOnError, Boolean ignoreCase)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Design.VSTypeResolutionService.AssemblyEntry.Search(String fullname, String typeName, Boolean ignoreTypeCase, Assembly& assembly, String description)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Design.VSTypeResolutionService.SearchNormalEntries(AssemblyName assemblyName, String typeName, Boolean ignoreTypeCase, Assembly& assembly)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Design.VSTypeResolutionService.GetType(String typeName, Boolean throwOnError, Boolean ignoreCase, ReferenceType refType)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Design.Serialization.CodeDom.AggregateTypeResolutionService.GetType(String name, Boolean throwOnError, Boolean ignoreCase)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Design.Serialization.CodeDom.AggregateTypeResolutionService.GetType(String name)
at System.Drawing.Design.ToolboxItem.GetType(IDesignerHost host, Assemb..."
(The callstack kinda trails off there at the end, I'm afraid)
Is there something new and cool we need to do in order to have our old C# gui controls support the new Toolbox environment? Any help here would definitely be appreciated.
EDIT: Ops, I just noticed that this was probably posted in the wrong Forum...Sorry.