Problem with opening form VB.NET 2008

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I have a project in vb.net 2008. I tried to open it but having a problem with opening some forms.

1. view code looks like below
oooooooo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo .............
oooooo1o oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo .............
oooooo2o oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo .............
oooooo3o oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo .............
oooooo4o oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo .............
oooooo5o oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo .............
oooooo6o oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo .............
oooooo7o oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo .............
oooooo8o oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo .............

2. Unable to open form designer.

unable to understand why it shows code like this.????

What I have tried:

.unable to understand why it shows code like this.????

Posted 24-Nov-22 10:39am

pravin9455

Updated 24-Nov-22 15:02pm

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Dave Kreskowiak · Answer 1 · 2022-11-24T15:02:00

Solution 1

That's not "view code". That's what's called a "hex dump" of some file and it's apparently empty.

You haven't posted any code at all, nor a real error message. There is a lot more to the error in the designer than just "Unable to open form designer". Without that additional data, there is nothing anyone can tell you that's going to be helpful.

Posted 24-Nov-22 15:02pm

Dave Kreskowiak

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pravin9455 25-Nov-22 5:34am

i am unable to see the code. I have opened this project after two years. there are three forms in which code window shows HEX dump. below are details in error window. also designer form logo has changed. I don't know how to post a screen shoot.

Error 15 Unable to open module file 'C:\Users\PRAVIN922\Desktop\vb2020changes-85\vbnet\Accounts

Payable\Accounts Payable\FrmPrintLetterTransfer333.vb': System Error &H80041feb&

C:\Users\PRAVIN922\Desktop\vb2020changes-85\vbnet\Accounts Payable\Accounts
Payable\FrmPrintLetterTransfer333.vb 1 1 Accounts Payable

Error 14 Unable to open module file 'C:\Users\PRAVIN922\Desktop\vb2020changes-85\vbnet\Accounts
Payable\Accounts Payable\FrmPrintLetter.vb': System Error &H80041feb&
C:\Users\PRAVIN922\Desktop\vb2020changes-85\vbnet\Accounts Payable\Accounts Payable\FrmPrintLetter.vb
1 1 Accounts Payable

Error 13 Unable to open module file 'C:\Users\PRAVIN922\Desktop\vb2020changes-85\vbnet\Accounts
Payable\Accounts Payable\FrmGetOutlookContacts11.vb': System Error &H80041feb&
C:\Users\PRAVIN922\Desktop\vb2020changes-85\vbnet\Accounts Payable\Accounts
Payable\FrmGetOutlookContacts11.vb 1 1 Accounts Payable

i dont have backup.

Dave Kreskowiak 25-Nov-22 11:00am

It looks like you ran into a weird bug in Visual Studio 2005 and 2008. See if you can open the files in Notepad. If the content is still there, copy the files off to a safe location.

Copy your entire Solution folder to a safe location before proceeding!

Go back into your project and delete the affected files from it. Then try to re-add the files to the project, copying the code from the files you backed up.

https://www.google.com/search?q=visual+studio+form+designer+System+Error+%26H80041feb