I have a user control on a Windows Form that, in its Load event handler,
calls a method from a class library to initialize an array of objects that
are then used to populate a ComboBox.

When I run the app, the method runs just fine.  The class library returns
the array of objects and the ComboBox is loaded.

The problem I am having is when I try to open the form that contains the
user control in the designer.  Instead of the form, I get the ugly pink and
white designer error page that you've probably seen before.  The error it
shows says:

    Method not found: 'MyLib.MyObj[] MyLib.ClassInMyLib.GetList()'.

I have tried making the whole thing static - there's no reason at all to
instantiate the class to get this list - but that didn't work.  Next, I tried
non-static where I had to create an instance of the class in my user control.
I get the same error.  I have tried calling the method directly from the
assignment to the ComboBox and I have tried filling a local array from the
method and assigning that to the ComboBox.  

No matter what I have tried, the error from the designer is exactly the same
- not a single character in the message is different.  It reads right through
all my attempts at obfuscation and rejects the underlying method.

Oh, and I tried returning the array as a property named ObjectList.  That
changed the error message only in that it now said:

    Method not found: 'MyLib.MyObj[] MyLib.ClassInMyLib.get_ObjectList'.

The designer sees right past the property and rejects the underlying getter.

Like I said, I can compile this program and run it and it all works as
expected.  I just can't work with it in the designer any more.

Any help at all would be greatly appreciated.

Dale