I am having problems with a BaseForm which contains a ToolStripContainer
which all of my other Forms inherit from.  In my inherited forms I don't
have access at design time to drop ToolStrips or MenuStrips onto the
base.ToolStripContainer Panels (except for the ContentPanel for some
reason).  I have tried various solutions from similar posts but have been
unsuccessful.  I'm hoping someone else can assist in what I'm missing.  I
have included code down below as one of the multiple variations I have
tried.  One of the solutions suggested using a Designer Class which I also
tried without success.

Similar issue but using a Panel
http://www.eggheadcafe.com/ng/microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.windowsforms.des
igntime/Aug2005/post23271766.asp

       ///BaseForm
   public partial class BaseFormProtected : Form

   {

       public BaseFormProtected() : base()

       {

           InitializeComponent();

       }

 [DesignerSerializationVisibility(DesignerSerializationVisibility.Content)]

       protected ToolStripContainer ToolStripContainer

       {

           get { return mtscToolStripContainer; }

       }

   }

   partial class BaseFormProtected

   {

       protected System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripContainer
mtscToolStripContainer;

       private void InitializeComponent()

       {

           this.mtscToolStripContainer = new
System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripContainer();

           this.mtscToolStripContainer.SuspendLayout();

           this.SuspendLayout();

           // mtscToolStripContainer

           this.mtscToolStripContainer.ContentPanel.Size = new
System.Drawing.Size(292, 248);

           this.mtscToolStripContainer.Dock =
System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle.Fill;

           this.mtscToolStripContainer.Location = new
System.Drawing.Point(0, 0);

           this.mtscToolStripContainer.Name = "mtscToolStripContainer";

           this.mtscToolStripContainer.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(292,
273);

           this.mtscToolStripContainer.TabIndex = 1;

           this.mtscToolStripContainer.Text = "mtscToolStripContainer";

           // BaseFormProtected

           this.AutoScaleDimensions = new System.Drawing.SizeF(6F, 13F);

           this.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font;

           this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(292, 273);

           this.Controls.Add(this.mtscToolStripContainer);

           this.Name = "BaseFormProtected";

           this.Text = "BaseFormProtected";

           this.mtscToolStripContainer.ResumeLayout(false);

           this.mtscToolStripContainer.PerformLayout();

           this.ResumeLayout(false);

       }

   }

   ///Inherited Form

   public partial class BaseFormProtectedEx : BaseFormProtected

   {

       public BaseFormProtectedEx() : base()

       {

           InitializeComponent();

       }

   }