Sorry for cross-posting this all over the place, but I've already lost
two days to this problem, and I'm at my wits end. I've searched the
usenet archives up and down and tried everything I can think of, but I
just can't get the Visual Studio designer to stop breaking on me.

My problem is that, when I open my form in the designer, I get an error
dialog, and then when I accept the dialog, one of the TabPages of the
TabControl is broken--there's an error message with a big red X
plastered all over it.

This happens even though I've just been using the designer (i.e., the
GUI). I haven't written a single line of code yet.

I can't reproduce exactly what I did (too many steps), but here's a
rundown of what happened (with links to screen captures):

== If you need more info to help me, please ask and I'll provide
whatever I can. ==
1. Create TabControl (contains Tab1 and Tab2)
2. Place a bunch of controls
3. Add data bindings for two DataGridViews (one on Tab1, one on Tab2)
== everything fine so far ==
4. Add a new tab (Tab3 -- no controls)
== still fine ==
5. Move Tab3 to beginning (new order: Tab3, Tab1, Tab2)
== stops working! ==

When I open the form, I get this error dialog:
http://members.cox.net/danthman/pictures/VSErrorDialog.jpg

Then, when I hit OK, the form is broken.
http://members.cox.net/danthman/pictures/VSBrokenForm.jpg

6. Remove Tab3
== works fine again ==
7. Add two new tabs
8. Move both tabs to the beginning (new order: Tab3, Tab4, Tab1, Tab2)
== stops working again ==

At this point, the document outline looks like this:
http://members.cox.net/danthman/pictures/VSDocumentOutline.jpg

9. Remove both tabs
== works fine again ==
10. Remove data bindings
11. Add a new tab
12. Move tab to beginning
== still works fine ==
13. Add data bindings
== stops working again ==

Thanks,

Dan

P.S. Not sure if html works here, but here are the links in html:
<a
href="http://members.cox.net/danthman/pictures/VSErrorDialog.jpg>Error
Dialog</a>
<a
href="http://members.cox.net/danthman/pictures/BrokenForm.jpg>BrokenForm</a>
<a
href="http://members.cox.net/danthman/pictures/VSDocumentOutline.jpg>DocumentOutline</a>