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Ancestor datagrid problem

Hello,

I have created a datagrid that inherits from DataGrid:

Public Class YnpDataGrid
Inherits DataGrid

I'm having strange problems with this ancestor; when I try to open it in the designer, it doesn't display my class but shows a form with the error 'The variable 'ex' is either undeclared or was never assigned'
I have checked my code, and I only use the 'ex' variable in the 'Try' functions:

Try
... some code
Catch ex As Exception
MsgBox(ex.Message)
End Try

This seems to be a very stupid error, but then, vb.net 2005 is the worst development language I have ever encountered (and I have encountered a lot of them).
Anyone knows how to solve this ? I can of course remove the 'try' functions, but then my program could crash without me knowing what is going on.

Thx for your help

indianguru2

Try
If not me.designmode = true
... some code
end if
Catch ex As Exception
MsgBox(ex.Message)
End Try

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ASKER

I have tried

Try
If not me.designmode = true
... some code
end if
Catch ex As Exception
MsgBox(ex.Message)
End Try

and

If not me.designmode = true
Try
... some code
Catch ex As Exception
MsgBox(ex.Message)
End Try
end if

And I still have teh same error

indianguru2

What have you added in New()

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Public Sub New()
MyBase.New()

'This call is required by the Component Designer.
InitializeComponent()

'Add any initialization after the InitializeComponent() call
End Sub

Private Sub InitializeComponent()
If Not Me.DesignMode = True Then
'Try

Me.cmDataGrid = New System.Windows.Forms.ContextMenu
CType(Me, System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize).BeginInit()
'
'YnpDataGrid
'
Me.ContextMenu = Me.cmDataGrid
CType(Me, System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize).EndInit()

miColumns = New MenuItem

cmDataGrid.MenuItems.AddRange(New MenuItem() {miColumns})

miColumns.DefaultItem = True
miColumns.Index = 0
miColumns.Text = "Columns"

Catch ex As Exception
MsgBox(ex.Message)
End Try
End If

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This works, thank you very much for your help