Well the point that I was trying to get across is that if I create a custom control, and drag it from the toolbox onto my form, I get errors and all sorts of mess.

However, if I manually create an instance of my custom control (the code shown), I don't get any errors at all.... I do not have any intention of using that code, it was an example of what is working vs what isn't working.

Should I reinstall my IDE? It has to be something I'm doing incorrectly.