For people using SharpDev 4.x for VB Winforms - icsharpcode/SharpDevelop GitHub Wiki
I know folks, like me, who use SharpDev for VB development are rare but I wanted to pass along an item I discovered. When doing Winforms development in SharpDev the controls added to design page default to a private access modifier; you need to change their access modifier to friend in the properties window or on the MainForm.Designer.vb page.