Added RadCheckedListBox control on form, but null in code when I try to access it

SOLVED:  InitializeComponent() wasn't being called. Thought this was automatic?

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I dragged the RadCheckedListBox to the form. But when I try to add data to the Item property, I get an exception because the control is null. I thought that like other controls, the RadCheckedListBox methods and properties could be accessed without having to be instantiated first. The instantiation is in Private Sub InitializeComponent() :

cklstSuppressedTickets is the RadCheckedListBox that I added to the form using the designer. When I highlight the control in code during debug, it shows cklstSuppressedTickets as 'Nothing'.

	Private Sub LoadList()
		Dim tkt As KeyValuePair(Of String, string)
		For each tkt In dctTickets
			cklstSuppressedTickets.Items.Add(tkt.Key & "  -  " & tkt.Value)
		Next
	End Sub