Prevent Running Code in IDE Design

[Guest]

Hello All,

Is there a way to prevent control initialization code from running in design
mode in the IDE (in other words, when I bring up the form to edit it)?

It seems like it should be simple, but darned if I can't figure out where
I've overlooked it...

Thanks,
pagates

 

[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

pagates,

You will want to take a look at the DesignMode property exposed by the
Control class (inherited from the Component class). If this returns true,
then you are in design mode, and probably shouldn't call your code =)

Hope this helps.

 

[Danny Tuppeny]

You will want to take a look at the DesignMode property exposed by the
Control class (inherited from the Component class). If this returns true,
then you are in design mode, and probably shouldn't call your code =)

Hope this helps.

I don't know about 2005, but in 2003 this property didn't work properly
(only worked on top-level controls or something!), so the workaround was
to test the process name for devenv.exe. A quick Google should provide
more info