Make a control see if in Run-time / Design mode?

[micman]

Hello everyone.

Is there any way to see (thru the code of an ActiveX control that i made) whether the properties of my control are being changed during design-mode or Run-time.

The thing is that i want to prevent my ActiveX from executing the main body of a <Property Let> when in Design-time.

Example:

Public Property Let mmTestProp (Byval vNewValue as string)

If Not <<<Design-Mode>>> then
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end if
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I know there is a way to do that but despite my search, i could not find out how !!!!!

Thanks a lot ...

Michael Manos
Automation R&D

 

[SemperFiDownUnda]

Not that I know of. You could play with something like this via property pages though.

 

[TheVampire]

The UserMode property of the control tells you if the control is running in the IDE, or if it is running as a compiled program. This is part of the AmbientProperties object in the ActiveX control.

UserMode = False (Code is running under the IDE, Design time )
UserMode = True ( Code is running compiled, Run time )


Robert