How can I check inside the control where I am - in design mode or run-time mode?

[Anonymous]

Hello, I have a simple questions: How can I check inside the control where I am - in design mode or run-time mode? Thank you in advance. Goran

[gnjunge]

Well if you want to know what the parent of the control is just use the Parent property of the control. If you want to know where the mouse is, use the MousePosition property of the control.

[Tesic Goran]

Actually, I would like to check in the constructor of my control where I am - in designer or in runtime. How can i do that?

[Dan Neely]

Say what? None of your code is executed during design time.

[Tesic Goran]

Are you sure?

[Dave Kreskowiak]

Actually, that's not true. When you drop an instance of your control on a form, the code IS executed. RageInTheMachine9532 "...a pungent, ghastly, stinky piece of cheese!" -- The Roaming Gnome

[Dave Kreskowiak]

If your talking about your controls position on the form, AFAIK, you can't do that in the constructor. I don't think your control has it's Location property set until after the constructor returns. I could be wrong though... RageInTheMachine9532 "...a pungent, ghastly, stinky piece of cheese!" -- The Roaming Gnome

[afinnell]

Every conrol has a property called DesignMode you can check if (DesignMode) { } else { } - Drew