DesignMode

[Robert Liles]

Is there any way for a program to autodetect when it is being run in Visual
Studio vs being run from a compiled program that has been installed? I have
tried DesignMode, but it always returns FALSE.

Thanks, Bobbo

[Cor Ligthert [MVP]]

Re: DesignMode

Robert,

There are statements for in DebugMode

http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb/msg/ed4ee0a633bf6a92?hl=en&

I hope this helps,

Cor

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Re: DesignMode

"Robert Liles" <rliles@midsout h.rr.com> schrieb:[color=blue]
> Is there any way for a program to autodetect when it is being run in
> Visual Studio vs being run from a compiled program that has been
> installed? I have tried DesignMode, but it always returns FALSE.[/color]

Maybe the following solutions fit your requirements:

\\\
#If DEBUG Then
Console.WriteLi ne("Debug mode.")
#Else
Console.WriteLi ne("Release mode.")
#End If
///

Make sure that the option "Configurat ion settings" -> "Build" "Define DEBUG
constant" in the project properties is checked.

- and/or -

You can check if a debugger is attached:
'System.Diagnos tics.Debugger.I sAttached'.

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M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>

[Robert S. Liles]

Re: DesignMode

Thank you. I will give those a try.

Bobbo
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"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hirf-spam-me-here@gmx.at> wrote in message
news:uD7zg6DvFH A.2132@TK2MSFTN GP15.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> "Robert Liles" <rliles@midsout h.rr.com> schrieb:[color=green]
>> Is there any way for a program to autodetect when it is being run in
>> Visual Studio vs being run from a compiled program that has been
>> installed? I have tried DesignMode, but it always returns FALSE.[/color]
>
> Maybe the following solutions fit your requirements:
>
> \\\
> #If DEBUG Then
> Console.WriteLi ne("Debug mode.")
> #Else
> Console.WriteLi ne("Release mode.")
> #End If
> ///
>
> Make sure that the option "Configurat ion settings" -> "Build" "Define
> DEBUG
> constant" in the project properties is checked.
>
> - and/or -
>
> You can check if a debugger is attached:
> 'System.Diagnos tics.Debugger.I sAttached'.
>
> --
> M S Herfried K. Wagner
> M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
> V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>[/color]

[Robert S. Liles]

Re: DesignMode

Thank you. I will give that a try.

Bobbo

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"Cor Ligthert [MVP]" <notmyfirstname @planet.nl> wrote in message
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> Robert,
>
> There are statements for in DebugMode
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/micro...3bf6a92?hl=en&
>
> I hope this helps,
>
> Cor
>[/color]

[david]

Re: DesignMode

On 2005-09-18, Robert Liles <rliles@midsout h.rr.com> wrote:[color=blue]
> Is there any way for a program to autodetect when it is being run in Visual
> Studio vs being run from a compiled program that has been installed? I have
> tried DesignMode, but it always returns FALSE.[/color]

To follow up on what others have said, you're going to have be more
specific in your requirements. Do you need to detect...

Am I running in VS in design mode, which is what the DesignMode property
returns.

Am I running under a debugger, which
System.Diagnost ics.Debugger.Is Attached returns

Am I compiled for Debug, for which "#if DEBUG" is useful

Was I started from Visual Studio, which I'm not really sure how to
detect.

Was this program installed with the installer, which is probably most
easily detected by setting a registry variable during installation.

I'm not sure exactly what your requirements are, but all these are
different. The other option that I usually use is to simply use
something out of App.Config to determine mode. This would allow you
to easily emulate installed environments even when debugging...

[Robert Liles]

Re: DesignMode

Thank you. That gives me something to work with.

Bobbo

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"david" <david@woofix.l ocal.dom> wrote in message
news:slrndir3qr .g4j.david@loca lhost.localdoma in...[color=blue]
> On 2005-09-18, Robert Liles <rliles@midsout h.rr.com> wrote:[color=green]
>> Is there any way for a program to autodetect when it is being run in
>> Visual
>> Studio vs being run from a compiled program that has been installed? I
>> have
>> tried DesignMode, but it always returns FALSE.[/color]
>
> To follow up on what others have said, you're going to have be more
> specific in your requirements. Do you need to detect...
>
> Am I running in VS in design mode, which is what the DesignMode property
> returns.
>
> Am I running under a debugger, which
> System.Diagnost ics.Debugger.Is Attached returns
>
> Am I compiled for Debug, for which "#if DEBUG" is useful
>
> Was I started from Visual Studio, which I'm not really sure how to
> detect.
>
> Was this program installed with the installer, which is probably most
> easily detected by setting a registry variable during installation.
>
> I'm not sure exactly what your requirements are, but all these are
> different. The other option that I usually use is to simply use
> something out of App.Config to determine mode. This would allow you
> to easily emulate installed environments even when debugging...
>[/color]