How could I determine am I in design-time or run-time in my code when using Inheritance

Question

I have 2 Windows Forms named (FrmBase, FrmRegularForm)

FrmRegularForm inherits FrmBase

FrmBase contains FrmBase_Load event handler :
    MessageBox.Show("TEST");

When I open  FrmRegularForm in design-time --> FrmBase_Load fires  and I believe that it's RIGHT

Now, I want to preent this action @ design-time

I NEED IT IN RUN-TIME ONLY

Any suggestion is appreciated.

Answer 1

All descendants of System.ComponentModel.Component (which includes System.Windows.Forms.Control, and thus subsequently System.Windows.Forms.Form) all contain a Protected property: DesignMode

thus:

public sub FrmBase_Load(sender as object, e as EventArgs) handles me.Load
  If Not MyBase.DesignMode then
      MesageBox.Show("Test")
  end if
End Sub

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Jaeden "Sifo Dyas" al'Raec Ruiner

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