"Egil Winther" <egil.winther@shipnet.no> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> We're having a problem with the forms DesignMode property which is always
> false.
> I checked around, and found that the forms Site property is null.
>
> Does anyone know how this can happen, and what to do about it?
>
> Rgds
> Egil Winther
> ShipNet AS
>
>

"Bob Powell [MVP]" <bob@_spamkiller_bobpowell.net> wrote in message
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> The form seen in the designer is not actually an instance of the Form1
class
> you're designing but a simple form with the relavent controls added to it.
> Custom controls however are instances of the real thing so you could
create
> a custom control that covered the form entirely and do design-time
detection
> on that. You may also be able to do design time detection on a derived
form
> that uses visual inheritance. In any case, the DesignMode property is
never
> valid in the constructor.
>
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> "Egil Winther" <egil.winther@shipnet.no> wrote in message
> news:%23QS8z1OZFHA.2520@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > Hi,
> >
> > We're having a problem with the forms DesignMode property which is
always
> > false.
> > I checked around, and found that the forms Site property is null.
> >
> > Does anyone know how this can happen, and what to do about it?
> >
> > Rgds
> > Egil Winther
> > ShipNet AS
> >
> >
>
>