During development, you may find that you need your code to determine if is running from the IDE or standalone.
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// Name: Detect if Code is Running from the IDE
// Description:During development, you may find that you need your code to determine if is running from the IDE or standalone.
// By: Justin K Spencer
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If Me.DesignMode Then
' The component is in design mode
Else
' The component is in run mode
End If
If Debugger.IsAttached Then
' Since there is a debugger attached,
' assume we are running from the IDE
'
Else
' Assume we aren't running from the IDE
End If
Great article. Note that the "#If DEBUG Then" technique suggested by a commenter does not work properly in all cases because if the code is compiled and released in "Debug" mode then that block wills still run. Note that for a Console application, just checking for "Debugger.IsAttached" is sufficient in most cases. IMHO. I appreciate the details. Thank you. -- mkamoski (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
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