In the IDE?

[John Davies]

In VB6 I used a function I found on the net to determine if I was in the IDE
when the program was running. I would enable little helper functions to get
me through the screens quicker. For example, I would populate a form with
dummy data and cause the OK button to be clicked.

Now that I've made the switch to VB.NET how can I do something similar? I'm
using VB.Net 2003 so don't try to get me excited by something in the My
namespace or any cool stuff that will be here in November.

[Chris]

First off I would try to upgrade your code. Open you vb6.0 in 2003 and it
will ask you to upgrade. That is where I would start.
"John Davies" <Jo********@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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In VB6 I used a function I found on the net to determine if I was in the
IDE
when the program was running. I would enable little helper functions to
get
me through the screens quicker. For example, I would populate a form with
dummy data and cause the OK button to be clicked.

Now that I've made the switch to VB.NET how can I do something similar?
I'm
using VB.Net 2003 so don't try to get me excited by something in the My
namespace or any cool stuff that will be here in November.

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

"John Davies" <Jo********@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb:

In VB6 I used a function I found on the net to determine if I was in the
IDE
when the program was running.

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

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

- and/or -

You can check if a debugger is attached:
'System.Diagnostics.Debugger.IsAttached'.

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M S Herfried K. Wagner
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[Phill. W]

"John Davies" <Jo********@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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In VB6 I used a function I found on the net to determine if I was in
the IDE when the program was running. I would enable little helper
functions to get me through the screens quicker. .. . . Now that I've made the switch to VB.NET how can I do something
similar?

Like this ...

If System.Diagnostics.Debugger.IsAttached Then
' Invoke Helper
End If

HTH,
Phill W.