How can a component know it is in design mode?

rbuser

I need my custom components to know whether they are in the design window,
or being printed/previewed.

E.g. in design mode I need a component to read stuff from a database to
build a menu to allow some user configuration. But for production use (while
printing) this would waste time.

How can I get a boolean value that says whether the user is designing or
printing?

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nardmoseley

Check whether pppcDesigning in DesignState. You will find this throughout
the RB source code. This indicates that the component is being used inside
the report designer. Note that a report can also be previewed while the
component is in this state.

if (pppcDesigning in DesignState) then
{do something here}

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rbuser

Thanks. It seems like, however, that (pppcDesigning in DesignState) is never
true in the OnCreate event. Any suggestion which event I should rather use
to initialize my custom components in the designer?

As I mentioned I need my components to read information from a database
(only once) when in design mode. This should work with new components that
the user creates in the designer, as well as with components present in the
report when the designer is opened.

Regards,
Svein Olav Mytting

nardmoseley

Perhaps try overriding the DSChanged method that is decle\ared in
TppPrintable.

A component will be pppcDesigning until its Band property is assigned and
the Report is attached to the designer.



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