tinke/Be.Windows.Forms.HexBox/Util.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;

namespace Be.Windows.Forms
{
    static class Util
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Contains true, if we are in design mode of Visual Studio
        /// </summary>
        private static bool _designMode;

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes an instance of Util class
        /// </summary>
        static Util()
        {
            _designMode = (System.Diagnostics.Process.GetCurrentProcess().ProcessName.ToLower() == "devenv");
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets true, if we are in design mode of Visual Studio
        /// </summary>
        /// <remarks>
        /// In Visual Studio 2008 SP1 the designer is crashing sometimes on windows forms. 
        /// The DesignMode property of Control class is buggy and cannot be used, so use our own implementation instead.
        /// </remarks>
        public static bool DesignMode
        {
            get
            {
                return _designMode;
            }
        }

    }
}