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Determine IDE/Debugging Status

This function will return whether you are running your program or DLL from within the IDE, or compiled. I use it as part of my DLL's like active document DLL's to setup information that would normally be supplied from the outside.

Returns
Returns True if you are running inside the VB 5.0 or 6.0 IDE.

API Declarations
Private Declare Function GetModuleFileName Lib "kernel32" _
Alias "GetModuleFileNameA" _
( _
ByVal hModule As Long, _
ByVal lpFileName As String, _
ByVal nSize As Long _
) As Long


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Public Function InVBDesignEnvironment() As Boolean
 
 Dim strFileName As String
 Dim lngCount As Long
 
 strFileName = String(255, 0)
 lngCount = GetModuleFileName(App.hInstance, strFileName, 255)
 strFileName = Left(strFileName, lngCount)
 
 InVBDesignEnvironment = False
 If UCase(Right(strFileName, 7)) = "VB5.EXE" Then
  InVBDesignEnvironment = True
 ElseIf UCase(Right(strFileName, 7)) = "VB6.EXE" Then
  InVBDesignEnvironment = True
 End If
End Function