Sorry for the late reply Pete ... I've been on the road for two weeks straight and I'm trying to get caught up with stuff here.

The "problem" with DesignMode isn't just limited to the ListView and it really isn't a problem. You just have to realize that the DesignMode property isn't set in the constructor. Here's an explanation of it if you're interested:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnwinforms/html/designtimedebugging.asp

Search for "DesignMode" or read the whole article ... it has some interesting topics.

~~Bonnie




>Hi Bonnie, I did just that and it worked, another thing I noticed whilst I was fiddling with this class is the "Designmode" property doesn't seem to work either ! I placed a messagebox in the constructor to prove this
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>if(this.DesignMode)
>    MessageBox.Show("In design mode");
>else
>    MessageBox.Show("Not in design mode");
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