Mike, try putting the code in the Form's Load event instead of in the Constructor.

~~Bonnie



>I'm trying to, but it seems that in my Base Class it is always set to false. I am assuming this is because the form that is actually being designed is my Derived form.
>
>Basically, what I want to do is to change the text of the form to append a string if I am not in a production environment as determined by a value in the app.config file. I would like to have this done in my base class so I don't have to worry about it. Is there a better way of doing this?
>
>>Can't you use the DesignMode property? See http://weblogs.asp.net/fmarguerie/archive/2005/03/23/395658.aspx
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>>>I created a custom Base Form class, and I am trying to add logic in the constructor to append a string to the forms Text property based on a string in App.Config. I can make this work, but when I try to edit the derived form in VS in Design View I get an error indicating that it can't find the config file, which means that when a form is opened in Design view, it fires the constructor method. Is this correct, and if so, how can I do this without getting the error. Here is the Base Form class:
>>>
>>>

>>>    <CLSCompliant(True)> _
>>>    Public Class RAFForm
>>>        Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form
>>>
>>>        Public Sub New()
>>>
>>>            MyBase.New()
>>>
>>>            If AppEnvironment.CurrentEnvironment <> AppEnvironment.Environment.PRODUCTION Then
>>>                MyBase.Text = String.Concat(MyBase.Text, " (", AppEnvironment.CurrentEnvironment.ToString, ")")
>>>            End If
>>>
>>>        End Sub
>>>
>>>    End Class
>>>

>>>
>>>The CurrentEnvironment method of the AppEnvironment class is a static method that reads from the config file and returns what environment is current set.