>>Tamar;
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>>Indeed you are correct.
>>Have enjoyed your speaking at conferences over the years.
>>it was a poor way for me to state a hypothetical question.
>>indeed it is a property in reality.
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>>have you ever encountered a situation where a public property, available in design mode went missing at runtime?
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>Sure, if you make the property protected or hidden. Then, it's only available from the appropriate places in the class.
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>Tamar

But then it wouldn't be a public property.