>Why is putting a message in the debugger better than putting it in the control itself? Seems like a lot more work to me. And I don't have to worry about the end user getting it because it won't happen to the end user. Unless the end user goes in and makes the control smaller. But then it's their own fault. :)
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Michelle, if it doesn't make sense to you, far be it from me to suggest something as nonsensical as building in development-mode debugging and error trapping that wouldn't surface in the runtime environment. You're much better off doing what you think is best; what works for me is not what may work for you.