>We ran into a similar circumstance. We have a function call to set the .Icon property for a form (class). This code fires when you bring up the class in the designer, similar to the function in the tag.
I tried form.controlcount_assign, but it doesn't fire while editing, either.
>>>Having ANY code that I could reliably fire off at design time automatically wouldn't be a problem if it was always there, as long as I could determine design vs runtime.
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>>"So would daddy, son"
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>LOL!
That's from a Yugoslav cult movie ("Who's singing down there"), father and (moron) son watching a newlywed couple copulating in the forest, and the son says "daddy, I would like to do that too". The above is the response :)