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The VBIDE object model doesn't offer any native property or method to determine whether the IDE is in design-time mode, run-time mode, or debug (break) mode. However, it's easy to deduct this information by looking at the Enabled property of the menu commands in the Run top-level menu: Click here to copy the following block ' this code assumes that VBInstance holds a reference ' the the VBE root object With VBInstance.CommandBars("Run")   If .Controls("End").Enabled = False Then     ' we are in design mode   ElseIf .Controls("Break").Enabled Then     ' we are in run mode   Else     ' we are in break mode   End if End With Note, however, that this code might not work under localized versions of Visual Basic.

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