<< probably it was my wrong expectations. in delphi you have an ide compiler-symbol - that's what i thought 'DESIGN' would be >>

Yes, the DESIGN define is only for the IDE's design-time environment.  There's a separate design-time execution engine that executes the component library code.

I can see about adding a define for "am I running in the IDE".  It's a little tricky with a web application, but I'm pretty sure that it can be done.

Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com

Tim Young [Elevate Software] wrote:

  // Yes, the DESIGN define is only for the IDE's design-time environment.  There's a separate
  // design-time execution engine that executes the component library code.

I'am glad this was clarified, because the help relate the DESIGN symbol to a "run-time" property:

   //  The following is code from the standard component library that tests for the
   //  special DESIGN symbol to determine whether to use the WebDesign (IDE run-time)       <--- here
   // or the WebDOM (browser run-time) unit:
   //
   // {$IFDEF DESIGN}
   // uses WebDesign, WebCore;
   // {$ELSE}
   // uses WebDOM, WebCore;
   // {$ENDIF}

Perhaps the term "IDE design-time"would be more understandable.

Michael Dreher