Re: in or out IDE

[Bruce Steers <bsteers4@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 1 Oct 2026 at 15:38, Bruce Steers <bsteers4@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>
> On Thu, 1 Oct 2026 at 15:19, Philippe Valarcher <
> philippe.valarcher@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Le jeudi 01 octobre 2026 à 14:52 +0100, Bruce Steers a écrit :
>>
>> Try this...
>>
>> #If Exec
>> Print "run from the executable"
>> #Else
>> Print "Run from IDE"
>> #Endif
>>
>> Read here...
>> https://gambasgb.uk/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=22
>>
>> Respects
>> BruceS
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 1 Oct 2026 at 11:12, valaquarus <valaquarus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> How can you tell if you're launching a program from within the IDE or
>> outside of it?
>>
>>
>> Thank you Bruce that's nearly what I did and it makes it real good.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Philippe Valarcher <philippe.valarcher@xxxxxxx>
>>
>
> You're welcome.
>
> It's not completely 100% bullet-proof but works in most cases.
>
> For example if i was to start a program with gbx3 on the folder and not
> run the compiled executable...
> Eg.
> $ gbx3 /path/to/program/folder
>
> then the Exec pre-processor constant will not be set but we are also not
> using the IDE.
>
> It would be more useful i think if the IDE could also set a Flag/Env of
> some sort, a more definitive indicator of an IDE test run as opposed to
> launching the executable.
> Perhaps if Benoit could give us something more reliable like a
> pre-processor constant called IDE,
> #if IDE Then
>
> Respects
> BruceS
>

Actually this is a bit more robust...

Public Debugging As Boolean

Public Sub Form_Open()
#If ( Not Exec )
 #If Debug
  Debugging = True
 #Endif
#Endif

End

that way we are also checking the Debug constant (set by running via the
IDE)
and the Exec constant set when running the executable.