I have logic on a CheckBox's OnCheckedChanged event that fires on form load as well as when user changes check state. I want the logic to only execute upon user action.
Is there a slick way of detecting user vs programmatic change that doesn't rely on setting/checking user variables?
I usually have a bool flag on my form that I set to true before programmatically changing values. Then the event handler can check that flag to see if it is a user or programmatic.
Try some good old reflection?
StackFrame lastCall = new StackFrame(3);
if (lastCall.GetMethod().Name != "OnClick")
{
// Programmatic Code
}
else
{
// User Code
}
The Call Stack Goes like this:
- OnClick
- set_Checked
- OnCheckChanged
So you need to go back 3 to differentiate who SET Checked
Do remember though, there's some stuff that can mess with the call stack, it's not 100% reliable, but you can extend this a bit to search for the originating source.
I have tried this and it worked.
bool user_action = false;
StackTrace stackTrace = new StackTrace();
StackFrame[] stackFrames = stackTrace.GetFrames();
foreach (StackFrame stackFrame in stackFrames)
{
if(stackFrame.GetMethod().Name == "WmMouseDown")
{
user_action = true;
break;
}
}
if (user_action)
{
MessageBox.Show("User");
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("Code");
}