ActiveX control in design mode

I am making an ActiveX control in a separate project, to compile it into an OCX. Its purpose is to display a graph and have two forms for exporting and printing.

It contains a UserControl for the displaying of the chart, and two forms.

When I include the compiled OCX in the project, I see a regular UserControl icon in the Components toolbox. Can I have my own icon there?

When I put the control on a form I can resize it, but not move it around, as the UserControl reacts to the mouse and keyboard events. How can I stop the UserControl (and the controls on it) to stop doing that? When do I have to add the Ambient.UserControl code?

Thanks!!!
Jerry

Use the ToolBoxBitamp property of the UserControl to specify your custom image. But remember, the dimension should be 16 X 15 pixels, otherwise it will be scaled to that sized.

Use the Ambient.Usermode to determine if the usercontrol is on the form or not.

VB Code:

If Ambient.Usermode  then
'this is run time mode
Else
'this is VB design mode
End If

Thanks for the TollBoxBitmap tip!

I knew about the Ambient property, but didn't know where to put it to prevent the whole UserControl to receive events in design mode. I solved the problem by setting all contained controls to Enabled = False.

Thanks!
Jerry