Implementing ISite to have access to DesignMode indicator

[kyledunn]

I am creating a custom control that inherits the ComboBox class. I would like to use the ISite.DesignMode indicator to determine if the control is being viewed in design mode but the property always comes up false. MSDN documentation says the design mode indicator is stored in the ISite; therefore, if the Component does not have an ISite associated with it, this property is always false. Other things I have read said to assign the atribute to the class to designate which class to apply the ISite implementation but I have not seen any examples that put all the pieces together. Can anyone share with me this method or any other method that would allow me to determine when this custom control based on a combobox is in design mode?

Thanks,

Kyle