Controlling designer appearance of double-buffered owner-drawn UserControl in C#/.NET 2.0

protected override void OnPaintBackground(PaintEventArgs e)
{
    // don't even have to do anything else
}

if(this->DesignMode ||
    LicenseManager::UsageMode == LicenseUsageMode::Designtime)
    return;

if (this.DesignMode)
{
    return;    //or call base.OnPaintBackground()
}

if (DesignMode || LicenseManager.UsageMode == LicenseUsageMode.Designtime)
{
    return;
}