How to distinguish user vs programmatic changes in WinForms CheckBox?

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Published on 2010-05-10T21:33:06Z Indexed on 2010/05/10 21:44 UTC
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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?

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