How do I determine if a Component is Published based on the current TargetType

Question

I'm using Component.IsPublishedInContext to determine if the Component is published but the value returns true irrespective of the current TargetType where the Component is being published to.

Example:

1. Component is Published as a DCP to "Staging"
2. Component is NOT Published to "Live"
3. Component.IsPublishedInContext returns true when being executed on "Live"

How do I figure out if the Component is published to "Live"?

Answer 1

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Can you let us know which version of Tridion you are using please?

If you are using Tridion 2011, then I think that this has already been answered (by Bart) in Rob's "Tridion 2009 TBB: How do I determine if a Page is published to particular publication target?" question over on Stack Overflow here.

The PublishEngine.IsPublished(IdentifiableObject item, PublicationTarget publicationTarget, bool isPublishedInContext) method should give you this.

If you are using Tridion 2009, then Ryan's accepted answer on the same question should work.