Live Update - how to know if its on?

Question

Has anyone ever required to find out if current render call is during live update or not?
I would have imagined that it should be available at AEGP_GetCompFlags(), but its not!
In such case a smaller size image is usually passed to the render, but for small enough layer/comp sizes (e.g. 700x500) AfterFX thinks you are good off with such a size, and most importantly you cannot tell if Live Update button is pressed!
greets
mike

Answer 1

Hi Mike,
Here's the answer I got back from the team:
It may be readable via the AEGP Persistent Data Suite, since it's stored in a pref:
"Realtime Update Preference Section"
"Use Modifier Key To Enable"
Here is the scripting version.
get state
app.preferences.getPrefAsBool("Realtime Update Preference Section", "Use Modifier Key To Enable");
set state
app.preferences.savePrefAsBool("Realtime Update Preference Section", "Use Modifier Key To Enable", <new_state_bool>);
app.preferences.saveToDisk();
Cheers,
Zac