Form question

[kurgan383]

I want to have something run in a form as soon as the form starts (i don't want to wait for a button to be pressed or anything) anyone know how to do this?

tom

 

[JohnYingling]

Form_Load Event?

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[kurgan383]

I tried that, but i can't see my form on the screen?!

tom

 

[jambu]

try the form_activated event and if you only want your code to run the first time the form appears, set a flag after running your code and check it before running the code.

 

[jambu]

If that didnt make sense here's some code. If you want to know why the flag is important, try removing the "tstflag=true" line.

Public Class Form1
Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form
Dim tstflag As Boolean

Private Sub Form1_Activated(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Activated
If Not tstFlag Then
MsgBox("Your code here&quot
tstflag = True
End If
End Sub

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
tstFlag = False
End Sub
end class

 

[kurgan383]

That was it! I wonder why form_load DIDN't work, but Form1_Activated did?? If anyone knows, I'd love to hear it! Anyway, thanks everyone for the help.