Post a user defined message say UM_AFTERSHOW to self.handle in OnShow event.
Use a flag to make sure you do it only once.
Do your after_show work in a message handler for UM_AFTERSHOW.
Alex
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From: "Luke Pascoe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Multiple recipients of list delphi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, 29 March 2001 10:21
Subject: [DUG]: After OnShow
> I have a form.
>
> I want to perform an action (specifically showmodal another form)
> _immediately_ following the show event. For clarity, I mean I want the
form
> to have been painted on screen before doing my action.
>
> Also, I only want to do it once, like OnCreate only happens once. I
thought
> about using the OnActivate event, coupled with a DoneAlready flag, but
this
> doesn't seem very elegant.
>
> Is there a nice way?
>
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