[in line] >From: Simon Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: dotnet discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [DOTNET] Displaying info on loading forms >Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 11:51:16 +0100 > >Two purposes to this post: >1. Ask a question >2. Mention some rather amusing behavior in Windows Forms. > >Questions runs... Is there any event in Windows Forms that >is raised after a Form has been loaded? My form does a lot >of processing at startup and I'd like it to display itself then >do its processing, reporting to the user on its progress as it >does it. I tried the Load event but that seems to get invoked >just before the form is displayed. >
What I do to get this behavior is to do execute the Show method of the form in the Form_Load event. That is, I get the form setup, show the form, do some processing to load up object hierarchies and such, and display some progress messages along the way. Works just fine. Jon Stonecash >Simon >--------------------------------------------------------------- >Simon Robinson >http://www.SimonRobinson.com >--------------------------------------------------------------- > >You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or >subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com. _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com.
