VB.NET .NET after load event?

Question

I need some way of knowing when a form has finished loading. My reasoning is I have a second form that is loaded when this form loads. The code for this is called from form1.load.

Form2 is currently being displayed behind form1 as I am guessing form1 calls an activate or similar at the end of the load so any Activate, BringToFront, etc. calls on form2 are overridden.

If you look at the code below, I have tried adding frmAllocationSearch.Activate, frmAllocationSearch.BringToFront and Me.SendToBack after the call to ShowAlloactionSearchDialog(), but these are all wasted as something is happening after the load event is fired to bring Me to the front.

The code is:

Private Sub Allocation_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) _
                            Handles Me.Load

    ShowAlloactionSearchDialog()
End Sub

Private Sub ShowAlloactionSearchDialog()

    If frmAllocationSearch Is Nothing OrElse frmAllocationSearch.IsDisposed Then
        frmAllocationSearch = New AllocationSearch
        frmAllocationSearch.MdiParent = Me.MdiParent
        frmAllocationSearch.Info = Me.Info
        frmAllocationSearch.Top = Me.Top
        frmAllocationSearch.Left = Me.Left + Me.Width - frmAllocationSearch.Width
        frmAllocationSearch.AllocationWindow = Me

        frmAllocationSearch.Show()
    Else
        If frmAllocationSearch.WindowState = FormWindowState.Minimized Then
            frmAllocationSearch.WindowState = FormWindowState.Normal
        End IF
        frmAllocationSearch.Activate()
    End If
End Sub

Solution 1

Maybe you can try the Form.Activated event.

Occurs when the form is activated in code or by the user.

Solution 2

You may want to try the Forms 'Shown' Event

Comments

[themaninthesuitcase]

I had to add a flag to prevent it being on top all the time but this was perfect.

[htm11h]

This event is still in the initialization process. The Form is not fully loaded when this event is called.