How can I know when a form is shown?

Question

Hello.

I'm developing a Windows Mobile 5.0 or above with .Net Compact Framework 2.0 SP2 and C#.

I have a WinForm that only has a Custom Control. I want to call a method of that custom control when the form has finished loading and display the control.

Now I using Activated Event, but these event is thrown everytime when I close a messagebox.

Is there an event thrown in that moment?

Thank you.

Answer 1

I don't think you have a Shown event in the Compact Framework, but you should be able to use the Load event. Set your form's Visible property to true and you should be able to access your custom control after that.

MyForm_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    ' this procedure runs only once, when the form loads
    ' make the form visible to the user now
    this.Visible = true
    ' the form is now visible

    ' ... more code
}

Answer 2

Simply use the activate event and have a boolean in your form that is set to true when you have called the method on your custom control. When the form's activated event is triggered again, you just make a check on this boolean.