Is there an event that occurs when a VB form has fully loaded and displayed?
(like the onload event in javascript)
Thanks

If I had to guess, I would say the form's Activate event would tell you
that. Put this in the (General)(Declarations) section of the form's code
window...

    Dim InitialLoad As Boolean

Put this in the form's Load event...

    InitialLoad = "True"

And use this code layout for the form's Activate event...

    Private Sub Form_Activate()
        If InitialLoad Then
            InitialLoad = False
            '
            '  Put the code you want to run after the form
            '  loads and displays for the first time here.
            '
        End If
        '
        '  Put your regular Activate event code here
        '
    End Sub

I would think the above layout should do what you want.

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Show quote Hide quote If you have a Show command in your form load code then the Activate event will fire before
the rest of the form Load code is finished.

-mhd

For some crazy reason, the Resize event does. I usually do something like
this:

Private Sub Form_Resize()
   Static fAlreadyDisplayed As Boolean

   If Not fAlreadyDisplayed Then
      ' Do all your first-time-the-form-was-displayed stuff here

      fAlreadyDisplayed = true
   End If
End Sub

Show quote Hide quote I use that method too. It's documented in the help: "Resize Event: Occurs
when an object is first displayed or when the window state of an object
changes."

Nobody wrote:
Show quoteHide quoteYeah, but as 'mhd' pointed out, I don't think this is the answer to "fully loaded"
either, in cases where a Me.Show is used in Form_Load.  (Bad form, so to speak,
IMO.)  If you're going to do that, it's really up to you (generic "you") to trigger
whatever you need to as the last line in Form_Load, because you have already futzed
up the entire scheme of things.

    No there isn't.

    If the Form is explicitly shown and any routine calls 'DoEvents' before
the 'Form_Load' ends, the Form will be fully loaded and displayed after the
last sentence of the 'Form_Load' event. Otherwise it will be fully loaded
and displayed at the first 'Form_Activate' notification:


'*****************
Public Event LoadComplete(ByVal CompletedOn As LoadCompleteConstants)

Public Enum LoadCompleteConstants
    OnActivate
    OnLoad
End Enum

Private m_Loaded  As Boolean
Private m_Activated     As Boolean

Private Sub Form_Activate()
    If m_Activated = False Then
        If m_Loaded = True Then RaiseEvent LoadComplete(OnActivate)
        m_Activated = True
    End If
    '
    '···
End Sub

Private Sub Form_Load()
    '···
    '
    If m_Activated = True Then RaiseEvent LoadComplete(OnLoad)
    m_Loaded = True
End Sub
'*****************

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