Dear List,

I need an event to be fired after a Form is first Shown. Is there something 
we can do to initiate an event at this stage? 

Thanks,
Dave

Form itself has events for Load and Activate. Where exactly do you want to 
handle the events - within the form itself or elsewhere in some other class?

Peter

-- 
Peter Foot
Microsoft Device Application Development MVP
www.peterfoot.net | www.inthehand.com
In The Hand Ltd - .NET Solutions for Mobility

"davebythesea"  wrote in message 
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> Dear List,
>
> I need an event to be fired after a Form is first Shown. Is there 
> something
> we can do to initiate an event at this stage?
>
> Thanks,
> Dave 

The Load event should be sufficient.

--
Neil Cowburn
Principal Partner
OpenNETCF Consulting

http://www.opennetcf.com/
http://www.smartdeviceframework.com/


"davebythesea"  wrote in message 
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> Dear List,
>
> I need an event to be fired after a Form is first Shown. Is there 
> something
> we can do to initiate an event at this stage?
>
> Thanks,
> Dave 

What I want to do is populate a ListView once the form is visible, so when 
the Form becomes visible I call a Web service and check for new data to 
download, the data I download I present in a ListView to show a summary of 
the new stuff I've downloaded. I want that to take place when the form is 
visible, and then display the Waiting cursor so the user knows somethings 
actually happening instead of having no form shown and waiting, wondering 
whats going on. So thats why I was hoping for a Shown event, so I can fire 
off the Web Service call after the Form is defiently Shown and visible to the 
user. I might give Load another go, but I thought the visibility of the Form 
would remain hidden until the Load event is finished?

Well, I 'll give it a go,

Cheers,
Dave

"Neil Cowburn" wrote:


> The Load event should be sufficient.
> 
> --
> Neil Cowburn
> Principal Partner
> OpenNETCF Consulting
> 
> http://www.opennetcf.com/
> http://www.smartdeviceframework.com/
> 
> 
> "davebythesea"  wrote in message 
> news:5CD6BBD6-BECA-4670-B4E6-1D7B75A30AFE@microsoft.com...
> > Dear List,
> >
> > I need an event to be fired after a Form is first Shown. Is there 
> > something
> > we can do to initiate an event at this stage?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Dave 
> 
> 

You can force the form to be made visible in the Load event handler and set 
the wait cursor there too.

--
Neil Cowburn
Principal Partner
OpenNETCF Consulting


"davebythesea"  wrote in message 
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> What I want to do is populate a ListView once the form is visible, so when
> the Form becomes visible I call a Web service and check for new data to
> download, the data I download I present in a ListView to show a summary of
> the new stuff I've downloaded. I want that to take place when the form is
> visible, and then display the Waiting cursor so the user knows somethings
> actually happening instead of having no form shown and waiting, wondering
> whats going on. So thats why I was hoping for a Shown event, so I can fire
> off the Web Service call after the Form is defiently Shown and visible to 
> the
> user. I might give Load another go, but I thought the visibility of the 
> Form
> would remain hidden until the Load event is finished?
>
> Well, I 'll give it a go,
>
> Cheers,
> Dave
>
> "Neil Cowburn" wrote:
>
>> The Load event should be sufficient.
>>
>> --
>> Neil Cowburn
>> Principal Partner
>> OpenNETCF Consulting
>>
>> http://www.opennetcf.com/
>> http://www.smartdeviceframework.com/
>>
>>
>> "davebythesea"  wrote in message
>> news:5CD6BBD6-BECA-4670-B4E6-1D7B75A30AFE@microsoft.com...
>> > Dear List,
>> >
>> > I need an event to be fired after a Form is first Shown. Is there
>> > something
>> > we can do to initiate an event at this stage?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Dave
>>
>> 

Did anyone ever tell you your a genius?

Marvelous!

Thanks!

"Neil Cowburn" wrote:


> You can force the form to be made visible in the Load event handler and set 
> the wait cursor there too.
> 
> --
> Neil Cowburn
> Principal Partner
> OpenNETCF Consulting
> 
> 
> "davebythesea"  wrote in message 
> news:E5A1D801-AABC-46EC-8D42-CBF89E601D9D@microsoft.com...
> > What I want to do is populate a ListView once the form is visible, so when
> > the Form becomes visible I call a Web service and check for new data to
> > download, the data I download I present in a ListView to show a summary of
> > the new stuff I've downloaded. I want that to take place when the form is
> > visible, and then display the Waiting cursor so the user knows somethings
> > actually happening instead of having no form shown and waiting, wondering
> > whats going on. So thats why I was hoping for a Shown event, so I can fire
> > off the Web Service call after the Form is defiently Shown and visible to 
> > the
> > user. I might give Load another go, but I thought the visibility of the 
> > Form
> > would remain hidden until the Load event is finished?
> >
> > Well, I 'll give it a go,
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Dave
> >
> > "Neil Cowburn" wrote:
> >
> >> The Load event should be sufficient.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Neil Cowburn
> >> Principal Partner
> >> OpenNETCF Consulting
> >>
> >> http://www.opennetcf.com/
> >> http://www.smartdeviceframework.com/
> >>
> >>
> >> "davebythesea"  wrote in message
> >> news:5CD6BBD6-BECA-4670-B4E6-1D7B75A30AFE@microsoft.com...
> >> > Dear List,
> >> >
> >> > I need an event to be fired after a Form is first Shown. Is there
> >> > something
> >> > we can do to initiate an event at this stage?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks,
> >> > Dave
> >>
> >> 
>