Loading forms

[Klas Pettersson]

I have a few mdichilds in a MDI form. When I run my app the mdi form loads quickly. But in the mdichild forms I have a lot of controlls so they take a while to load the first time.

Is there any why to load these bigger mdichilds when the mdi form loads. Then I'll divide the loading time and my app will feel faster.

[Civil78]

Hi...
You can write in Mdiform_load

Private Sub MdiForm_Load()
Load FormName
End Sub

And to see the form type

Private Sub Command1_click()
FormName Show
End Sub

I hope that is help you

[This message has been edited by Civil78 (edited 01-23-2000).]

[Klas Pettersson]

But Load myform made my form visible. So I had to hide it again and then I got a blink.

[chrisjk]

All MDI Childs are loaded automatically when the MDI parent form is loaded...

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[Phobic]

chrisjk is incorrect, the only mdi childs shown in startup is if a mdichild is set to load first, so the mdiparent is automatically loaded before that.

Civil78 should be right, just put whatever mdichilds you want to be loaded in the mdiparent's load event (Load MDIChildName). The should not show from this, only load.

[Klas Pettersson]

I must be stupid because if I create a new project with only a MDI form and a MDI child. I set the MDI form to startup form and then I write:

Load Form1 ' Which is the MDI child

Now Form1 is visible. What can I do if I want to load a form without showing it?

[XMortal]

Klas, using form1.load in the beginning will load form1 into memory but not show it, using form1.show will display the form.

if it isnt loaded form1.show will load it when necessary

also form1.unload takes it out of memory and form1.hide takes it out of dispaly, unload will also hide the form

these can be called from the child forms or parent forms i think, if not put it in the mdiparent module and call it but thats harder to think about

hope its cleared up

btw, if anyone has it i need filecopy source code