[RESOLVED] newbie - code design suggestion - sub vs function

[chris128]

I tried a counter or Boolean but as long as it falls in the Document Completed event it will be reset each refresh

What you need to do then is check the value of it first before you increment it. So basically you would declare an Integer at class level (ie outside of an event handler or Sub/Function) and use this to keep track of which stage you are currently at. After you complete each stage you add 1 to the counter so that the next time the DocumentCompleted event is raised your code will know which bit to execute.

E.g:

Public Clas Form1
 
  'Declare our counter at class level
  Private Counter As Integer = 0
 
  Private Sub Document_Completed etc etc
      If Counter = 0 Then
          'Do sign in stuff here
          'Add 1 to the Counter 
          Counter += 1
      ElseIf Counter = 1 Then
         'Do stuff here that you would do after sign in
         Counter += 1
      ElseIf Counter = 2 Then
         'Do stuff here you would do the next time the page is reloaded
         Counter += 1
      End If
  End Sub
 
End Class

Of course you need to make sure you reset the counter to 0 if you start this process again