Event during the ReadProperties

i have created a Activex which fills a list during the ReadProperties event. Before filling the list method fires a event to allow the user to set the filter or criteria. when i use this activex in form the first time fill event is not visible i.e during the form load, if i re-fill the activex after loading the form, the event works fine. what is the problem plz help.

I don't think any events will be raised during ReadProperties. You can try this little test for confirmation....

1. In your usercontrol add this public event
Public Event EventRaising(FromMethod As String)

2. In your usercontrol's ReadProperties event, add this:
RaiseEvent EventRaising("ReadProperties")

3. Add similar code to other methods/events like Show, Resize
You should get the event in Show

4. In your form, respond to the EventRaising event with:
Debug.Print "Got Event from " & FromMethod

You may want to test this with a compiled usercontrol also? Maybe behavior is different? Don't know.

Thanks LaVolpe
I have already checked there are no events raised during readproperies. Let me explain the problem in detail.
I have created a usercontrol which has many listboxes. i fill the listboxes from database at readproperties but before quering the database i want to let the user set the filter dynamically. So before filling it raise a event Filter (lstIndex as integer, sFilter as string). As the events during readproperties never occurrs so user can't set filter first time. but when after loading the form if refill the listboxes the event works fine. Plz help how i can handle this situation. Is there any way to raise events during readproperties.

Plz note i have created a Refresh method in usercontrol also, which is called in Form_Active which works but I am not satified with it. it increases loading time for heavily populated tables.