is there a form-after-load event in VB?

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What I want to do is:
1) Show the form;
2) Check something, if false, then just show a msgbox, then close form

if I do this in form_load event, the form does not show up when msgbox shows up. After I close msgbox, the form shows up very quick then close. I do not want see the form flashes on the screen.

what I'm doing now is:
1) show the form;
2) in load event, turn on timer, wait 2 seconds;
3) in timer event, check that.

Is there a better way to do this?


thanks