How to load a form without showing it?

[PT Exorcist]

i already tryed

Frm.Show
Frm.Visible = False

and it shows the form in half a sec and then hides it...

already tryed too:

Frm.Visible = False
Frm.Show

didnt work too...

in VB6 i could use the load(frm) but now it requires a second argument, and i dont know what is it...any help or ideas?

[DevGrp]

Do it in the constructor or set design time visible property to false.

[Hu Flung Dung]

Dim frm as New Form1

Just like with any other object, this will cause a new instance of Form1 to be loaded.

[PT Exorcist]

it is PUBLIC...

[PT Exorcist]

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[Hu Flung Dung]

Originally posted by PT Exorcist
it is PUBLIC...

????
So what? You can create new instances of public classes with the way I've mentioned.

[MrPolite]

I've tried to load a from without showing it.... didnt work
You could set the opacity to zero at design time so it wouldnt show, but it's not the best way to do this I guess...


The form always shows up for a second even if you try to hide it when you are loading it.... pretty weird

[hellswraith]

What is wrong with this:
Dim frmTemp As Form1
Set frmTemp = New Form1()

It loads an instance of the form, but doesn't show it...
Maybe I am not understanding the problem though...

[MrPolite]

Originally posted by hellswraith
What is wrong with this:
Dim frmTemp As Form1
Set frmTemp = New Form1()

It loads an instance of the form, but doesn't show it...
Maybe I am not understanding the problem though...

I guess it works
Umm there is only one thing that I dont understand... when you do this Form_Load event wont fire. It doesnt make sense

[Edneeis]

Whatever you want to fire can just go in the New() method instead of in the Form_Load.

[Barjabba]

In VB 6 it is ...
Load frmMyForm

Is the Unload and Load commands gone in VB.NET?

[MrPolite]

Umm you dont load a class with a load statement, so I guess it's useless becuase most of the stuff are treated as classes

[Edneeis]

No instead of Load you use the objects constructor which is some form of New() method. The Form_Load event only fires when the form is becoming visible (as far as I can tell) kind of like a one time Activated event. But any code in the constructor called to make the object runs when it is called.

'in the class
Public Sub New()
  MyBase.New()
  Msgbox ("Shhh I'm loading")
End Sub
 
'Or if it is a form we are talking about
Public Sub New()'is in the region at the top
    'just skip past all the creation of the controls and that jazz
    Msgbox ("Shh I'm loading and a Form")
End SUb
 
'in app
dim obj as New Object1 'will fire the msgbox here