Question on forum loading

[JohnRChick]

hey. So in my program I have it set to download a file when the program loads. I made a method and i put that in the Form_load routine. The program is that, it starts the download before the form is even visible. So since its downloading the file, the forum doesnt end up showing up until the file is done downloading. I tried to use 'If me.visible = true', but that still had the same result. I also tried the 'Visibility Changed' Method. Any ideas?

John

[-TPM-]

The quick and easy method is application.doevents, or you could download it on a seperat thread

[JohnRChick]

how do i do it with application.doevents?

[-TPM-]

Just put it in the form load before you start downloading.

[JohnRChick]

hmm that didnt seem to work, can you tell me how to do the thread idea?

[-TPM-]

Hmm that's odd, I thought you could just use application.doevents, I tried it and it'll work if you put me.show before it. Your probably better off using a thread though. Here's a link that explains how to do it:
http://www.devx.com/getHelpOn/10MinuteSolution/20365

[jmcilhinney]

The form does not become visible until the Load event handler completes. You should use the Activated event instead, which is raised after the form becomes visible. Unlike the Load event, the Activated event can be raised multiple times for the same form, so you would need a Static or class-level variable to indicate whether this was the first time the event had been raised.

[Phill64]

An easier way yet is to simply call "Me.Visible = True" at the beginning of the load event, and perhaps doevents will also be required after this, but testing with that and a message box, the form is visible when the message box appears.

P.S Jm, whats with you disabling pm's and emails

[maged]

i think starting it in a new thread at form load is the right course of action.

New thread to run the download will make the form loading and file downloading execute in parallel


rgds