Windows form with initial Visible property set to false?

[conipto]

Hey, where did the Form.Visible property go in VB 2005? It's still there, but it doesn't show up in the properties window, and if I set it to false in the form's load event, the form still displays on startup? Anyone got a good workaround for this (hopefully without using a "main" module?)

Bill

[jmcilhinney]

The Load event is raised the first time the form's Visible property is set to True, either directly or by calling Show. Setting the Visible property to False in the Load event handler doesn't really make sense. I guess the exception to this may be when you don't want your startup form to be visible because the app is to be minimised to the tray, or something like that. In that case just set the form to be minimised and not shown in the taskbar.