Form_Load fires second - VB.NET

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I have an object that I need to add to a List before anything else happens, so I put List1.Add in Form_Load. The problem is other things are happening first, and of course crashing since the list is empty first. And I can't do List1.Add at the top of the form class outside of a function or sub.

How can I guarantee something will happen absolutely before anything else if not in Form_Load?

Posted 16-Apr-14 15:13pm

StanGertrudeMeier

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 16-Apr-14 22:44pm

It depends on what do you mean by "anything else". For example, you don't want to call List1.Add before List1.Add is instantiated.
Okay, Solution 1 is the answer, only you should understand what happens. You can add your code in a constructor after InitializeComponent().

You should not leave auto-generated names like List1. You want all names to be semantic.

—SA

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NeverJustHere · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-16T15:20:00

Solution 1

Use the class constructor perhaps.

Posted 16-Apr-14 15:20pm

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 16-Apr-14 22:45pm

More exactly, please see my comment to the question. Not a very correct question anyway...
—SA