Form_Load calling a second form after first form displaying

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I’m creating a Windows Form Application in C# (VS2010) and what I’m trying to do is have the first form be displayed. Then before allowing any access to the form functions, popup a second form where the user must validate themself for access to the application. What I’m finding is the first form will not paint itself until after the Form_Load event is finished. But after that, I lose control until another event is triggered by the user. None of the other Form events seem to trigger after the Load. Does anyone know how I can get the second form to trigger after the Form_Load is completed?

Thanks!

Posted 8-Jun-10 4:00am

rildon

Updated 8-Jun-10 4:08am

Henry Minute

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A better solution would be to have the user validate themselves first.

* Show logon form
* If credentials successful then load main screen
* If not, terminate application

This is more in line with expected behaviour in windows applications

Posted 8-Jun-10 4:19am

Dylan Morley

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rildon 8-Jun-10 10:31am

This is actually what I had first. I called the Validation form in the program.cs and only invoked the application if the user passed. I was requested to display the application's main page before popping up the Validation form so users would know what they are signing into. I appreciate your time and response. Thank You!

Solution 1

I believe there's a loaded event and an event fired when the form is first visible.

Posted 8-Jun-10 4:12am

Christian Graus

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I thought that the Form.Activated event fired after Form.Load. It does fire every time the form gets the focus though so if you decided to use it you would need some sort of flag to indicate if the user was verified and bomb out if they already are.

It is more usual to verify prior to loading the main form and if you consider this then there are several articles on how to do so, here on Code Project.

Posted 8-Jun-10 4:27am

Henry Minute

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Johnny J. · Accepted Answer · 2010-06-08T04:24:00

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Form_Shown is triggered after the load event (and after the form is shown), so you can use that.

Posted 8-Jun-10 4:24am

Johnny J.

Updated 8-Jun-10 4:25am

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rildon 8-Jun-10 10:28am

That worked great! Thank You!