Hi everybody,

I've got a program that needs to pop-up a few non-child forms the moment the MDIform loads. So I'd expect to just write a sub which opens a non-child form like this:

Private Sub MakeNonChild()
Dim FormX As Form
FormX = New Form
FormX.Owner = Me
FormX.Show()
End Sub

And then call that function in the Load event of the MDIform.
The strange thing is the form pops up allright, but it's completely disabled and I can't get it enabled in any way.
I then proceeded to make a button on my MDIform which also calls the MakeNonChild method and if I use that, it works perfectly.

Does anyone have any suggestions as to why it goes wrong in the load event?

Thx in advance!

Hello GeneralDisorder,

All of the events which occur when a form is loaded have not completed when the "Load" event is being executed. However, by the time the command button becomes visible, the MDI form's "Activate" event has executed. Suggest you place a Msgbox statement in each of the MDI form's event handlers to see in what order they are firing. You have probably interrupted the normal sequence by using the code which calls MakeNonChild().

Dude

Hi Dude,

I can't put the code in the activate event since I don't want new forms popping up each time the window is activated. I've placed messageboxes in the activated and load events and it seems that the activated event is called before the load event. There's no other event than the form load that's appropriate, I think. If you know any other events to use, I'd greatly appreciate it.

Greetz

I suspect it belongs to a modal process (guessing).

What if you set a ShowForm Boolean in the Load event, and then, in the Activate event

If ShowForm Then
    ShowForm = False
    MakeNonChild
End If