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[pavol]

hi
i have a program and in it i'm hiding a form. so when someone clicks on a button i have the following code

code:

Me.Hide otherForm.Show

now when im on a different form and i want to show the original form: ???.Show what procedures are called when that original form shows. i know Form_Load probably isn't called because the form was just hidden not unloaded. so does it call Form_Activate or Form_GotFocus. the reason im asking is because i need something to happen when that form is shown and i can't seen to get it to work.
any help appreciated

[Tony]

probably Form_GotFocus, but you should test it out with like a message box or something just to make sure.

Better yet

code:

Me.Hide otherForm.Show otherForm.method

Where you call other form's method directly.

[pavol]

thanks Tony
you gave me the idea to use message boxes to check and so i put one in each of the form procedures (the ones i though were relevant) activate, resize, paint, initialize, load, gotfocus and it turns out that for some reason the only one that gets called when i show a form from hiding is form_activate. and so my program works now.
regardless, thanks for the help