Display a dialog once my main form is showing?

[Grant Schenck]

I have a C# form application. Once my main window is showing I want to
pop-up a login type dialog. What event would I trap to affect this? I
tried handling the form load but the main form window is not yet visible
then.

Thanks!

Grant Schenck

[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

Grant,

You will want to use the Activated event to handle this. First, you
have to define a flag in your class:

// Default to false, indicating that the form is not activated for the first
time.
private bool firstTimeActiva tion = true;

Then, you have to handle the Activated event:

// If the flag is true, then show your login form.
if (firstTimeActiv ation)
{
// Set the flag to false here. The reason for this is that when
// your login form is closed, this form will activate again, and
// this will be called again before you exit this block for the first
// time.
firstTimeActiva tion = !firstTimeActiv ation;

// Show your login form here.
}

Hope this helps.
--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- mv*@spam.guard. caspershouse.co m

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I have a C# form application. Once my main window is showing I want to
pop-up a login type dialog. What event would I trap to affect this? I
tried handling the form load but the main form window is not yet visible
then.

Thanks!

Grant Schenck

[Metallikanz!]

There are many events which are fired while the form is getting loaded, painted:

Activated, GotFocus, LayOut.... Please consult MSDN for type Form and have a look at the Event section.

HTH, Metallikanz!

"Grant Schenck" <sc******@opton line.net> wrote in message news:eM******** *****@TK2MSFTNG P09.phx.gbl...

I have a C# form application. Once my main window is showing I want to
pop-up a login type dialog. What event would I trap to affect this? I
tried handling the form load but the main form window is not yet visible
then.

Thanks!

Grant Schenck

[Grant Schenck]

Thank you!

That did the trick.

Grant Schenck

"Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]" <mv*@spam.guard .caspershouse.c om> wrote in
message news:#m******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP10.phx.gbl...

Grant,

You will want to use the Activated event to handle this. First, you
have to define a flag in your class:

// Default to false, indicating that the form is not activated for the first time.
private bool firstTimeActiva tion = true;

Then, you have to handle the Activated event:

// If the flag is true, then show your login form.
if (firstTimeActiv ation)
{
// Set the flag to false here. The reason for this is that when
// your login form is closed, this form will activate again, and
// this will be called again before you exit this block for the first
// time.
firstTimeActiva tion = !firstTimeActiv ation;

// Show your login form here.
}

Hope this helps.
--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- mv*@spam.guard. caspershouse.co m

"Grant Schenck" <sc******@opton line.net> wrote in message
news:eM******** *****@TK2MSFTNG P09.phx.gbl...

I have a C# form application. Once my main window is showing I want to
pop-up a login type dialog. What event would I trap to affect this? I
tried handling the form load but the main form window is not yet visible
then.

Thanks!

Grant Schenck

[Ignacio Machin \( .NET/ C# MVP \)]

Hi,

It does depend if you want to have the back window visible or not, if not
use Load ( the good thing of this one is that it fires only once ) if you
want it visible you could follow Nicholas's suggestion.

cheers,

--
Ignacio Machin,
ignacio.machin AT dot.state.fl.us
Florida Department Of Transportation

"Grant Schenck" <sc******@opton line.net> wrote in message
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I have a C# form application. Once my main window is showing I want to
pop-up a login type dialog. What event would I trap to affect this? I
tried handling the form load but the main form window is not yet visible
then.

Thanks!

Grant Schenck