how to close a vbnet winform when it's completely loaded

[Carolina]

Hi.

I have a MDIchild form called Form1.
In Form1_Load code, the form populates a Listview control based on a
datareader, but I want to close the form inmediately and return to the
parent form, if there was a problem connecting to the database and
populating the Listview control.

I've tried something like this:

Protected Overrides Sub OnActivated(ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
MyBase.OnActivated(e)
Static myFormIsLoaded As Boolean
If myFormIsLoaded Then Return
myFormIsLoaded = True
Refresh()
If failed_to_populate_listview Then
Me.Close()
End If
End Sub

But Me.Close() returns this exception: "Can't call Close() while
doing CreateHandle()."

Does anybody know which event fires when the form is completely
loaded?
I need an event from which I could call the Me.Close() method!

I would appreciate any help.
Thank you.

[Cor Ligthert]

Hi Carolina,

In a midi form you can always use the me.parent, to get the parent form,
I am not that MDI expert however I think that me.parent.close will do what
you want.

When that does not work, or you have next time a questions about VB it is
better to ask that in the newsgroup

microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb

There are a lot who have done a lot with MDI forms.

I hope however that this works too.

Cor

[Cor Ligthert]

Hi Carolina,

In a midi form you can always use the me.parent, to get the parent form,
I am not that MDI expert however I think that me.parent.close will do what
you want.

When that does not work, or you have next time a questions about VB it is
better to ask that in the newsgroup

microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb

There are a lot who have done a lot with MDI forms.

I hope however that this works too.

Cor

[William Ryan eMVP]

Why not create an exception if the listbox doesn't load and in that handler,
call me.Close. You can do this from within form_load.
"Carolina" <cc******@gmx.net> wrote in message
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Hi.

I have a MDIchild form called Form1.
In Form1_Load code, the form populates a Listview control based on a
datareader, but I want to close the form inmediately and return to the
parent form, if there was a problem connecting to the database and
populating the Listview control.

I've tried something like this:

Protected Overrides Sub OnActivated(ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
MyBase.OnActivated(e)
Static myFormIsLoaded As Boolean
If myFormIsLoaded Then Return
myFormIsLoaded = True
Refresh()
If failed_to_populate_listview Then
Me.Close()
End If
End Sub

But Me.Close() returns this exception: "Can't call Close() while
doing CreateHandle()."

Does anybody know which event fires when the form is completely
loaded?
I need an event from which I could call the Me.Close() method!

I would appreciate any help.
Thank you.

[William Ryan eMVP]

Why not create an exception if the listbox doesn't load and in that handler,
call me.Close. You can do this from within form_load.
"Carolina" <cc******@gmx.net> wrote in message
news:f4**************************@posting.google.c om...

Hi.

I have a MDIchild form called Form1.
In Form1_Load code, the form populates a Listview control based on a
datareader, but I want to close the form inmediately and return to the
parent form, if there was a problem connecting to the database and
populating the Listview control.

I've tried something like this:

Protected Overrides Sub OnActivated(ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
MyBase.OnActivated(e)
Static myFormIsLoaded As Boolean
If myFormIsLoaded Then Return
myFormIsLoaded = True
Refresh()
If failed_to_populate_listview Then
Me.Close()
End If
End Sub

But Me.Close() returns this exception: "Can't call Close() while
doing CreateHandle()."

Does anybody know which event fires when the form is completely
loaded?
I need an event from which I could call the Me.Close() method!

I would appreciate any help.
Thank you.