How to get frmMain to load before other dependent forms?

[Dean Slindee]

My project has a main form (frmMain, the startup object for the project) and
several other "child" forms that are painted within a large panel on
frmMain.

In each form's Form_Load event, a Weak Reference for that form is loaded
into a global Hash table, like this:

Dim wr As WeakReference = New WeakReference(Me, False)

If Not hashTable.Contains(cfrmMain) Then

hashTable.Add(cfrmMain, wr)

End If

I also have the following declares in frmMain, just after the designer code,
for each "child" form that gets painted inside the panel on frmMain:

Friend frmAdmin As New frmAdmin

Friend frmAppointment As New frmAppointment

Friend frmBilling As New frmBilling

Friend frmSystem As New frmSystem

Each child form writes to the status bar on frmMain in their Form_Load
event.

Problem is, the load events for the child forms are firing before

the load event for frmMain has put a reference into the hash table.

How can I get frmMain's Form_Load to fire completely before child Form_Load
events

fire? Or, how can I get an entry for frmMain into hashTable before child
Form_Load

events fire?

Above and beyond this specific problem, I would like to find an article that
explains in

great detail exactly what happens in sequence when a VB application is
launched.

Thanks,

Dean Slindee