events ?

[john w]

I have a value in a global variable. I want to display that value when the form/panel opens. I tried the Load event and that did not seem to work. Is there a better event to use?

[ljwilson]

Load event should work, but what kind of panel field is displaying the value? You would have to put the contents of the global variable into something that is known by the panel.

...jack

[john w]

I do agree that the Load event should work. In looking at the debug the Load event for that form is not showing. I guess that means its not firing or at least where I think it should fire.

If I put the code in a procedure it works so the values and references are there. Its that pesky Load event.

I will do some more exploring.

[john w]

It appears the Activate event is what is needed and not Load. I am not sure why this is the case, but there must be some reason showing a form does not fire the Load event.

[ljwilson]

That is odd. I have seen an issue where the Tabs Change Page Event fires before the load event, but the load event still fires. Would be interesting if you could put that behavior in a sample app to examine.

Of course Activate will fire every time the form gets focus.

...jack

[john w]

I will work on a sample app to see if I can replicate the issue. If it does I will post it.