I was wondering how you can pass parameters to a form's load sub procedure
ie.  form_load(byval some parameter)

I can not seem to get this to work

It is either i) not allowed
            ii) I am not calling it right
           iii) ???

I know I can set a global var to the value but I do not want to do it
this way.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance

Judith

Setting a form's tag property does indeed appear to be somewhat flaky. It
worked for me until I put a CSFORM.VBX control on my form; this
subclasses the form's window procedure to provide scrolling form
capabilities. At that point, my code broke, because setting the tag
property caused the VBM_SETPROP message to get to the form AFTER the form
was loaded due to the subclassing.

Of course, some really cunning person out there may have a better
solution.

It's usually better to just use globals and hide the nastiness in
a function or procedure instead of peppering your code with
references to the global variable(s).

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I used the method you described. Pass the parameter in Form's tag. In Form_load
do nothing, in Form_activate do the initialization when tag is not NULL, after
initialization clear the tag. In this way the form actually shows faster, but
if your initialization invloves moving controls around then this may cause
flashing.

At the end I used a global variable!

Cheers.

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DAMTP, Cambridge, UK.
Atta Chui.

(Atta Chui) says:

To prevent flashing, set the form's design-time top and left to
-20000,-20000; load the form, get it totally ready then use the move
method to bring it onto the screen.

Sub Sample ( name as string)
        FormX.Hide ' loads the form without showing it
        FormX.Text1 = name ' set your values
        FormX.Show ' show the form
End Sub

Hope this helps

James E. Scheid