Updated: October 2010
Occurs whenever the form is first displayed.
Public Event Shown As EventHandler
public event EventHandler Shown
public: event EventHandler^ Shown { void add (EventHandler^ value); void remove (EventHandler^ value); }
member Shown : IEvent<EventHandler, EventArgs>
The Shown event is only raised the first time a form is displayed; subsequently minimizing, maximizing, restoring, hiding, showing, or invalidating and repainting will not raise this event. For more information about the order of events of a form, see Order of Events in Windows Forms.
For more information about handling events, see Consuming Events.
The following code example demonstrates the use of this member. In the example, an event handler reports on the occurrence of the Shown event. This report helps you to learn when the event occurs and can assist you in debugging. To report on multiple events or on events that occur frequently, consider replacing MessageBox..::.Show with Console..::.WriteLine or appending the message to a multiline TextBox.
To run the example code, paste it into a project that contains an instance of type Form named Form1. Then ensure that the event handler is associated with the Shown event.
Private Sub Form1_Shown(sender as Object, e as EventArgs) _ Handles Form1.Shown MessageBox.Show("You are in the Form.Shown event.") End Sub
private void Form1_Shown(Object sender, EventArgs e) { MessageBox.Show("You are in the Form.Shown event."); }
Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2
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October 2010
Added link to Order of Events in Windows Forms.
Customer feedback.