Re: Where to call RestoreDesktop?

"Tom de Neef" <tdeneef@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I want to save the state of the application's desktop to the registry
> on exit and reload on startup.
> In mainForm.Onclose I cycle through the application's forms and store
> size, location and visibility.
>
> But where should I put the reverse procedure?
> It must be executed at a time when all forms are created, just before
> they are displayed.
> That could be in each form's loaded method, but isn't there an event
> that signals that the application is ready to go 'live'.

Loaded is the right place. Overriding a method is just as good as
writing an event handler. Don't forget to call inherited.

Groetjes,
Maarten Wiltink


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