Hello Stephen!
Friday October 11 1996 11:07, Stephen Whitis wrote to All:
 SW> The problem is that the only event I know which will run when the
 SW> app starts, is the FormCreate event.  However, when that event
 SW> runs, the OptionsDlg hasn't yet been created, so trying to modify
 SW> anything based on it (or stored in it) causes a GPF.
I have succesfully used the following method:
Define a const like this above the form definition:
const
  WM_StartProgram = WM_USER + $0000;
Write this in the private section of the form:
    procedure StartProgram(var M: TWMNoParams); message WM_StartProgram;
Add this to the FormCreate procedure:
  PostMessage(Handle, WM_StartProgram, 0, 0);
and finally all you have to do is write the StartProgram procedure, which 
does the rest of your initializing. All other components have been created 
when the StartProgram is called including the forms OnShow, OnActivate and 
OnPaint.
procedure Form.StartProgram(var M: TWMNoParams);
begin
  // All initializing comes here
end;
 SW> Can anyone help me out with this?
Hope this does the trick.
Ken
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