How to prevent value changed events from firing on form initialization in .NET?

Question

Consider a simple .NET form with a couple of radio buttons and a checkbox.

Each of the radio buttons has a CheckedChanged handler setup that performs some action bas

Answer 1

I put a public variable in the Module1 file Dim Public bolForm_LoadingTF as Boolean = True

In each formLoad event I put bolForm_LoadingTF = True

In each control with an OnSelectedIndexChanged event I put if bolForm_LoadingTF = True then Exit Sub

At the end of the form load event I put bolForm_LoadingTF = False

I am probably breaking a bunch of rules but this works for me.