C#/.NET - WinForms - Instantiate a Form without showing it

Question

I am changing the Visibility of a Form to false during the load event AND the form still shows itself. What is the right event to tie this.Visible = false; to? I\'d like to

Answer 1

I know this is an old question, but I just stumbled upon it and am pretty surprised no one has mentioned SetVisibleCore:

bool isVisibleCore = false;
protected override void SetVisibleCore(bool value)
{
    base.SetVisibleCore(isVisibleCore);
}

In that code snippet, as long as isVisibleCore remains false, the form will remain invisible. If it's set to false when the form is instantiated, you won't get that brief flash of visibility that you'd get if you set Visible = false in the Shown event.