Load a form without showing it

Question

Short version: I want to trigger the Form_Load() event without making the form visible. This doesn\'t work because Show() ignores the current value of the Visible property:<

Answer 1

None of the answers solved the original question, so, add the below, call .Show() to load the form without showing it, then call .ShowForm() to allow it to be visible if you want to after:

private volatile bool _formVisible;
protected override void SetVisibleCore(bool value)
{
    base.SetVisibleCore(_formVisible);
}
public void ShowForm()
{
    _formVisible = true;
    if (InvokeRequired)
    {
        Invoke((Action) Show);
    }
    else
    {
        Show();
    }
}