UserForm initialize event run when UserForm is shown

[dmgathmann]

If I programmically import a UserForm with
Application.VBE.ActiveVBProject.VBComponents.Import ("UserForm.frm")
and show it with
Set UserForm = VBA.UserForms.Add("UserForm")
UserForm.Show
then change any control property (in my case,
UserForm.Label1.Backcolor) in a module (rather than from within the
UserForm code), the UserForm initialize event is triggered on the
first call to the module (not on subsequent calls). Also, the control
property is changed (Backcolor), but the screendisplay doesn't reflect
this (Application.ScreenUpdating=False is not used). As expected, all
control property changes done within the UserForm code behave
properly.

This is for XL97 on Windows 98

Thanks for any help.
Dave G

UserForm Code
/// works as expected
Private Sub Label2_Click()
Static lb2Cnt As Integer
Dim IsOdd As Boolean

lb2Cnt = lb2Cnt + 1
If lb2Cnt / 2 = Int(lb2Cnt / 2) Then IsOdd = False Else IsOdd =
True
If IsOdd Then UserForm.Label2.BackColor = &HFF& Else
UserForm.Label2.BackColor = &HFF00&
End Sub

///doesn't work even though the same code (expect use Label1) as above
is in the Call routine
Private Sub Label1_Click()
'change via Call
Static lb1Cnt As Integer
Dim IsOdd As Boolean

lb1Cnt = lb1Cnt + 1
If lb1Cnt / 2 = Int(lb1Cnt / 2) Then IsOdd = False Else IsOdd =
True
Call TestViaCall(IsOdd)
End Sub

 

[FSt1]

hi,
guessing here but you may have the cart in front of the horse.
change properties THEN show the form.
sometimes the syntax is correct but in the wrong place causing out of
correct sequence executions.

Regards
FSt1

 

[dmgathmann]

hi,
guessing here but you may have the cart in front of the horse.
change properties THEN show the form.
sometimes the syntax is correct but in the wrong place causing out of
correct sequence executions.

Regards
FSt1

I think that I should've included more details. The UserForm in
question is displayed with labels that are colored. By clicking a
label, the color of the clicked label is changed. If the code for the
Click event is within the UserForm, everything is OK (color changed
and no second initialize event); if in an external module, the above
happens (color property changed, but no screen change and a second
initialize event). If the UserForm is already in the Project, i.e. not
imported, then either method works (color changed and no second
initialize event). This simple form is really just some testing code
to illustrate the same problem that I'm having with a more complex set
of forms. The actual case involves FormA (imported itself from a
module) importing FormB (the UserForm here), the user clicking a Label
on FormB, then FormA using the result of the Click event in FormB to
change a Label property in itself. Getting the result of the FormB
Click event can be made/forced to work by using a Call to read the
label property from the originating module, but the 'double'
initialize event on FormB may force a work-around that I'd rather not
have to do if I can help it.

Any more ideas?