Why form does not load the second time i visit the user control

Question

I have a form and in the form I am adding and removing user controls depending on what is selected. There is a form that has two labels, the labels information is supposed to change when the user control loads but it never changes, it keeps the same values. Now, I added a break point on the load of the user control.. and it is only hit once, all the other times it just navigates there but never loads again..

private void SummaryScreen_OnLoad(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    lblSavingsBalance.Text = Global.Instance.Accounts[1].AccountBalace.ToString();
    lblCheckingBalance.Text = Global.Instance.Accounts[0].AccountBalace.ToString();
}

How can I make it so that it loads all the time when i call this user control?

You are talking about the UserControl's OnLoad? (UserControl is called SummaryScreen?) — John Arlen
yes the user control is called SummaryScreen - yes onload of SummaryScreen it only gets hit once — user710502

John Arlen John Arlen · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-10T06:22:16

UserControl.Load is only called the first time it is added to a form after construction.

You will need to either:

Recreate the control each time (therefore forcing Load to be called)
Add a new method on the UserControl (like Initialize) and call it after adding

Why form does not load the second time i visit the user control

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