Text_Change Event Not Raised

Question

I have the following piece of code:

private sub xtoy()
    lbl_packed_as.DataBindings.Add(New System.Windows.Forms.Binding("Text", Me.DatasetProduct, "tbl_products.packed_fresh_or_frozen"))
end sub

and this:

Private Sub lbl_packed_as_TextChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles lbl_packed_as.TextChanged
    Select Case lbl_packed_as.Text
        Case "FR"
            rdb_fresh.Checked = True
        Case "FZ"
            rdb_frozen.Checked = True
        Case "NA"
            rdb_na.Checked = True
    End Select
End Sub

At this point of time the label lbl_packed_as.Visible=false so I can't reach the above method. If I set lbl_packed_as.Visible=True then the above method is working. I don't want to show the lbl_packed_as label on my screen.

Any help?

Answer 1

As I have said in comments, you could change the location of the Label to a point that is not inside the viewable area of your form.

I suggest to put your label, using the designer window, in a position where you could see it when you look at your form through the designer. Then, in code, move it to a different location. You could do this at the Form_Load event with this single line.

' Move the control to a position before the top and left border
' In this way it is not visible to the end user but still retains 
' its visible property to allow databindings to function
lbl_packed_as.Location = new Point(-1000, -1000)