>Yes, it's appropriate place.

No No No No No No No. Gee, can I underscore this enough. No, the Init of the form is not the correct place. Why do you keep posting code like this and suggesting folks do things in a totally incorrect manner. What Dave Frankenbach suggested and Jim Booth's comments are right on target.

You know what the word encapsulation means? If your in to writing a lot of code and putting the code in the incorrect place, fine. But, please do not propogate the idea that this is the correct way to do things.