>>You might want to use Show() -event, because it is not guaranteed that all controls have initialized by the time the form initializes. Since Show fires after Init (remember LISA G), it is a "safer" place for form control -related code...
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>Actually, I want to show that picklist before showing the main form. In another words, I want to show the picklist form, pick a record and start from that record.
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>So I would appreciate advices of how to achieve this with VPM framework.

Oh, I see. You can set up a small intervening (modal) form that contains the search box, or you can use VPM's native Locate() method by firing it directly from an intervening modal form that you can make invisible to show only the search screen.