I have a form, frmPleaseWait, that has a MarqueeProgressBar and a Label that I want to use when the UI is loading the data in a poorly structured app we have.

The problem is that frmPleaseWait.Show() shows the form but not the controls in it. It is just a white rectangle. Now frmPleaseWait.ShowDialog() shows the child controls but doesn't let the UI load it's data.

What am I missing? Below is a code snippet from where I am trying this.

        PleaseWait = new frmPleaseWait();
        PleaseWait.Show(this);

        // Set all available HUD values in HUD Object
        HUD.LastName = GetCurrentRowVal("LastName").Trim();
        HUD.FirstName = GetCurrentRowVal("FirstName").Trim();
        HUD.PersonId = Convert.ToInt32(GetCurrentRowVal("PersonID").Trim());
        HUD.SSn = GetCurrentRowVal("SSN").Trim();
        HUD.MiddleName = GetCurrentRowVal("MiddleName").Trim();
        HUD.MasterID = ConnectBLL.BLL.DriInterface.CheckForDriId(HUD.PersonId).ToString();

        // This loads numerous UserControls with data
        shellForm.FormPaint(HUD.PersonId);

        PleaseWait.Close();