WinForms event life cycle

Question

Just like there is Page life cycle in web applications, what is the event life cycle for WinForms, especially between Form and User Controls?

Accepted Answer

According to MSDN:

Startup events of the main form are raised in the following order:

```
Control.HandleCreated
Control.BindingContextChanged
Form.Load
Control.VisibleChanged
Form.Activated
Form.Shown
```

Shutdown events of the main form are raised in the following order:

```
Form.Closing
Form.FormClosing
Form.Closed
Form.FormClosed
Form.Deactivate
Application.ApplicationExit *
```

I'm aware this is an old question, but I thought I'd include an actual answer since most are mere links.

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