Display Access form on open & update textbox *while running other code* - vba

Question

Sometimes trying to accomplish the most minor turns into a major headache... I somehow corrupted a database while experimenting to solve this issue. Now I'm really determined to figure this out. (I'll worry about the corrupt DB later!)
End Goal:
When opening .accdb file, automatically:
open form unbound)
run code to:
get Last Update Date from table
display Last Update Date in textbox on form (must be visible to user)
if table data is outdated, run code to:
update data in table
display Update Progress Message(s) in textbox on form (must be visible to user)
when finished:
display Last Update Date in textbox on form (must be visible to user)
The problem is the goal of (must be visible to user).
I can't get the form to display anything until all the code's finished running, regardless of how I run the code (including: set the form to auto-open with File → Options → Display Form; add an AutoExec macro to call code to open the form and run the update; or, run it manually.)
I've been experimenting with the form's opening events to see if I missed something.
According to the Order of Events documentation:
Working with data on a form
Form and control events occur as you move between records in the form and change data. For example, when you first open a form, the following sequence of events occurs:
Open (form) → Load (form) → Resize (form) → Activate (form) → Current (form) → Enter (control) → GotFocus (control)
At no point does the form visibly update. I've tried adding Me.Repaint and even tried Echo=True and DoEvents but obviously they didn't change anything.
My code for testing:
Private Sub Form_Open(Cancel As Integer)
txtTest = "Form_Open()": MsgBox "1. Form_Open"
End Sub
Private Sub Form_Load()
txtTest = "Form_Load()": MsgBox "2. Form_Load"
End Sub
Private Sub Form_Current()
txtTest = "Form_Current()": MsgBox "3. Form_Current"
End Sub
Private Sub txtTest_Enter()
txtTest = "txtTest_Enter()": MsgBox "4. txtTest_Enter"
End Sub
Private Sub txtTest_GotFocus()
Echo True : Repaint : DoEvents
txtTest = "txtTest_GotFocus()": MsgBox "5. txtTest_GotFocus"
End Sub
Private Sub txtTest_Change() : MsgBox "This Does't Run!" : End Sub
Private Sub Form_AfterUpdate() : MsgBox "This Does't Run!" : End Sub
Private Sub txtTest_Change() : MsgBox "This Does't Run!" : End Sub
Private Sub txtTest_BeforeUpdate(Cancel As Integer) : MsgBox "This Does't Run!" : End Sub
Private Sub txtTest_AfterUpdate() : MsgBox "This Does't Run!" : End Sub
The result of opening the form:
(Note that the form's Activate and AfterUpdate events and the control's Change, BeforeEvent and AfterEvent events do not fire at all.)
Theoretically, the form should be visible behind the MsgBox, but neither running the actual update code, nor running a "pause" (loop with DoEvents) doesn't display the form either.
I could swear I've done this in the past without issue but no matter what I do try, the form only displays once all code is finished running.

Answer 1

You can use the Form_Timer event to delay execution until the form fully finishes loading.
Private Sub Form_Load()
Me.TimerInterval = 1 'Trigger 1 millisecond, but asynchronously from other tasks
'Triggers after AutoExec macro has finished
End Sub
Private Sub Form_Timer()
Me.TimerInterval = 0 'Trigger only once
'Your other tasks here
End Sub