How do I initialise AutoScrollPosition to something other than zero? - scroll

In a C# Windows Forms app, I have a Form with a Panel with a PictureBox on it. The PictureBox is twice as wide as the Panel and has a graphics drawing in it. On scaling etc. I set AutoScrollPosition to keep the section of interest in the middle of the Panel: no problem. My problem is: when the app starts I want the Panel to show a section in the middle of the drawing, rather than the left hand side.
In the Form constructor I have:
panel1.AutoScroll = true;
panel1.AutoScrollPosition = new Point(100, 0);
textBox1.Text = panel1.AutoScrollPosition.ToString();
But on starting the app, the TextBox shows (0, 0) and the initial scroll position is at the left.
So, for test, I added a button which when pressed also executes:
panel1.AutoScrollPosition = new Point(100, 0);
textBox1.Text = panel1.AutoScrollPosition.ToString();
The TextBox then shows (100, 0) and the panel is scrolled as expected.
I makes no difference whether or not the AutoScrollPosition line is included in the constructor.
What must I do to initialise the scroll position without user interaction?

Finally solved it: you override OnLoad and set AutoScrollPosition in that, e.g.:
protected override void OnLoad(EventArgs e)
{
base.OnLoad(e);
int yScroll = yToCentre - panel1.Height / 2;
panel1.AutoScrollPosition = new Point(0, yScroll);
}

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See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms742868.aspx
where you can find also the code equivalent of XAML examples
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It will work fine untill there will be phones with a resolution bigger than the max int value.
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{
KeyTime = TimeSpan.Zero,
Value = int.MaxValue,
});
widthAnimation.KeyFrames.Add(new LinearDoubleKeyFrame()
{
KeyTime = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(1),
Value = ActualWidth,
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widthAnimation.KeyFrames.Add(new LinearDoubleKeyFrame()
{
KeyTime = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(400),
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