See also

[link:lorgonblog.spaces.live.com]

for a terse description of how the 'implicit' or 'primary' constructor works.

Hi,
the following sytnax should do the trick:

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type MyForm() as x = 
    inherit Form()
    do x.Initialize()
    member this.Initialize() = ()

However, you may also consider making the initialization just a private (local function) in which case you can write:

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type MyForm() = 
    inherit Form() 
    let initialize() = 
        // configure form using 'base'
    do initialize()

Now you can do most of the initialization using 'base' variable that accesses the inherited form. You may still need the reference to self ('as x') in the intialization if you need to access any member of your class (but this can be tricky during initialization).