Problem I'm having is that i can pass control from one form to another when the user presses a button like:

Private Sub Button2_Click1(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button2.Click
Me.Hide()
Form3.Visible = True
Form3.Focus()
End Sub

...but, what if I want to pass control based on a timeout.....the following doesn't work (where sleep is a simple loop to pass time):

Private Sub Form7_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load

Me.Sleep(1000000)
Form1.Visible = True
Form1.Focus()

End Sub

any ideas?? (what I mean by doesn't work is that the displayed form doesn't change to the new form)

thanks.