New to VB.Net

Hello All.

I am just starting to get me feet wet with VB.NET. I have a startup module that sets some parameters and then when that is done I want to use the old VB 6 command of

FrmMain.Show

How is this done in Vb.NET? I have looked throughout the .Net Framework and the help to figure this out and I am at a hault.

I have looked at using:
Imports System
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic

what am I missing.

Thanks to all who can help me through this.

Art

This is a major difference between vb6 and .NET. In .NET, forms are truly classes, as opposed to the pseudo-classes that they were in vb6. As such, when you create a frmMain with the frmDesigner, you have created a class called frmMain. Thusly, you must create a new instance of it, A la this:

VB Code:

Dim myForm as New frmMain
myForm.Show

Good luck!

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Originally posted by sunburnt
This is a major difference between vb6 and .NET. In .NET, forms are truly classes, as opposed to the pseudo-classes that they were in vb6. As such, when you create a frmMain with the frmDesigner, you have created a class called frmMain. Thusly, you must create a new instance of it

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You're both right and wrong. You do have to declare an instance of a form in VB.NET because it is a real class, but in VB6, you also needed an instance to the form. The difference is that in VB6, there was already a variable automatically declared for you as an instance to the form. In VB.NET, you have to declare it yourself.

Thanks all. Once again the people of VB World rule again.

Thanks for your help. I did read something about this in the .NET framework, but I did not think it was that easy.

Thanks guys!!

Art

Another way to show your first form in your Sub Main is to use

Application.Run(New formclass)

This is a required way for C# I believe but optional for VB .NET.

I stand corrected :D