open and close a form

brand new to vb.net. what happend to unload me and form1.show ? and how do i acess controls across forms here is a b 6.0 code example : form2.label1.caption = 1

for closing a form.. just say 'end'
to show another form type:

dim formname as new Form2
form2.show

something like that.. play around with it

then u can say form2.button1.performclick

<formname>.activeform.hide()

or

<formname>.activeform.show()