show form, doesn't show controls

i used the following code to show form2 but my controls aren't showing up. this code is in form1's command button.

dim form2 as new form
form2.show()


did i miss something?

Did you happen to make a new constructor and forget to call the old one in it? Or erase the old constructor? Did you make any methods called 'New'?

I realized my mistake as soon as i posted it. thanks for the response! anyways could you explain to me why you have to

dim myform as new myform()
myform.show()

why do you have to make a new one? is it because the form is a class and you have to create an instance of it?

Heh, I think your problem is pretty straightforward:
dim form2 as new form

When you dim form2 as new form, this instantiates a new blank form, with no controls on it. I presume you have a form2.vb file in your project? You want to:

dim form2 as new [bform2[/b]

...or whatever the class name for the other form may be. You can actually describe a form completely from code and not use the designer but it doesn't sound like you did that.

hey thanks for the reply you said exactly what i did. i did new form() instead of the name of the form i already had. thanks man

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Originally posted by mmatteson
I realized my mistake as soon as i posted it. thanks for the response! anyways could you explain to me why you have to

dim myform as new myform()
myform.show()

why do you have to make a new one? is it because the form is a class and you have to create an instance of it?

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That is exactly right.