Loading a form - should be SIMPLE???

I'm having quite a time trying to do just the simplest of things with .NET. I have a main form. When the user deletes an item on that form I want a message box to load. (Yes, I created a form displaying a message box because .NET does not allow us to change the properties of the message box & I wanted the back color etc. to change.) How do I get the 2nd form to show??? I've tried:

Dim frmMsgBox As New Form()
frmMsgBox.Show()

This does not work. The form never loads. How is everyone else doing this?

Thanks,
Corinne

you shouldnt be Dimming it as a New Form , but as a New Form2 ( or what ever the other form is called ) eg:

VB Code:

Dim frm As New Form2() '/// not Dim frm As New Form() 
frm.Show()

Thank you so much fro responding. Could you please explain this to me so I understand it better? Why form2 and not form? I tried your suggestion ( as new form2) and the form never loaded. What now?

Thanks,
Corinne

Try this:

VB Code:

Dim frm As New frmMsgBox
frm.Show()

Forms are now objects the same as all other objects so you must make an instance of the specific form type. Hence you have to use the actual name of the specific form type instead of just the generic Form object they inherit from.

Dim whatever as yourformmsgbox . whatever will hold the variable name of your messagebox form . Just change 'yourformmsgbox' with the name of your second form .