[RESOLVED] Excel Add-In: Showing UserControl, VS2012

So I'm working on learning VB.Net and VBA as additional languages. I must clearly be missing something simple from the MS example, because I can't seem to get my user control to pop up:

Code:

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    Private Sub ControlPannel_Click(sender As Object, e As RibbonControlEventArgs) Handles ControlPanel.Click
        Dim controlpanel1 As UserControl1
        controlpanel1 = New UserControl1
        controlpanel1.Show()
        controlpanel1 = Nothing

    End Sub

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UserControl1 is just the standard user control with tabs and a list box, dropped in it. It runs without an error, but nothing pops up.

My eventual goal is to have a user control (or some other window) pop up, and allow the user to input instances from an Access Database in the active worksheet.

Thanks

If it's a control it must be added to a form. It doesn't do 'pop-up' from .Show which is a command for forms.

Ah of course. I knew it was something stupidly simple. Thanks.