Quote Originally Posted by jmcilhinney View Post
It doesn't "stand for" anything. It's a Using statement. It creates a variable scope and disposes the object assigned to it at the end of the block.

Note that I simply searched the web for "vb.net using" and that link I provided was the first result. You can find this information for yourself if you care to look. Ask schoemr. She'll tell you.
I did, but I did not type in the search box correctly. When I say I'm new to VB, this is the first two months I've ever worked on it. Its a learning curve for me for sure. I appreciate the team here helping and guiding.