load a form but don't show the same

[sameer spitfire]

Hi friends

I want to load a form from a particular form but the same should not be visible to the user

this is because

I want to add some of the data to the controls of new form from the original form and then i have to show it to the user

in VB6 i used

load formxyz

formxyz.textbox = "New form"

formxyz.show

how i can do this in VB net

please help

[RichardAtherton]

dim f1 as new myform
(the name of the form you eventully want to show)

create a Public sub say called loadme in myform which:

loads the controls with data you want the user to see:

and then:

myform.loadme(any pararmeters passed as a list)

this will execute that sub

and finally:

myform.showdialog()

shows the form with the controls loaded with the user data you have passed in the Public sub or loaded from other sources

i.e

dim f1 as new myform
myform.loadme(parameter list values to be passed)
myform.showdialog()