Okay coming from vb6 to 2010 there is a lot I need to learn and it already looks like so much has changed that alot of vb6 I should just forget.

Your comment totally confused me.

The slashscreen loads, I want to setup a progress bar that loads for e.g. 10 seconds then closes and displays the next form closing the splash screen but for now I have a button on the splash screen so that loads, user clicks button, slash screen closes and loads form1.

Thanks