Managing form navigation in VB .Net

[Robin]

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I am having some problems with form creation & navigation in .NET. I have a sub main that calls my first form (login) using the application.run() method. If the validations are correct I wish to call another form (mdI type) and close form1. I realize that if I declare a variable for form2 in form 1 when I close form1 I destroy form2. I tried declaring the form publicly outside of form1 but it still shuts down. I don't want to get into the habit of hiding forms that I no longer have any use for. So far on MSDN I have only found stuff on showdialog and show methods both of which don't seem to solve my problems. can I get some pointers? Thank

Robin

[Ken Tucker [MVP]]

Hi,

Add a module to your app. Create a public sub main and set it to be
the startup object. Use showdialog to display your login form. If the user
is a valid user then appication.run(main form).

Ken
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"Robin" <an*******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Hi

I am having some problems with form creation & navigation in .NET. I have
a sub main that calls my first form (login) using the application.run()
method. If the validations are correct I wish to call another form (mdI
type) and close form1. I realize that if I declare a variable for form2
in form 1 when I close form1 I destroy form2. I tried declaring the form
publicly outside of form1 but it still shuts down. I don't want to get
into the habit of hiding forms that I no longer have any use for. So far
on MSDN I have only found stuff on showdialog and show methods both of
which don't seem to solve my problems. can I get some pointers? Thanks

Robin

[Ken Tucker [MVP]]

Hi,

Add a module to your app. Create a public sub main and set it to be
the startup object. Use showdialog to display your login form. If the user
is a valid user then application.run(main form).

Ken
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"Robin" <an*******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:16**********************************@microsof t.com...

Hi

I am having some problems with form creation & navigation in .NET. I have
a sub main that calls my first form (login) using the application.run()
method. If the validations are correct I wish to call another form (mdI
type) and close form1. I realize that if I declare a variable for form2
in form 1 when I close form1 I destroy form2. I tried declaring the form
publicly outside of form1 but it still shuts down. I don't want to get
into the habit of hiding forms that I no longer have any use for. So far
on MSDN I have only found stuff on showdialog and show methods both of
which don't seem to solve my problems. can I get some pointers? Thanks

Robin