How to Show a form.

[Peter]

I have 2 forms. Form1 and Form2. And my project is not MDI. I added a button on Form1 when I click on it I want to make Form2 visible. When I start typing in the On_Click event of the button the options I see are:
Form2.ActiveForm
Form2.Control Connection
Form2.Def back color....

There is no Form2.Show????

Please advise!
Thank you.

[TVIStudent]

> I have 2 forms. Form1 and Form2. And my project is not MDI. I added a button on Form1 when I click on it I want to make Form2 visible. When I start typing in the On_Click event of the button the options I see are:
> Form2.ActiveForm
> Form2.Control Connection
> Form2.Def back color....
>
> There is no Form2.Show????
>
> Please advise!
> Thank you.

You need to make the second form a child form...
in the on click event..

Dim Form2 as new Form
Form2.show()
me.hide()

[TVIStudent]

P.S.
I am not sure that is the absolute correct way, but it is the way I navagate through my forms. Each time I need to go to the next form I have to make a new form object and hide the current one.

[Administrator]

u have to remember every thing in VB.Net is class and so are your Form1 and Form2

Before using a class,u have to instantiate it or make it an object,so:

Dim f2 as New Fomr2 'Fomr2 is a new class inherits from Form which is the base class of all forms

f2.show() 'Now f2 is an instance of Form2
You can use show() now