Starting a Program using VB Module

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Hello everyone, I have a program that i am working on using more than one Form. The way i am going through forms is by minimizing my first form then showing the other forms. I was wondering if i start the program from a module maybe i can unload forms making my program much more effective. Here is some of my current code:

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             emainForm.Show()
            Me.WindowState = FormWindowState.Minimized      
            Me.Hide()
             emainForm.Show()
            Me.WindowState = FormWindowState.Minimized      
            Me.Hide()

I would love to unload the current form and show emainForm. Right now i have an empty module, i would imagine i would have to make a private sub, but i wouldn't know the syntax from there. I'm guessing welcomeForm.load then unload....?

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Re: Starting a Program using VB Module

This doesn't exactly answer how to do it from the module, but shows how to create and dispose forms (from the "main" form)

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' A global variable to "hold" the form
Private aForm As Form
 
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
  '
  ' Create a new instance from the Form2 class
  aForm = New Form2
  ' Show the form instance
  aForm.Show()
 
End Sub
 
Private Sub Button2_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button2.Click
  '
  ' Close the form
  aForm.Close()
  ' And dispose it
  aForm = Nothing
 
End Sub
' A global variable to "hold" the form
Private aForm As Form

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
  '
  ' Create a new instance from the Form2 class
  aForm = New Form2
  ' Show the form instance
  aForm.Show()

End Sub

Private Sub Button2_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button2.Click
  '
  ' Close the form
  aForm.Close()
  ' And dispose it
  aForm = Nothing

End Sub

I didn't check it, but you should be able to create and dispose forms from a module with the above code.

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Re: Starting a Program using VB Module

This is just what i was looking for. Thanks!

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