vb.net closing a form

not sure in VB.NET,

but in VB6 you would
unload formname

Brian.

create a new module
in the module create a method "Main"

Public Sub Main

End Sub

Edit project properties so the startup object is Sub Main

Now within Sub main do what ever you need to do with your splash and login forms and when you are finally settled in with everything then do an Application.Run on your MDI form.

Public Sub Main
  dim fSplash as new YourSplash()
  dim fLogin as new YourLogin()
  dim fMDI  as new yourMDI()

  fSplash.Show
  if fLogin.ShowDialog()=False then
    End
  end if

  fMDI.Show
  fSplash.Close

  Application.Run(fMDI)


End Sub

or something like that

Had a bit more of a look at it
Create a module with a sub Main and set your startup to sub main
In sub main create form1
dim frm1 as new Form1
frm1.show

Then when you close frm1 later, it should only close the form not the project.
frm1.close
frm1.dispose

Brian.

Sorry - go with Sagebrush's answer.

ok that didn't work right

So I am going to have just a login form and a mdi form


What was happening was if a user hit the ok button on the login form and the user information wasn't right it was closing the program. Also if a user hit cancel on the form it would open the mdi form.

confussing

What I have is a login form that has to show up 1st, then if the user gets the password correct then the mdi would open and the login form would close

if the user hits the cancel button it would just close the whole program.


I hope the new visual basic 2005 is better. This should be so easy and they made it a mess.

should just be

mdi.show
unload frmlogin

I miss vb 6

fSplash.Show
  if fLogin.ShowDialog()=False then
    End
  end if


should have been

  if fLogin.ShowDialog()=DialogResult.OK Then


and you have to handle the login ok click and establish dialogresults if the login was successful

if successfulLogin then
  me.DialogResults=DialogResults.OK
  me.Hide
end if

still not working, please exclude the splash screen and show me exactly I am suppose to place the code.

Sorry for the trouble

The reason why it when the login box comes up and the user types the username and password and if it is wrong it closes the whole program, if the user click the ok button without typing anything it lets them into the program and that is not suppose to happen.


I am about to just give up...

show me your sub main code and your login dialog buttonok click code

Public Sub Main
    dim fLogin as new YourLogin()
  dim fMDI  as new yourMDI()

  flogin.show
   if fLogin.ShowDialog()=DialogResult.OK Then
    End
  end if


  fMDI.Show
 
  Application.Run(fMDI)


End Sub


login form has a button on it called cbok

under it

private sub cbok_click
      if txttextbox1.text = "TED" and txtpsd.text = "Admin" then
                'need to open the fmdi form
     else
         'do nothing and make user try again
     end if
 

end sub

perfect thank you so much for your help