Open a new form and close the calling one

[bortolano]

This is probably a silly question, but I want to have a startup form that the user uses to login. Once authentication is complete, I want to close the form and open the main menu.

 

When I open the 2nd form and close the first, the program quits. If I use the Sub Main, the program quits. If I hide the first form and open the second, it works, but I would rather close the form when I'm done with it.

 

Is there a simple way to open one form, close the calling form, and have the program continue to run?

 

Thanks.

[divil]

This is because your message loop is based around the first form only. The cheap fix is to simply hide the first form instead of closing it.

 

The better way is to change to a startup Sub Main instead of a form. In that sub, show your first form and then run Application.Run(), which will start your message loop running. It will then be up to you to indicate when you are ready for your application to close by calling Application.Exit() manually.

[bortolano]

Thanks for the help. With every new version of VB, I get a little dumber, hehe :)

[joeybagadonutz]

If you hide the form instead of closing it, then will the program still be running it on a users machine after they install it?