How to Create a Form Object in VB.net

One of the great benefits of working in a .Net environment is the ability to create really anything from an object. Although this particular example is very basic, it will give you an understanding as to how you can create a form and then create an instance of an object of that form. Here is how you do it.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• VB.net

1. Open VB.net and create a new VB.net windows application. This also works very similar in C# as well.

2. 
   Add Button

   Once you have your new VB.net windows application project in front of you, add a button to the form. In this button we are going to put the code so we can create the object of the form and display it. Where you place the button is irrelevant. So put it where ever you want.

3. 
   Textbox

   Now add a textbox to the form. The textbox is being used as a control to display on the instance of the object so you can see how you can make changes. You can used any control you want, I chose a textbox.

4. 
   Visible Property

   Bring up the properties window of the textbox. This click be done by clicking the textbox and pressing the F4 key on your keyboard. Find the "visible" property and set it to "false". We do not want to show this control when we initially run our program.

5. 
   Click event

   Double click on the button to bring up the button's click event.

6. 
   Code

   In the click event we declare a variable as a new instance of our form object. Then using our object variable we set the textbox property to true so it will display and the button's visible property to false so we do not see it. See the associated picture with this step for the code. Ehow does not allow code inside the steps.

7. Run the program by pressing the F5 key on your keyboard.

8. 
   Final Results

   When you initial form is displayed, click the button to run the underlying code. You will see another form pop up with the button gone and text textbox displayed. Your results should look similar to the associated picture with this step.

Tips & Warnings

• If you do not hide the button control it will appear on every instance of the form allowing you to click it creating more instances of the form. You can create as many as your computer's memory will allow.