>Hmm. Worked for me in C# and should be the same in VB since wer'e just dealing with the same class.

 Form f = new Form();
>            f.Show();

and

protected override void OnLoad(EventArgs e)
>        {
>            this.Close();
>            base.OnLoad(e);
>         }

Not convinced that it's good practice but it does work....
>

Well it did not work for me. But unless I don't understand something, the .load is invoked in .new() so assuming the .close() has effect, f would not be instantiated and you get an exception when f.show() is executed no?

Thanks.