>>>Ok...this whole 'ME' thing that VB has going on is very confusing.
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>>>I'm working in a TextBox_TextChanged event handler
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>>>I get the whole 'ME' here refers to the TextBox, so, one would think, if I wanted to change the text of a label (lblStudentName) I would refer to it as me.parent.lbl, but it doesn't seem to like that. It wants me.lblStudentName.Text. It seems to kinda act like the royal 'we'.
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>>>This is very confusing and is there a better way to refer to other controls on the form other than Form.lbl...?
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>>Me refers to the current class. Your eventhandler is probably written as a method of the form so me = the form.
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>Definately an "I'm my uncle's brother" kinda thing

Perfectly logical. It your form looks like this:

Public Class Form1

Private Sub TextBox1_TextChanged( sender As Object,  e As EventArgs) Handles TextBox1.TextChanged
   Dim tb As TextBox = Me.TextBox1
End Sub
End Class

then TextBox1_TextChanged() is a member of Form1 so that is what Me refers to. If it makes you happier you could use 'Dim tb As TextBox = sender' :-}