You need either Application.Run or Application.DoEvents to give your form a chance to process its messages.

Just make a Windows application project instead and it will create the code for you.

>After I run the form from the IDE I cannot find a place to effect the properties.
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>I tried a console application but the form doesn't stay displayed.
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> Sub Main()
> Dim a As Form
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> a = New Form()
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> a.Text = "hello"
> a.Show()
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>
> End Sub
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>Any help would be appreciated.
>Robert