I am now at the beginning of the long and hopefully fruitful development of my .Net Winforms application using VB.net with MM.Net.

However, I'm falling over problems almost straightaway:

1) Can I visually subclass the MM.Net controls? I searched for subclassing in the documentation but I cannot find it mentioned. Isn't that the first thing anyone should do?

2) I need to have a security login screen to validate a login with a SQL2000 backend. Can I define a form which contains this logic, then if that is OK, instantiate an MDI parent that contains my application menu? Or can I add a menu to an MDI parent form after logging in? I don't want anyone to be able to see the menu and toolbar for that matter until they are through security.

Thanks in advance,
Simon