I installed .Net last week. I'v always considered myself fluent in
Visual Basic, yet I have ti admit I'm a bit lost here.

I created a new VB Windows App, and double clicked on the form
provided, and got the following code. The code is pasted below, and
my questions are imbedded.

Public Class Form1
   
    ' How do I know what to inherit when defining a class? Is there
    ' a master list of what classes are available and when to use them? 
    Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form

#Region " Windows Form Designer generated code "

    Public Sub New()

        ' I understand this is a call to the parent class 'New' method.
        ' What does the 'New' method actually do? And can I see the parent 
        ' class code anywhere? 
        MyBase.New()

        'This call is required by the Windows Form Designer.
        InitializeComponent()

        'Add any initialization after the InitializeComponent() call

    End Sub





    ' Here is an overridden method 'Dispose'. Where is this method
    ' defined? Again, can I see the code, or at least an explanation
    ' of what it does?

    ' Also, the word 'components' appears in the Dispose method, yet is defined
    ' below. What would happen if the Dispose mehtod where called before the definition
     ' was reached?



    'Form overrides dispose to clean up the component list.
    Protected Overloads Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean)
        If disposing Then
            If Not (components Is Nothing) Then
                components.Dispose()
            End If
        End If
        MyBase.Dispose(disposing)
    End Sub



    'Required by the Windows Form Designer
    Private components As System.ComponentModel.IContainer

    'NOTE: The following procedure is required by the Windows Form Designer
    'It can be modified using the Windows Form Designer.  
    'Do not modify it using the code editor.
    <System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()> Private Sub InitializeComponent()
        '
        'Form1
        '
        Me.AutoScaleBaseSize = New System.Drawing.Size(5, 13)
        Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(292, 266)
        Me.Name = "Form1"
        Me.Text = "Form1"

    End Sub

#End Region

    Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load

    End Sub
End Class