>I have a VB.Net app. I have created a startup module. In it I create an instance of my Application object. In the app object I create other required objects such as the menu, toolbars, SQL Connection, etc.
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>Problem is I can't see references to these other objects anwhere else except in the class I created them in.

Did you try:

Module Startup

  Public Shared oApplication As New AppObject

  Public Sub Main()

    oApplication.StartApp()

  End Sub

End Module