Load new Form

Hello All,

I am a very beginner at programming and im trying to make a simple calculator for a game.

I have it all setup, and im just trying to link an About button to a new form.

The main screen is Form1 and the About screen is Form2

I have typed:

Private Sub AboutToolStripMenuItem1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles AboutToolStripMenuItem1.Click
Load(Form2)
Form2.Show()
End Sub

But the program tells me that Public Event Load(sender As Object, e As System.EventArgs)' is an event, and cannot be called directly. Use a 'RaiseEvent' statement to raise an event.


Could anyone help me at figuring out why this isnt working lol.

Thanks in advance,

BKerr

What version of VB?

In VB6, you don't put parentheses around the argument to the Load statement.

Look up the Load documentation in the VB online documentation for more details.

Im in Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition,

where is the online documentation located at?

In VB6 documentation is included in the IDE, and is available online at msdn.microsoft.com/library

I suspect the VB 2005 Express has online documentation, or an online Help in the IDE.

Did you try "Load Formname" (without the parentheses)?