> In VB6 we have adopted a common practice of starting applications from Sub
> Main() in a module. Within Sub Main() we open any one of a number of main
> application forms, depending upon what command-line argument was passed
in.
> This all worked great.
>
> However, under VB.NET in VS 2003 the form we bring up disappears as soon
as
> Sub Main() ends, presumably because the form object falls out of scope.
>
> I've read some place that forms persist in VB6 but don't in VB.NET. Can
> anyone explain this problem and how to get around it?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tom
>
>

"Paul Clement" <UseAdddressAtEndofMess***@swspectrum.com> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 11 May 2005 17:08:09 GMT, "Tom Edelbrok" <anonym***@anonymous.com>
> wrote:
>
> ¤ In VB6 we have adopted a common practice of starting applications from
> Sub
> ¤ Main() in a module. Within Sub Main() we open any one of a number of
> main
> ¤ application forms, depending upon what command-line argument was passed
> in.
> ¤ This all worked great.
> ¤
> ¤ However, under VB.NET in VS 2003 the form we bring up disappears as soon
> as
> ¤ Sub Main() ends, presumably because the form object falls out of scope.
> ¤
> ¤ I've read some place that forms persist in VB6 but don't in VB.NET. Can
> ¤ anyone explain this problem and how to get around it?
> ¤
>
> Yes, the behavior is somewhat different because you need to start the
> standard application message
> loop on the current thread:
>
> Module StartUp
>    Public Sub Main
>        Application.Run(New Form1())
>    End Sub
> End Module
>
>
> Paul
> ~~~~
> Microsoft MVP (Visual Basic)

"Jeff Johnson [MVP: VB]" <i.get@enough.spam> wrote in message
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>
> "Tom Edelbrok" <anonym***@anonymous.com> wrote in message
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>
>> In VB6 we have adopted a common practice of starting applications from
>> Sub Main() in a module. Within Sub Main() we open any one of a number
>> of main application forms, depending upon what command-line argument
>> was passed in. This all worked great.
>
>> However, under VB.NET in VS 2003 the form we bring up disappears as soon
>> as Sub Main() ends, presumably because the form object falls out of
>> scope.
>
> Since this is no longer a VB6 question:
>
> This is a VB "classic" newsgroup. Questions about VB.NET (including VB
> 2005, which has dropped .NET from its name) are off-topic here.
>
> Please ask .NET questions in newsgroups with "dotnet" in their names. The
> *.vb.* groups are for VB6 and earlier. If you don't see the *.dotnet.*
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> msnews.microsoft.com.
>