I am having trouble with a program updated from VB6 to VB.Net, and that is:

When calling a Public sub from ToolStrip, like:

Private Sub NewToolStripButton_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles NewToolStripButton.Click
        Select Case m_iWhichForm
            Case 35 'recipe
                frmRecipe.NewRecord()
            Case Else
        End Select
    End Sub

this sub should now call the Public Sub in the form frmRecipe - but does not.

Please somebody explain what I do wrong in this case.
  

Hi.
In .NET, they finally stopped loading forms for you automatically (yay), so each frm is now a class.
there is no such thing as "frmRecipe", you would need to create an instance of the form ("forms as objects" in MSDN/google)
m_iWhichForm is a variable, right?
When do you change this? How is it kept uptodate? In VB6, on an MDI form, there is no built-in event for which form is active. Do you have a mechanism for detecting the active form? IF so, what does it work on? Most of the code will still work in .NET.

In the simplest case, change your code:

Private Sub NewToolStripButton_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles NewToolStripButton.Click         Select Case m_iWhichForm             Case 35 'recipe                 ActiveForm.NewRecord()             Case Else         End Select     End Sub

I think that will work in vb.net.
I note that you haven't supplied the error message (if any).

I suggest you read up on forms as classes  as this is a really really big point of .net.


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