doingITBeta
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I noticed that there is a lot of contradictory information on the Net about how to do basic things like show forms. It appears to me that in the initial phases of VB.Net, it wasn't possible to use code like this:
Form2.Show
In 2002, Microsoft said that this command would raise an error because VB.Net did not create its own default global form instances (unlike VB6). This is covered is more detail at Working with Multiple Forms in Visual Basic .NET: Upgrading to .NET and Opening, Closing, and Hiding Forms with Visual Basic .NET - For Dummies
However, by 2009, VB.NET was creating it's own default form instances and the above code became valid. This is covered in more detail at John McIlhinney's .NET Developer Blog: VB.NET Default Form Instances
If someone could fill me in on precisely when in .Nets evolution this change was made, it would be appreciated.
Form2.Show
In 2002, Microsoft said that this command would raise an error because VB.Net did not create its own default global form instances (unlike VB6). This is covered is more detail at Working with Multiple Forms in Visual Basic .NET: Upgrading to .NET and Opening, Closing, and Hiding Forms with Visual Basic .NET - For Dummies
However, by 2009, VB.NET was creating it's own default form instances and the above code became valid. This is covered in more detail at John McIlhinney's .NET Developer Blog: VB.NET Default Form Instances
If someone could fill me in on precisely when in .Nets evolution this change was made, it would be appreciated.