VB 6.0 VS Visual Studio.NET - HELP?!

[pacified]

Okay, here is where I warn and apologise in advance:

WARNING: Very much a beginner, very much a stupid.

Apology: Im sorry.

Here is my problem, if you can be of any help, Id appreciate ...

I have done minimal programming and even less VB stuff, and Im stuck with a project in VB. I could have easily done it on VB 6.0, but I have VS.NET, which is a problem.

This is how simpleton I am, and how it is still beyond me:

On VB, I could hide and show forms with .hide and .show, this is not so on VS. Why, and what is the equivalent to hide/show?

Also, I have a username module, the string is "username". I could, in VB, type
lblUser.caption = username (or something like that)

and have the username called and chucked up on my caption. Again, thats not working here. And thats bad.

I wont continue just yet, lest I waste more bandwidth. If anyone can lend a hand with these, though, I may have other questions shortly.

Blah, thanks for your time.
-Paci

 

[PlausiblyDamp]

lblUser.Text = "string" the caption property has been renamed to .Text now.

As for using forms things have changed alot - gone more Object Orientated now see the following for more info.

http://www.computerhelp.forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=76208&highlight=form+show+hide
http://www.computerhelp.forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=70825&highlight=form+show+hide

 

[pacified]

Thank you. Really. If it was possible to give you a jellybean through this cable, I would.

 

[pacified]

OK. Now Im just.. no idea. Timers.

I have frmSplash which I need to flash up on the screen for 3 seconds when frmWelcome loads, then I need it to disappear, leaving frmWelcome as it was. ...How?

 

[Volte]

Try my example here: http://www.computerhelp.forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=77706