Step 3: Setting up the main project form

To set up your main form, follow these steps:

1. From your Employees project folder, select the Form1.vb project item.
2. Right click on Form1.vb and select the Rename pop-up menu.
3. Rename Form1.vb to Main.vb
4. Double click Main.vb to open the form designer.
5. In the Properties dialog, specify the value Main for the Name property.
6. In the Properties dialog, specify the value Employees Launchpad for the Text property.
7. In the Properties dialog, select the drop-down value FixedtoolWindow for the FormBorderStyle property.
8. Right click on the Main project form and select View Code pop-up menu entry. This should display the code for Main.vb
9. To the Main class definition, add the following declarations:

       Public frmViewEmployees As ViewEmployees
       Public frmManageEmployees As ManageEmployees

10. From the editor's subroutine list, select the Main_Load subroutine and insert the following code in the routine:

    
            frmViewEmployees = New ViewEmployees()
            frmManageEmployees = New ManageEmployees()

11. Save the project.