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Chapter 14 Managing Windows Forms and Controls at Run Time 353


You’ll see a dialog box similar to the following:

You use the Add New Item dialog box to add forms, classes, modules, and other
components to your Visual Basic project. Although you selected the Add Windows
Form command, forms aren’t the only components listed here. (The Windows Form
template is selected by default, however .) To view the available templates by category,
click the items in the left pane of the Add New Item dialog box.

Tip I especially recommend that you experiment with the Explorer Form template in the
Windows Forms category, which allows you to add a Windows Explorer–style browser to
your application, complete with menus, toolbar, and a folder hierarchy pane.


  1. Type HelpInfo.vb in the Name text box, and then click Add.


A second form named HelpInfo .vb is added to the Lucky Seven Help project, and the
form opens in Solution Explorer, as shown here:
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