Using Sub Main in VB.net VS2012

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I have a Windows form application to which I'm adding a Login form. What I want to do is run the login form first and if the userid and password are authenticated, display the main form and close the Login form. I thought I would do this from a Sub Main procedure in a code module. But I can't find a way to force the Sub Main to execute first. The Application tab on the Properties page only allows for a Startup form, not a Sub Main. Is there another way to do this? Any suggestions?

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Posted 27-Feb-13 6:23am

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Answer 1 · 2013-02-27T07:30:00

Normally, you don't need anything to do about it, if you, for example, created an application from Visual Studio template. Entry point is only applicable for application assembly types, no class library (check up project Properties window, "Application" tab). The only real difference between application and library assembly is the availability of the entry point static method; but you can reference all types of assembly as libraries, if you want to.

Entry point is explained here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/f5xe74x8.aspx[^].

For some background, see also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_function[^],
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entry_point[^].

—SA