Hi Carlos

Here is the entire code for a starting form and a Message Box. The meesage
box ia always blank (buttons and all). Again as I said I have just pick up VS
.NET and a self-taught learning project.

Public Class Form1
   Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form

#Region " Windows Form Designer generated code "

   Public Sub New()
       MyBase.New()

       'This call is required by the Windows Form Designer.
       InitializeComponent()

       'Add any initialization after the InitializeComponent() call

   End Sub

   'Form overrides dispose to clean up the component list.
   Protected Overloads Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean)
       If disposing Then
           If Not (components Is Nothing) Then
               components.Dispose()
           End If
       End If
       MyBase.Dispose(disposing)
   End Sub

   'Required by the Windows Form Designer
   Private components As System.ComponentModel.IContainer

   'NOTE: The following procedure is required by the Windows Form Designer
   'It can be modified using the Windows Form Designer.  
   'Do not modify it using the code editor.
   <System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()> Private Sub
InitializeComponent()
       '
       'Form1
       '
       Me.AutoScaleBaseSize = New System.Drawing.Size(6, 14)
       Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(292, 266)
       Me.Font = New System.Drawing.Font("Tahoma", 8.25!,
System.Drawing.FontStyle.Bold, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, CType(0,
Byte))
       Me.Name = "Form1"
       Me.Text = "Form1"

   End Sub

#End Region

   Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
       MessageBox.Show("Welcome to .NET!")
   End Sub
End Class

Thanks
Michael