Public Sub New()
    MyBase.New()
    _formCount = 0

    ' Handle the ApplicationExit event to know when the application is exiting.
    AddHandler Application.ApplicationExit, AddressOf OnApplicationExit

    Try
        ' Create a file that the application will store user specific data in.
        _userData = New FileStream(Application.UserAppDataPath + "\appdata.txt", FileMode.OpenOrCreate)

    Catch e As IOException
        ' Inform the user that an error occurred.
        MessageBox.Show("An error occurred while attempting to show the application." +
                        "The error is:" + e.ToString())

        ' Exit the current thread instead of showing the windows.
        ExitThread()
    End Try

    ' Create both application forms and handle the Closed event
    ' to know when both forms are closed.
    _form1 = New AppForm1()
    AddHandler _form1.Closed, AddressOf OnFormClosed
    AddHandler _form1.Closing, AddressOf OnFormClosing
    _formCount = _formCount + 1

    _form2 = New AppForm2()
    AddHandler _form2.Closed, AddressOf OnFormClosed
    AddHandler _form2.Closing, AddressOf OnFormClosing
    _formCount = _formCount + 1

    ' Get the form positions based upon the user specific data.
    If (ReadFormDataFromFile()) Then
        ' If the data was read from the file, set the form
        ' positions manually.
        _form1.StartPosition = FormStartPosition.Manual
        _form2.StartPosition = FormStartPosition.Manual

        _form1.Bounds = _form1Position
        _form2.Bounds = _form2Position
    End If

    ' Show both forms.
    _form1.Show()
    _form2.Show()
End Sub

Private Sub OnApplicationExit(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
    ' When the application is exiting, write the application data to the
    ' user file and close it.
    WriteFormDataToFile()

    Try
        ' Ignore any errors that might occur while closing the file handle.
        _userData.Close()
    Catch
    End Try
End Sub