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Introduction to Visual Basic .NET
Launching VB
Here is how you get started with Visual Basic .NET 7.1 as it lives on the x360 computers. |
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> | Select Start->Programs->Microsoft Visual Studio 2005->Microsoft Visual Studio 2005. |
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When that loads, click on the New Project button. Select the Visual Basic folder and the Windows Application icon.
The Visual Studio will open up, which has buttons and lists all over the place. In the center will be a grey sub-window with black dots in it labeled "Form1". The tab "Form1.vb [Design]" above it will be selected (i.e. darker). |
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> | Click on the little push-pin on the Toolkit window to keep it "always visible." |
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Pretty Pictures
The basic idea behind Visual Studio is that you do a lot of the GUI building graphically. For example, you can click on Label in the toolkit, then go over to the Form1 window, drag open a rectangle, and voila! You will get a box that says something like Label1. |
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- Add a Label that says "Kilometers:".
- Change the (Name) property of the Label to KilometersTextOutput.
- Change the Text property to "Kilometers:".
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- Add a Buton that says "Convert!"
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- Add a Button that says "Convert!"
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- Change the (Name) property of the Button to ConvertButton.
- Change the Text property to "Convert!".
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