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Visual Basic 6Visual Basic 6

Lab1Lab1SAMS: DAY2 SAMS: DAY2

Working WithWorking With Visual BasicVisual Basic

IntegratedIntegrated Development Development EnvironmentEnvironment

IIDDEE

VB Integrated Development Environment (IDE)

The New Project Window

This window appears in the following cases:

1. When you start VB.

2. When you start New Project from the file menu.

The Title Bar

The line at the top of the window which shows:

1. The project name.

2. The project status (Design, Run).

The Menu Bar

Note: Each menu item has it’s own pull down menu which contains another menu items.

Menu Item

The Tool Bar

•Contains buttons that performs specific tasks.

•To Show/Hide Tool Bar: View, Toolbars

The Tool Box

It’s a collection of buttons called Controls that enables you to implement the graphical user interface.

Types:1. Standard: Built-in.

2. Professional: added to the project ( special file).

The Tool Box

The Form Window

• The background window that the user see during the program execution.

• The forms are given a default name Form1, From2…

• On the form you can place the controls from the toolbox required for the user interface.

The Project Window

•A window that lists all project files (Forms, modules… See Page 40)

•You can use the context window to Add, Save, Remove file.

The Properties WindowProperty Name

Property Value

The Properties Window• Lists the properties of the controls (objects).

• Each control and form has it’s own properties.

• Each property consists of :– Name.– Value.

• You can change the values in the properties window, and this is reflected automatically on the associated Control(Object).

The Form Layout Window

• Show a preview of the from window’s location at Run-Time.

Screen Form

Placing Controls on the Form

1- Double-click the control you want from the ToolBox.

2- Choose the Control from the ToolBox, assign it’s place on the from.

Lab1 Training

Part I: Examples

1- Design a VB project, to perform Greetings.

2- Saving the project.

Lab1 TrainingPart II: Questions

Question I

• Start VB.

• Close the Form, Project, Properties, and Toolbox windows.

• Now perform the actions necessary to make each window appear on-screen.

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Question II• Start a new project in Visual Basic.

• Delete any custom controls from the project.

• Add three text boxes and two command buttons.

• Change the Caption property of each button, Use whatever caption you want

• Change the Text property of the text boxes so that they are blank (Empty).

Lab1 Training

Design the greeting interface as follow:

• When you click University Greeting, the message “Welcome to PPU University” will appear in the textbox.

• When you click College Greeting, the message “Welcome to Adm. College” will appear in the textbox.

• When you click End the program ends.

Question III

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