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1 Welcome to Visual Basic 2008 This is an exciting time to enter the world of program

10Chapter 1: Welcome to Visual Basic 2008 The next group of icons is for editing (Cut, Copy, and Paste). The next icon is for finding and replacing it

Chapter 1: Welcome to Visual Basic 200811Figure 1-7Visual Studio 2008 allows you to target your application to a specific version of the Microsoft .NE

12Chapter 1: Welcome to Visual Basic 2008the top) and dragging it to a new location. The windows in the IDE can float (stand out on their own) or be

Chapter 1: Welcome to Visual Basic 200813Next you’ll give your form a name and set a few properties for it.1. Change the name of your form to somethi

14Chapter 1: Welcome to Visual Basic 2008Figure 1-104. Right now, the title (Text property) of your form (displayed in the bar at the top) is Form1.

Chapter 1: Welcome to Visual Basic 200815 The Toolbox contains a Node type view of the various controls and components that can be placed onto your fo

16Chapter 1: Welcome to Visual Basic 2008the control looks like after you place it on the form. To move it, click the dotted border and drag it to the

Chapter 1: Welcome to Visual Basic 2008176. In the bottom left corner of the form, add a Button control in exactly the same manner as you added the l

18Chapter 1: Welcome to Visual Basic 2008 Now before you finish your sample application, let us briefly discuss some coding practices that you should

Chapter 1: Welcome to Visual Basic 200819 The Code Editor Now that you have the HelloUser form defined, you have to add some code to make it actuall

2Chapter 1: Welcome to Visual Basic 2008 Visual Basic 2008 can also be used to create web applications and web services as well as mobile applications

20Chapter 1: Welcome to Visual Basic 2008As a result of the typographic constraints in publishing, it is not possible to put the Sub declaration on on

Chapter 1: Welcome to Visual Basic 200821Figure 1-185. Now click the Start button on the toolbar. You will notice a lot of activity in the Output win

22Chapter 1: Welcome to Visual Basic 20087. After you close the message box by clicking the OK button, click the Exit button on your form. The applic

Chapter 1: Welcome to Visual Basic 200823 Using the Help System The Help system included in Visual Basic 2008 is an improvement over the Help system

24Chapter 1: Welcome to Visual Basic 2008 The other help commands in the Help menu (Search, Contents, and Index), function just as they would in any o

Chapter 1: Welcome to Visual Basic 20083 Visual Basic has also been extensible from the very beginning. Third - party vendors quickly saw the market

4Chapter 1: Welcome to Visual Basic 2008default installation options for most environments. So, regardless of which edition you are installing, the in

Chapter 1: Welcome to Visual Basic 200854. The third step in the installation process is the license agreement. Read the license agreement and then s

6Chapter 1: Welcome to Visual Basic 20087. Once the installation has been completed, you will be presented with a dialog box informing you of the sta

Chapter 1: Welcome to Visual Basic 20087If you have the spare hard drive space, it is a very good idea to install the full documentation. That way you

8Chapter 1: Welcome to Visual Basic 2008 The Menu By now, you may be eager to start writing some code. Begin your exploration of the IDE by looking

Chapter 1: Welcome to Visual Basic 20089❑ Project: The Project menu allows you to add various files to your application such as forms and classes