1b – Inside Visual Studio Lingma Acheson Department of Computer and Information Science, IUPUI CSCI N331 VB.NET Programming

Purpose Be more familiar with the Visual Studio interface Know how to use some of the tools Know how to run a project

Layout Download and unzip the project “Welcome” Open the project by double clicking on the solution file. Double click on the “Welcome.vb” Layout –Menu bars on the top –Tool bars under the menu bar –Toolbox on the left hand side –Solution Explorer and Properties on the right hand side –Form Window in the middle

Layout Toolbox on the left hand side –Add items to the Form –All Windows Forms Solution Explorer on the right hand side –Manage forms and files used for the project –Right click on the project name →Properties → Compile → set both “Option explicit” and “Option strict” to On Save the project (* means the file is not saved)

Layout Properties –Form properties: Name, Size, Background Color, … –Label properties: Name, Text, Background Color, … –Picture properties: Name, Image, Size, …

Run the Project Build → Build projectName Run the project: Three options –Debug → Start Debugging –F5 –Click on the green triangle button on the tool bar