Visual Basic Programming With Mr. deVries

Programming A series of instructions that are used to solve a problem Programmers must be open to seeing the world through many perspectives “An open mind: It’s a good thing” ~Martha Stewart

Object Oriented Programming Deals with data in terms of objects, each object with its own features, properties, and functions Opposite of OOP is Procedural programming, which is more simple on a small scale, but impossible to organize on a large scale!

Starting off with VB – some basic objects What is a form? –A container for objects What is a button? –An object that you click on What is a label? –An object that contains text

Properties of Objects Every object, whether a real one or an information one, has properties about it Some properties of a basketball: size, colour, indoor or outdoor, bounciness. Some properties in VB: –Caption –Name –Visibility –Font

Properties of Objects These are examples of some other objects in VB: –List boxes –Menus –Graphics –Timers –Combo Boxes –Radio buttons

Properties of Objects The properties of objects can be set by you, and even changed by the program imgSweetPic.Visible = False This will make the picture called imgSweetPic invisible Use the “dot notation” to set properties: –nameOfObject. property = value

Hello World Application Create a program that will display your greetings to any user that uses your program –Follow instructions in Review 2, pg 3-6 to 3-7 Read sections 3.9 to 3.16, doing reviews along the way. (Reviews 3,4,5 an 6)