Integrated Development Environment (IDE) Visual BASIC Integrated Development Environment (IDE)

History of Visual Basic Visual Basic 2005 (VB9): November 2005 Visual Basic 2003 (VB8): April 2003 Visual Basic .Net (VB7): February 2002 .Net Generation Pre .Net Generation Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6): October 1998 Visual Basic 5.0 (VB5): April 1997 Visual Basic 4.0 (VB4): October 1996 Visual Basic 3.0 (VB3): June 1993 Visual Basic 2.0 (VB2): November 1992 Visual Basic 1.0 (VB1): May 1991

VISUAL BASIC VISUAL BASIC method of creating a Graphical User Interface (GUI) BASIC method of writing program codes for functionality

VISUAL BASIC VB 2005 Express Developed and owned by Microsoft Created to make application programs for Windows OS. It is an object-oriented and event-driven programming language VB 2005 Express A free version of Visual Basic The IDE contains easy-to-use and easy-to-learn tools for creating .NET applications, using the Visual Basic programming language. Suitable for students or other people learning the VB language The basis of Visual Basic is an earlier programming language called BASIC that was invented by Dartmouth College professors John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz. Visual Basic was one of the first systems that made it practical to write programs for the Windows operating system. This was possible because VB included software tools to automatically create the detailed programming required by Windows. These software tools not only create Windows programs, they also take full advantage of the graphical way that Windows works by letting programmers "draw" their systems with a mouse on the computer. This is why it's called "Visual" Basic.

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Parts of VB 2005 Express IDE Main Menu Bar Toolbar Solution Explorer Properties Window Design Area Toolbox

Visual BASIC IDE Project Explorer Window Menu Bar Tool Box Main Tool Bar Project Explorer Window Tool Box Form Designer Window Properties Window Form Layout Window Code Window

Main MenuBar It consists of all the commands provided by the IDE under the different menus based on their functionality provides access to such functions as opening files, interacting with an application, or help

Provides quick access to frequently used commands Standard ToolBar Provides quick access to frequently used commands

ToolBox It consists of the various controls that can be used to design the graphical user interfaces of the application

Properties Window describes the properties of the form and its controls lists all the properties of the object that's currently selected and gives you the opportunity to modify them.

Solution Explorer Window (Project Explorer Window) contains the project files gives an overview of all the modules that are contained in the application. allows to switch between different windows

It allows GUI creation by providing the foundation for controls Form Designer Window A design space which contains objects or controls used for the application It allows GUI creation by providing the foundation for controls

CODE EDITOR (Code Window) used to write codes that determine the behavior of the forms and other objects in the application. CODE EDITOR (Code Window) used to write codes that determine the behavior of the forms and other objects in the application. IntelliSense Window It allows easy access to properties and methods of controls. IntelliSense Window It allows easy access to properties and methods of controls.

VB EXPRESS IDE

Getting Started with Visual Basic

Steps in Creating Simple Applications Create the User Interface (GUI) Set the Properties of the Objects Enter the appropriate Source Code Run the Program

Loading Visual BASIC Click Start > Programs > Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 > Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0

Select A Project Type select the type of project you want to create. select STANDARD EXE for your project type.

Saving a Project To save, click File on the file menu then select Save Project. Visual BASIC will ask for the filename of the form. Change the folder where you intend to save your project files. Then, type the filename of the form and click Save. | You may click this icon to instantly create a folder