1. Working with Forms in Visual Basic

2. The main characteristic of a Form is the title bar

3. CONTROL MENU
Restore : Restores a maximized Form to the size it was before it was maximized; available only if the Form has been maximized.
Move : Lets the user moves the Form around with the mouse
Size : Lets the user resizes the control with the mouse
Minimize: Minimizes the Form
Maximize : Maximizes the Form
Close : Closes the Form

4. Loading and Unloading Forms
Load and Unload statements in VB
Load FormName
Unload FormName

5. Showing and Hiding Forms
Show method is used to Show a Form
FormName.Show
The Hide method is used to hide a Form
Me.Hide
Me is the form name, Keyword

6. OBJECT
PROPERTY
SETTING
Form
Caption
Name
Form1
frm1
Form2
frm2
Form3
frm3
Label
Click on a button to display a Form
Label1

8. Variables

9. Variables
Variables are the memory locations which are used to store values temporarily.
Rules
A variable name must begin with an alphabet letter and should not exceed 255 characters.
It must be unique within the same scope.
It should not contain any special character like %, &, !, or $.

10. Syntax Dim variable [As Type] Dim I as integer
Dim intInterestRate As Integer = 10

11. Scope of variables A variable is scoped to
procedure-level (local) -Global
module-level – Local
They can be declared with Dim and Static keywords.

12. Local Variables
A local variable is one that is declared inside a procedure.
Dim sum As Integer
The local variables exist as long as the procedure in which they are declared, is executing.

13. Static Variables A static variable is declared as given below.
Static intPermanent As Integer
Variables have a lifetime in addition to scope.

14. DATATYPES Numeric Data Types Non-numeric Data Types
Suffixes for Literals