1. Introduction to VB programming
By Dr. John Abraham
For students in 6303

2. A console program Start Visual Studio 2005 Click create Project
Click project type Visual Basic (left side)
Click on console application
Give it a name and Press OK
Change the name of the module

3. VB console program Declare global variables and constants
Write subroutines and functions
Must have a subroutine called main
Pass parameters properly. Observe Byval and byRef
Run the program

4. Writing to a file Imports system.io
Declare a variable of type io.streamwriter
Dim outfile as io.streamwriter
Assign a physical filename to create
Outfile=io.file.createText(“c:\outfile.txt”)
Write to file
Outputfile.writeLine(“this is a sample”)
Sample program - carpet

5. Windows program Click on Windows application instead of console
Learn how to use toolbox
Learn to set properties
Learn to write code for events
Learn Looping for this example
(Interest program)

6. Multiple Forms Learn how to manipulate more than one form
Making visible invisible
Set focus
Learn how to add pictures
Sample program: cards