Using Microsoft Visual Using Microsoft Visual Studio .NETStudio .NET

Click on -> Click on -> StartStart

Choose -> Choose -> All All ProgramsPrograms

Choose -> Choose -> Microsoft Microsoft Visual Visual Studio .NET Studio .NET 20032003

Click on -> Click on -> Microsoft Microsoft Visual Visual Studio .NET Studio .NET 20032003

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• Click on-Click on-> File > File

• Choose-Choose-> New> New

• Select-> Select-> ProjectProject

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Select -> Select -> Visual Visual Basic Basic ProjectsProjects

Select -> Select -> Window Window ApplicationApplication

Give a Give a Project Project NameName

Specify the Specify the appropriate appropriate locationlocation

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The Microsoft VS Development The Microsoft VS Development Environment is also called integrated Environment is also called integrated development environment (IDE):development environment (IDE):• A form designerA form designer• A code editor A code editor • A compilerA compiler• A debugger A debugger • An object browserAn object browser• A Help facilityA Help facility

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Each window can be moved, resized, Each window can be moved, resized, opened, closed, or customizedopened, closed, or customized

Menu barMenu bar ToolbarToolbar

Menu bar

Toolbar

VB.NET – Document VB.NET – Document WindowWindow

Form window

Properties window

Solution Explorerwindow

Menu barTabs

Toolbox

Tool bar

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Form window

Properties window

Solution Explorerwindow

Menu barTabs

Toolbox

Tool bar

ToolboxToolbox

Click Click Toolbox Toolbox from the from the ToolbarsToolbars

Toolbox Toolbox contains contains a list of a list of tools that tools that helps to helps to design design projectsprojects

Solution ExplorerSolution Explorer

View CodeView Code

View View Design/Design/FormForm

PropertiesProperties

welcome.slnwelcome.sln

PropertiesProperties

Help MenuHelp Menu

When you When you have have questions, questions, click on click on Help from Help from Menu BarMenu Bar

Click on Click on Contents, Contents, to get into to get into librarieslibraries

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Select Select Visual Visual Basic at Basic at Filtered Filtered by:by:

Visual Visual Basic Basic Help Help pages pages appearsappears

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• Select an Select an appropriate appropriate subjectsubject

VB.NET Application FilesVB.NET Application Files Each Visual Basic application create the following Each Visual Basic application create the following

files with extensions:files with extensions:• .sln.sln - a solution file that holds information about - a solution file that holds information about

the project. This is the only file that is openedthe project. This is the only file that is opened• .suo.suo - a solution user options file that stores - a solution user options file that stores

information about the selected optionsinformation about the selected options• .vb.vb - a .vb file that holds the definition of a form - a .vb file that holds the definition of a form• .resx.resx - a resource file for the form - a resource file for the form• .vbproj.vbproj - a project file that describes the project - a project file that describes the project

and lists the files are includedand lists the files are included• .vbproj.user.vbproj.user - a project user option file that - a project user option file that

holds project option settingsholds project option settings