Welcome Application

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• Welcome Application
• Introducing the Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition
  IDE

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Outline

• 2.1 Test-Driving the Welcome Application
• 2.2 Overview of the Visual Basic 2005 Express
  Edition IDE
• 2.3 Creating a Project for the Welcome
  Application
• 2.4 Menu Bar and Toolbar
• 2.5 Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition IDE
  Windows
• 2.6 Auto-Hide
• 2.7 Using Help
• 2.8 Saving and Closing Projects in Visual Basic
• 2.9 Web Resources
• 2.10 Wrap-Up

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Objectives

• In this tutorial you will learn
• Navigate Visual Studio 2005s Start Page.
• Create a Visual Basic project.
• Use the IDEs menus and toolbars.
• Manipulate windows in the Visual Basic 2005
  Express Edition IDE.
• Use the auto-hide feature.
• Use the Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition IDEs
  help features.
• Close a Visual Basic project.

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• A software company (Deitel Associates) has
  asked you to develop a Visual Basic application
  that will display the message Welcome to Visual
  Basic 2005! and a picture of the companys bug
  mascot. To build this application, you must first
  familiarize yourself with the Visual Basic 2005
  Express Edition IDE.

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Test-Driving the Welcome Application

• Figure 2.1 Contents of C\Examples\Tutorial02.

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Test-Driving the Welcome Application (Cont.)

• Figure 2.2 Welcome application executing.

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Overview of the Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition
IDE

• Figure 2.3 Start Page in Visual Basic 2005
  Express Edition with an empty project list.

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Overview of the Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition
IDE (Cont.)

• Figure 2.4 Displaying a Web page in the Visual
  Basic 2005 Express Edition IDE.

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Creating a Project for the Welcome Application

• Figure 2.5 New Project button and Recent
  Projects listing.

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Creating a Project for the Welcome Application
(Cont.)

• Figure 2.6 New Project dialog.

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Creating a Project for the Welcome Application
(Cont.)

• Figure 2.7 New Project dialog with updated
  project information.

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Creating a Project for the Welcome Application
(Cont.)

• Figure 2.8 Save Project dialog.

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Creating a Project for the Welcome Application
(Cont.)

• Figure 2.9 Project Location dialog.

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Creating a Project for the Welcome Application
(Cont.)

• Figure 2.10 Design view of the IDE.

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Creating a Project for the Welcome Application
(Cont.)

• Figure 2.11 Internet Explorer window with GUI
  controls labeled. (Web site content courtesy of
  Deitel Associates, Inc.)

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Menu Bar and Toolbar

• Figure 2.12 Visual Basic 2005 IDE menu bar.

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Menu Bar and Toolbar (Cont.)
Figure 2.13 Visual Basic IDE menu summary.
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Menu Bar and Toolbar (Cont.)

• Figure 2.14 IDE toolbar.

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Menu Bar and Toolbar (Cont.)

• Figure 2.15 Tool tip demonstration.

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Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition IDE Windows

• Figure 2.16 Toolbar icons for three Visual
  Basic IDE windows.

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Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition IDE Windows
(Cont.)

• Figure 2.17 Solution Explorer with an open
  project.

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Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition IDE Windows
(Cont.)

• Figure 2.18 Using the Show All Files icon to
  display all the files in a solution.

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Navigating a Project with the Solution Explorer

• Figure 2.19 Expanded node.

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Navigating a Project with the Solution Explorer
(Cont.)

• Figure 2.20 Collapsed node.

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Navigating a Project with the Solution Explorer
(Cont.)

• Figure 2.21 Toolbox displaying the contents of
  the Common Controls tab.

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Navigating a Project with the Solution Explorer
(Cont.)

• Figure 2.22 Properties window displaying a
  Forms properties.

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Using Auto-hide

• Figure 2.23 Hidden-window tabs.

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Using Auto-hide (Cont.)

• Figure 2.24 Displaying a hidden window with
  auto-hide enabled.

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Using Auto-hide (Cont.)

• Figure 2.25 Hiding the Toolbox by moving the
  mouse pointer outside of Toolboxs area.

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Using Auto-hide (Cont.)

• Figure 2.26 Pin icon in vertical position.

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Using Help
Figure 2.27 Help menu commands.
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Using Help (Cont.)

• Figure 2.28 Context-sensitive help window.