The Visual Basic .NET Integrated Development Environment

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Chapter 2

• The Visual Basic .NET Integrated Development
  Environment

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Objectives

• Start Visual Basic .NET
• Customize the Visual Basic .NET integrated
  development environment
• Open a Visual Basic .NET project
• Describe the basic components of the Visual Basic
  .NET integrated development environment
• Run a Visual Basic .NET project

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Objectives

• Set a property of a control
• Navigate the code window
• Modify code in an existing project
• Save a Visual Basic .NET project
• Print a Visual Basic .NET projects form and code

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Objectives

• Use Visual Basic .NET Help
• Quit Visual Basic .NET

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Starting and Customizing Visual Basic .NET

• Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
• Click the Start button on the taskbar and then
  point to All Programs on the Start menu
• Point to Microsoft Visual Studio .NET on the All
  Programs submenu
• Point to Microsoft Visual Studio .NET on the
  Microsoft Visual Studio .NET submenu
• Click Microsoft Visual Studio .NET

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Starting and Customizing Visual Basic .NET

• Click the My Profile link on the left side of the
  Start Page
• Click the Profile box arrow
• Click Visual Basic Developer in the Profile list
• Click the Get Started link on the left side of
  the Start Page

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Opening an Existing Project

• Insert the Data Disk in drive A
• Click the Open Project button
• Select 3 ½ Floppy (A) in the Look in box
• Double-click the Chapter 2 folder
• Double-click the Take-home pay calculator folder

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Opening an Existing Project

• Click the Take-home pay calculator solution file
• Click the open button

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Exploring the Visual Basic .NET Integrated
Development Environment

• Menu Bar and Toolbars
• Status Bar
• Windows
• Components of a VisualBasic .NET Solution

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Running a Project

• Click the Start button on the Standard toolbar
• Click the Yearly salary box up arrow, until the
  number 42,000 displays
• Drag the Retirement plan contribution rate
  trackbar to the fourth tick mark, which
  represents 3
• Click Individual in the Insurance Plan area
• Click the Close button on the Take-Home Pay
  Calculator application window title bar

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Modifying an Existing Project

• Modifying a Property of a Control
• Click the Weekly take-home pay Label control on
  the Form1 form in the main work area
• Scroll the Properties list until the Text
  property is visible
• Double-click the Text property
• Type Biweekly take-home pay and press the ENTER
  key

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Modifying an Existing Project

• Navigating the Code Window
• Click the Form1.vb tab at the top of the main
  work area
• Drag the code window scroll box to the bottom of
  the code window

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Modifying an Existing Project

• Navigating the code window
• Object box
• Procedure box
• Keywords
• Code region
• Splitter bar

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Modifying an Existing Project

• Modifying Code in the Code Window
• Drag the code window scroll box up until the code
  displays in the code window as shown

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Modifying an Existing Project

• Modifying Code in the Code Window
• Click to the right of the number 52 in the sixth
  code line of the fourth code region
• Press the BACKSPACE key twice to delete the
  number 52
• Type 26 and do not press the ENTER key

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Saving a Project

• Click the Form1.vb Design tab
• Click the Save All button on the Standard toolbar

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Running a Project to Test Changes

• Click the Start button on the Standard toolbar
• Click the Yearly salary box up arrow until the
  number 42,000 displays
• Drag the Retirement plan contribution rate
  trackbar to the fourth tick mark, which
  represents 3
• Click Individual in the Insurance Plan area
• Click the Close button on the Take-Home Pay
  Calculator application window title bar

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Documenting the User Interface Design of a Form

• With the Take-home pay calculator project open in
  design time, press the PRINT SCREEN key
• Click the Start button on the Windows taskbar and
  then point to All Programs on the Start menu
• Point to Accessories on the All Programs submenu,
  and then point to Paint on the Accessories submenu

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Documenting the User Interface Design of a Form

• Click Paint
• When Paint opens, click Edit on the menu bar
• Point to Paste on the Edit menu
• Click Paste
• Click the File menu and select Print

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Documenting the User Interface Design of a Form

• Click the Print button
• Click the Close button on the Paint window title
  bar and do not save the pasted image

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Documenting Code for a Form

• Click the Form1.vb tab to display the form code
  in the code window
• Click File on the menu bar
• Click Print on the File menu
• Click the OK button
• Click the Form1.vb Design tab

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Visual Basic .NET Help
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Visual Basic .NET Help

• Contents window
• Index window
• Search window
• Dynamic Help window
• Context-Sensitive Help

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Quitting Visual Basic .NET

• Click the Visual Basic .NET Close button on the
  right side of the title bar

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Summary

• Start Visual Basic .NET
• Customize the Visual Basic .NET integrated
  development environment
• Open a Visual Basic .NET project
• Describe the basic components of the Visual Basic
  .NET integrated development environment
• Run a Visual Basic .NET project

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Summary

• Set a property of a control
• Navigate the code window
• Modify code in an existing project
• Save a Visual Basic .NET project
• Print a Visual Basic .NET projects form and code

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Summary

• Use Visual Basic .NET Help
• Quit Visual Basic .NET