Tutorial 2 Welcome Application

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Tutorial 2 Tutorial 3
Overview of the Visual Studio .NET IDE Creating
a Project for the Welcome Application Menu Bar
and Toolbar Visual Studio .NET IDE Windows Auto
Hide Using Help
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2.3 Creating a Project for the Welcome
Application
Figure 2.9 New Project dialog.
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2.3 Creating a Project for the Welcome
Application
Figure 2.9 New Project dialog.
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2.3 Creating a Project for the Welcome
Application
Figure 2.7 Solutions can contain one or more
projects.

• Applications
• Contain one solution
• Solutions contain one or more projects

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2.3 Creating a Project for the Welcome
Application
Figure 2.12 Design view of Visual Studio .NET.
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2.3 Creating a Project for the Welcome
Application
Figure 2.12 Design view of Visual Studio .NET.
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2.3 Creating a Project for the Welcome
Application

• Visual Studio .NET
• Tabs provide easy access to multiple files
• Active tab displayed in bold
• Menu bar contains menus that contain commands
• Solution Explorer lists all files in solution
• Form1 represents new Windows application GUI
• Properties window lists properties of Form and
  controls.

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2.4 Menu Bar and Toolbar
Describe each menu items purpose
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2.4 Menu Bar and Toolbar
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2.5 Visual Studio .NET IDE Windows
Figure 2.22 Toolbox displaying the contents of
the Windows Forms tab.
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2.5 Visual Studio .NET IDE Windows
Figure 2.22 Toolbox displaying the contents of
the Windows Forms tab.
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2.5 Visual Studio .NET IDE Windows

• Toolbox
• Displayed by selecting View gt Toolbox
• Contains five tabs, each grouping related
  controls
• Data
• Components
• Windows Forms
• Clipboard Ring
• General
• Selecting tab displays controls in that group
• Black scroll arrows used to display additional
  controls
• If scroll arrow is gray, it is disabled, no more
  controls to choose from

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2.5 Visual Studio .NET IDE Windows
Figure 2.23 Properties window displaying a Forms
properties.
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2.5 Visual Studio .NET IDE Windows

• Properties window
• Displayed by selecting View gt Properties Window
• Allows quick setting of a controls properties
• Displays brief description of property
• Do not have to remember a properties settings
• Each Form or control has its own properties
• Component object box
• Allows you to select control to change properties
• Displays controls name and class

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2.6 Auto Hide
Figure 2.25 Displaying a hidden window with Auto
Hide enabled.
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2.7 Using Help
Figure 2.29 Dynamic Help window.
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2.7 Using Help
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Tutorial 3 Create Simple Program

• In this exercise
• Set the text in the Forms title bar to uccsdemo.
• Change the Forms background color to blue.
• Place a Label control on the Form.
• Display text in a Label control.
• Place a PictureBox control on the Form.
• Display an image, uccsbanner.gif, in a PictureBox
  control.
• Execute the application.