Itc2301 P2

ITC2301
VISUAL BASIC WORKSHOP
PART TWO
 VB.NET IDE
 VB.NET objects
 Writing VB.NET code
◦ Toolbox window
 contains set of controls which make up a VB
application.
◦ Windows Form designer window
 central part of VB. It provides the display area for
the application acts as a container for all the
controls
◦ Properties window
 Each object in VB has a set of characteristics called
properties. This window contains the properties
that control the object’s appearance and behaviour.
 Object box, Properties list, Description pane,
settings box
◦ Main window
 At top of screen. Contains
 title bar:
 menu bar: displays commands used to build VB application
 standard tool bar: quick access to commonly used menu commands
 form, label, picturebox, button
 demonstration
◦ Adding a control to a form
◦ sizing, moving and deleting a control
◦ setting properties of a control at design time
◦ changing properties for more than one control
Name – uniquely identifies the object in the program
Text– the caption of a button, contents of a text
box or label, the title of a form
Size.Height and Size.Width – the width and height of
the object (dimension in pixels)
Visible – Whether the object should be shown
Font – the face, style, and size of an objects font
BackColor, ForeColor – color of background or
foreground
EachVB.NET Graphical Object has an extensive list
of properties which can be individually set.
Qualities or attributes of an object/graphic-control
Can be changed by programmer
◦ design time – in the ‘properties’ box.
Can be changed by user

◦ run time – e.g. typing into a text box
Dynamically (in code):

ObjectName.PropertyName = Value
◦ TextBox1.Text = “Hello World”
◦ TextBox1.ForeColor = Color.Blue
Properties Window
◦Click object with mouse – updates RHS
panel
◦If not visible, press ‘F4’
Code associated with an event
◦Typed in the code-window
◦e.g. Text1.Visible = True
◦e.g. Button1.Enabled = False
 used as a backdrop for other controls
◦ useful properties include:
 Name naming convention = frmSomething
 Text the text inside the title bar of the form
 BackColor no need to type code, just click on three dots
then choose a coloured box
 BackgroundImage used to display a graphic as a background
 Font sets font style, bold, italics, underline etc
 Startpostition determines where the windows form object is
positioned when it first appears on the
screen
 Size used to set the ht and width of the form on the
screen (measured in twips (1400 twips ~ 1
inch)
 Purpose of label control is to display text
 naming convention = lblSomething
 FlatStyle 3d or flat
 BackColor colour of background of label
 ForeColour colour of text within label
 Borderstyle none or fixed single (box around text)
 Text the text on the label
 Font appearance as applied to the text
 Size set label’s height and width
 Position set labels x and y co ords on the form
 AutoSize True or False (True enables label to
expand with text)
Used to hold an image
naming convention = picBoxSomething
 image used to select an image to place inside
the picBox control (click on three
dots to open an existing image)
 SizeMode set whether the chosen picture fills
the entire space of the image control
 Size used to set the size of the image
 Location used to set the positioning of the image
 Used to get input such as text from the user
 naming convention: txtSomething
 BorderStyle - Can have a box around text
 Enabled - True or False (False means user cannot enter text into
text box)
 Font - same as before
 Size, Location. - same as before
 MultiLine - True or False (True lets user hit return and keep
typing)
 ScrollBars - none, vertical, horizontal or both (requires MultiLine to
be True)
 Text - displays initial (default) text in text box; used to lighten
burden on user
◦ Always add a label next to a text box to guide the
user in their input.
 used to allow user to initiate some coded
behaviour
 naming convention= cmdSomething
 Text - the text on the button
 Font - font appearance as applied to the
Caption
 Size - used to set the size of the button on the
screen
 Location - used to set the positioning of the
button on the screen
 Enabled - True or False
 Reduce the use of the mouse, so
enable speed for user input
 Add an ampersand (&) in front of
access key letter in the caption
◦ ie.
E&xit as the caption on a command button
lets the user select the button by hitting
Alt plus x simultaneously
 Important for user friendliness
 Example of objects
◦ Form, pictureBox, label, command buttons
 Example of events (user actions)
◦ click, double click, scroll, keypress
 Event procedure (method)
◦ VB.NET instruction, or code that tells an object
how to respond to an event
 To run an application
◦ Click Debug then click start or press F5
◦ Visual Studio .NET creates an executeable
file(.exe) that can be run outside the IDE
◦ Demo:
 Lets run our application. What happens?
 Programming involves understanding the Syntax and
Semantics of a particular programming language, to
form Statements that tell the computer what to do.
 Statement
◦ An instruction to the computer (specifically, for the
compiler)
 Syntax
◦ The rules for constructing valid statements
 Semantics
◦ The meaning or interpretation of a statement
 Statements are organised into a source-code file
 The source code file is divided into sections:
◦ Class definition
◦ Form Layout information
◦ Global Variables and Constants
◦ New data type
◦ Procedures and Functions
 Actions—such as clicking, double-clicking, and
scrolling—are called events
 The set of Visual Basic .NET instructions, or
code, that tells an object how to respond to an
event is called an event procedure
 You write statements inside an event procedure
to specify the individual steps required for the
input, processing and output.
 To help you follow the syntax rules of the
Visual Basic .NET programming language, the
Code Editor provides you with a code template
for every event procedure
 The first line in the Code template is called the
procedure header
 And the last line is called the procedure footer
 A keyword is a word that has a special meaning in a
programming language
 The Sub keyword is an abbreviation of the term sub
procedure, which, in programming terminology,
refers to a block of code that performs a specific task
 The Private keyword indicates that the procedure can
be used only within the class in which it is defined
 VB.NET provides Code Template for each Event Procedure
 Example:
Public Class Form1
Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form
Private Sub btnExit_Click(ByVal sender As

System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles btnExit.Click
Me.Close( )
End Sub
End Class
 Keywords = Private Sub, End Sub

 Object Name = btnExit
 Event = Click ()
 Me.Close( ) Method
◦ Terminates the current application
◦ The Me in the instruction refers to the current
form
◦ The Close is the method

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 Keywords = Private Sub, End Sub

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