Chapter 2 - Introduction To The Visual: 2002 Prentice Hall. All Rights Reserved
Chapter 2 - Introduction To The Visual: 2002 Prentice Hall. All Rights Reserved
Chapter 2 - Introduction To The Visual: 2002 Prentice Hall. All Rights Reserved
• Start Page
– Helpful links to get around
• Get Started
• What’s New
• Downloads
• My Profile
– Displays recent projects
– Displays Open Project and New Project buttons
Edit Contains comm ands such as cut, paste, find, undo, etc.
View Contains comm ands for displaying IDE windows and toolbars.
Project Contains commands for managing a project and its files.
Build Contains comm ands for com piling a program .
Debug Contains comm ands for debugging (i.e., identifying and correcting problem s in a
program) and running a program .
Data Contains comm ands for interacting with databases (i.e., files that store data,
which we discuss in Chapter 19, Databases, SQL and AD O .NET).
Format Contains comm ands for arranging a form’s controls.
Tools Contains comm ands for accessing additional IDE tools and options that enable
customization of the IDE.
W indow s Contains comm ands for arranging and displaying windows.
Help Contains comm ands for accessing the IDE’s help features.
Fig . 2 .5 Su m m a ry o f Visu a l Stu d io .N ET ID E m e n u s.
Fig. 2.8 Toolbar icons for three Visual Studio .NET IDE windows.