the visual basic integrated development environment
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The Visual Basic Integrated Development Environment
Visual Basic Startup Screen Main window Form window Project window (Project Explorer) Properties window Form layout window Toolbox
Visual Basic Objects All of the controls in the toolbox
are objects. The form is also an object.
Visual Basic Objects have properties events methods
Object Properties A property is a named attribute of
an object. used to change the behavior and
appearance of an object can be set at design time or with
code at run time frmFirst.BackColor = vbBlue
Object Events action taken by the object in response
to an event such as a mouse click or key press
an event procedure tells an object how to respond to an event
Example: Private Sub Form_Click()
lblNew.Caption = “You clicked the form!” End Sub
Object Methods code held by the object that
operate on the object’s data methods in Visual Basic are
predefined procedures frmFirst.PrintForm
The Code Window
Projects Every Visual Basic application is
defined and saved as a project. Each project contains a collection
of files such as forms or modules. Save all forms and modules
individually within the project. Save the project (.vbp extention)