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Dr. R.A.N.M ARTS AND SCIENCE COLLEGE�Affiliated to Bharathiar University , �Accredited with “ B+” NAAC�

Mrs. S. Bibi Fathima M.Com., M.Phil.,� Assistant Professor,� Department of Commerce (CA)

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Course Name : Software development with Visual basic

� Welcome You All

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The Visual Basic Integrated Development Environment:

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The Visual Basic IDE has three distinct states: Design, Run, and Debug. The current state appears in Visual Basic’s title bar. This chapter concentrates on the Design state. We’ll cover the Debug state later. (In the Run state, Visual Basic is in the background while your program runs.)

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The IDE is composed of these parts:

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    • The Menu Bar
    • The Toolbar
    • The Project Explorer
    • The Properties Window
    • The Form Layout Window
    • The Toolbox

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  • The Menu Bar

The menu bar presents the Visual Basic menus you need to work with. The basic menus with their features are:

    • File: contains the commands for opening projects, saving projects, creating executable files and list of recent project; also used for similar file handling option and printing option.
    • Edit: contains standard editing functions like Undo, Copy, Paste plus a number of commands for formatting and editing your code like Find, Replace and so on.
    • View: contains commands for displaying and hiding components from windows and toolbar.
    • Project: sets project properties, adds/removes forms and modules, and add/removes references and components.

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  • The Toolbar:

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The main Visual Basic toolbar appears as in Figure 1.2. This toolbar contains buttons matching popular menu items, as you can see in Figure 1.2; clicking the button is the same as selecting a menu item and can save you some time.

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Project Explorer

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Docked on the right side of the screen, just under the toolbar, is the Project Explorer window. The Project Explorer as shown in figure as a quick reference to the various elements of a project namely form, classes and modules. All of the object that make up the application are packed in a project. A simple project will typically contain one form, which is a window that is designed as part of a program's interface. It is possible to develop any number of forms for use in a program, although a program may consist of a single form. In addition to forms, the Project Explorer window also lists code modules and classes.

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Properties Window:

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The Properties Window contains the property settings for the selected objects and controls. Properties are the attributes of an object and controls, such as its caption, backcolor, forecolor, size, font, height, and so on. Property Window is used to change the appearance, text/values displayed on the controls. Some properties can only be changed during design time and some can also be changed through codes at runtime.

 

To hide or unhide the Properties Window, choose View > Properties window (F4).

 

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Toolbox:

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The Toolbox contains a set of controls that are used to place on a Form at design time thereby creating the user interface area. Additional controls can be included in the toolbox by using the Components menu item on the Project menu. A Toolbox is represented in figure 2 shown below.

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