Visual Basic

Introduction - Tutorial 1

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Topics covered in this tutorial:

  • Adding the toolbox window to the IDE
  • Naming conventions (prefixes)
  • Making a simple application called whereclicked where the user will click on two buttons, one that will display “You Clicked Left” and one that will display “You Clicked Right”
  • Adding buttons to the form
  • Adding a label to the form
  • Writing simple code

Please save all applications in the proper folder in your directory and add your last name and first initial to the name of the file.

e.g., whereclicked application should be named:  whereclicked_floydl for myself.

Click on the following link and view this tutorial video:

Tutorial 1 Link

Please make the exact application in Visual Basic 2010 Express.

It helps to use a split screen or to pause the video and replay sections as required.