1. Tutorial 1: An Introduction to Visual Basic.NET1 Tutorial 1 An Introduction to Visual Basic.NET

2. Tutorial 1: An Introduction to Visual Basic.NET2 Creating a Windows-Based Application in Visual Basic.NET Lesson A

3. Tutorial 1: An Introduction to Visual Basic.NET3 Lesson A Objectives After completing this lesson, you will be able to:  Start and customize Visual Studio.NET  Create a Visual Studio.NET solution and project  Solution: container to store multiple projects and files even different types of code  Project: stores files for one project  Set the properties of an object  Save & close solution, project, and form (.vb files)  Open an existing solution

4. Tutorial 1: An Introduction to Visual Basic.NET4 Starting and Customizing Visual Studio.NET  Visual Studio.NET is Microsoft’s newest integrated development environment (IDE)  Includes programming languages such as Visual Basic.NET, C++.NET, and C#.NET  A Windows-based application has a Windows user interface and runs on a desktop computer  A user interface is what you see and interact with when using an application  A Web-based application, on the other hand, has a Web user interface and runs on a server

5. Tutorial 1: An Introduction to Visual Basic.NET5 The Visual Studio.NET Start Page Links

6. Tutorial 1: An Introduction to Visual Basic.NET6 Visual Studio.NET Recent Projects Solution Explorer Dynamic Help Toolbox

7. Tutorial 1: An Introduction to Visual Basic.NET7 Starting a New Project Installed.NET Products Type of Project Name and Location Of Project Name of Project

8. Tutorial 1: An Introduction to Visual Basic.NET8 Purpose of the Links Included on the Start Page LinkPurpose Get StartedCreate new projects and open existing projects What’s NewAccess information about the new features in Visual Studio.NET and check for Visual Studio.NET updates Online CommunityContact fellow developers online HeadlinesView links to the latest news from the MSDN Online Library, including information on seminars, trade shows, and conferences, as well as training opportunities offered by Microsoft Search OnlineSearch the MSDN Online Library DownloadsAccess the latest product updates and sample code available for download XML Web ServicesSearch for XML Web Services to include in your applications, and publish your own XML Web services Web HostingPost Web applications, for a fee, on servers provided by third- party Internet Service Providers My ProfileCustomize various program settings in the IDE

9. Tutorial 1: An Introduction to Visual Basic.NET9 Visual Basic.NET Project information Properties window Toolbox (auto- hidden) Windows Form object

10. Tutorial 1: An Introduction to Visual Basic.NET10 More on the Toolbox Appendix A p. 721 has a complete list The first tools we will use include:  Button  Label  Textbox

11. Tutorial 1: An Introduction to Visual Basic.NET11 More on the Properties Window The first properties we will change include:  Name – use 3-letter prefix naming convention See http://www.developerfusion.com/show/52/3/http://www.developerfusion.com/show/52/3/  Text  Backcolor  Background image  Size – measured in pixels  Start position/location

12. Tutorial 1: An Introduction to Visual Basic.NET12 The Code Window Double click on an object to open to code window. For example, at the top of the code window: Public Class Form1 Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form Form1 is the object name All visual studio.net objects are derived from system Windows is derived from class system Forms is derived from class windows Form is derived from class forms