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Event Driven Programming
Figure 1.3: The Visual Basic Integrated Development Environment.
Page tab
Menu bar
toolbar
Solution
Push pin
explorer
window
Main area
Form
window
Properties
Toolbox Sitting handle window
Figure 1.4: The Visual Basic Programming Environment.
The Visual Basic IDE has three distinct states: Design, Run, and Debug. The current state appears
in Visual Basics title bar. This chapter concentrates on the Design state. We’ll cover the Debug
state later in the book. (In the Run state, Visual Basic is in the background while your program
runs.) Its the Design state that’s become complex over the years, and we’ll lay it bare in this unit.
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