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Unit 1: Introduction to Visual Basic

Unlike other software where generally only a handful people are involved in beta testing, .NET Notes
was thrown open to community for testing in its every pre-release version. This is one of the
reasons why it created so many waves of excitement within the community and industry as
well. Microsoft has put in great efforts in this new platform. In fact Microsoft says that its future
depends on success of .NET. The development of .NET is such an important event that Microsoft
considers it equivalent to transition from DOS to Windows. All the future development –
including new and version upgrades of existing products – will revolve around .NET. So, if you
want to be at the forefront of Microsoft Technologies, you should be knowing .NET.

1.1 Elements of Visual Basic

The two basic elements of Visual Basic are the GUI and the code associated with the application
that makes it respond to events occurred as a result of a user action.

1.1.1 Visual Element

IDE is a term commonly used in the programming world to describe the interface and
environment that we use to create our applications. It is called integrated because we can access
virtually all of the development tools that we need from one screen called an interface. The IDE
is also commonly referred to as the design environment, or the program.
The Visual Basic IDE is made up of a number of components:
Menu Bar
Tool Bar

Project Explorer
Properties Window
Form Layout Window

Toolbox
Form Designer
Object Browser
Figure 1.1: VB Startup Window

Source: http://visualbasic.freetutes.com/learn-vb6/lesson1.html

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