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Chapter 2
Creating Applications with
Visual Basic
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Section 2.1
Focus on problem Solving: Building the
Directions Application
In this section ou create our !irst Visual
Basic application:
a window that displas a map and road
directions to a hotel. In the
process ou learn how to place controls on
a !orm and manipulate
various properties.
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"e!ine #hat the Application is $o
"o
%urpose: "ispla a map to the &ighlander
&otel
Input: 'one
%rocess: "ispla a !orm
(utput: "ispla on the !orm a graphic image
showing a map
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Visuali+e the Application and "esign Its
,ser Inter!ace
Below is a s-etch o! the application.s !orm
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"etermine the Controls 'eeded
Control Type Control Name Description
Form Form1 A small !orm that will serve as
0"e!ault 'ame1 the window onto which the other
controls will be placed
2abel 2abel1 "isplas the message
0"e!ault 'ame1 3"irections to the &ighlander
&otel3
%ictureBo4 %ictureBo41 "isplas the graphic image
0"e!ault 'ame1 showing the map to the hotel
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"e!ine 6elevant %ropert Values !or 7ach
Control
Form
'ame: Form1
$e4t: 3"irections3
2abel
'ame: 2abel1
$e4t: 3"irections to the &ighlander &otel3
$e4tAlign: 8iddleCenter
Font: 8icroso!t sans seri!9 bold9 1: point
%ictureBo4
'ame: %ictureBo41
%icture: &otel8ap.;pg
Si+e8ode: StretchImage
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Create the Forms and (ther Controls ,sing
Visual Basic
7stablish the Form and set its $e4t propert
Add a 2abel control
%osition and resi+e it on the !orm
Set $e4t9 $e4tAlign9 and Font properties
Add a %ictureBo4 control
%osition and resi+e it on the !orm
Set Image propert to displa &otel8ap.;pg
6un the application
Close and save the application
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"esign 8ode9 6un 8ode9 and Brea- 8ode
Visual Basic has three modes in which it
operates:
"esign 8ode
the mode in which ou create the application
also -nown as design time
6un 8ode
e4ecutes the application in the Visual Studio
environment
also -nown as run time
Brea- 8ode
momentaril suspends e4ecution o! a running
application
!or testing and debugging purposes
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%ro;ect (rgani+ation (n "is-
,ser creates a new pro;ect in Visual Studio
A solution and a !older are created at the same
time with the same name as the pro;ect
$he pro;ect belongs to the solution
8ultiple pro;ects can be included in a solution
$he !older stores !iles related to the pro;ect
including:
A solution !ile 0.sln1
A pro;ect !ile 0.vbpro;1
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(pening an 74isting %ro;ect
,se 6ecent %ro;ects list on Start %age
%rovided it hasn.t been moved or deleted
,se (pen %ro;ect button on Start %age
$hen browse using (pen %ro;ect dialog bo4
,se (pen %ro;ect option on File menu
$hen browse using (pen %ro;ect dialog bo4
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%roperties #indow
,sed to view and modi! the propert values
o! a given ob;ect
$wo views o! the properties are available:
Alphabetic 0across all properties1
Categori+ed 0groups properties b logical use1
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Section 2.2
Focus on problem Solving:
6esponding to 7vents
An application responds to events9 such as
mouse clic-s and
-eboard input9 b e4ecuting code -nown
as event handlers.
In this section9 ou write event handlers !or
the "irections
application.
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8odi! the Directions Application
$he &ighlander &otel manager would li-e ou to add
the !ollowing items to the application:
A 2abel containing the written directions
A Button to displa the directions
A Button to e4it the application
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Controls to be Added
Control Type Control Name Description
2abel lbl"irections "isplas written directions
to the hotel
Button btn"ispla"irections #hen clic-ed9 causes
lbl"ispla"irections te4t
to appear on the !orm
Button btn74it Stops the application
when clic-ed
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Control %roperties
2abel
'ame: lbl"irections
$e4t: @$raveling on I):>9AetcB
Visible: False
Button
'ame: btn"ispla"irections
$e4t: @"ispla "irectionsB
Button
'ame: btn74it
$e4t: @74itB
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$he Code #indow
"ouble)clic-ing a control in design mode:
opens the code window
creates a code template !or the control.s event
handler where ou !ill in the code !or the event
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$he Clic- 7vent &andler !or
btn"ispla"irections
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Changing a Control.s Visible %ropert in
Code
Speci! the control name (lblDirections)
$hen a dot
$hen the %ropert'ame (Visible)
For e4ample:
lblDirections.Visible
re!ers to the Visible propert o! the lbl"irections
control
$he visible propert values ma onl be true or
!alse
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$he Assignment Statement
Speci! the item to receive the value
$hen the eCual smbol
$hen the value to be assigned
For e4ample:
lblDirections.Visible = True
Assigns the value $rue to the Visible propert o!
the lbl"irections control
Causes the te4t o! the lbl"irections control to
become visible to the user
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Switching Between the Code #indow and
the "esigner #indow
#indow $abs
Solution 74plorer Icons
8enu Bar
Deboard Shortcuts
F= opens the Code #indow
Shi!t E F= opens the "esigner #indow
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$he Clic- 7vent &andler !or btn74it
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,se Visual Basic to ,pdate the Application
%lace the label and the buttons on the !orm
7nter the code !or the two procedures
$est the application
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,sing IntelliSense
IntelliSense is a !eature that provides
automatic code completion as ou tpe
programming statements
%ress the $ab -e to use IntelliSense
For 74ample:
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