Introduction to Visual Basic.NET Programming In Visual Basic.NETWriting Windows ay Applications with VB 2 * Windows Graphical User Interface * Window = Form ¢ Toolbox of elements called Controls — Text Box — Label — Check Box — ButtonObject Model * Object ==> Noun * Event ==> Occurs when the — Form and Controls user takes action ae — User clicks a button, User * Property ==> Adjective . perty uJ moves a form — Color of a Form ~ Size of Text * Class ==> Template to * Method ==> Verb create new object — Move a Form ~ Each control added is an Instance of a ClassObject Model Analogy oe) * Class = automobile * Properties = make, model, color, year * Object = each individual car — Object is an Instance of the automobile class * Methods = start, stop, speedup, slowdown « Eyents = car arrives, car crashes, car is purchasedDot Notation a; * Used to reference object's properties and a: methods in code — Object dot Property * Form.Text, TextBox.Text — Object dot Method * Form.Hide( ), TextBox.Focus( ) To reference an object's events use an underscore in the Private Sub name and use a dot in the Handles subclause of the Private Sub statement * Private Sub Button_Click () Handles Button.ClickVisual Basic.NET a ¢ Included in Visual Studio.NET — Visual Basic (can also be purchased separately) — C++ — C# — .NET Framework * Complete rewrite from VB Version 6Visual Studio.NET Editions @) * Academic ¢ Professional ¢ Enterprise Developer ¢ Enterprise Architect“a, Steps for Writing VB Projects a * Design/Define the User Interface * Plan/Set the Properties Plan/Write the Code ¢ Test and DebugVB Application Files ” “gk Open this file directly to work on a Project One Solution File sin Solution User Options File .Suo Project Files .vbproj Project User Options File Form Files Resource File for the Form .vbproj.user .vb .TeSXVisual Studio Environment g) * Integrated Development Environment (IDE) ¢ Form Designer ¢ Editor for entering code * Compiler ° Debugger ¢ Object BrowserVisual Studio IDE Start ee q , Start Po9e | eoroject Dialog “SD Visual Bask Projects Gy Setup and Deployment Projects (6-G Other Provects ‘visual studio Solutions: *— waza Class Library Windows Control Library a & & ASP.NET Web ASP.NET Web Web Control Application Service Library {A project For creating an pplication with a Windows user interface Name: MyVBProject Location: AMY VOProjects Project will be created at C:\MyVBProjects\MyVBProject. _stee_| aIDE Main Window Toolbars Document Window ° Form Designer Solution Explorer Properties Window Toolbox Class View ° Dynamic Helpsalneaie ga Ste oe Femi. Desi] |VB Toolbox ¢ Holds the tools you place on a form fbi TextBox & manmenu WM checkbox © RadioButton ] GroupBox laf] PictureBox (2 Panel SL DataGrid EW ListBox ED CheckedtistBox [3 ComboBox General Clipboard RingVisual Studio Help a 3 ¢ Extensive Help feature * Includes Microsoft Developer Network library (MSDN) ¢ Entire reference manual * Coding examplesModes * Design Time ¢ Run Time ¢ Break Time “Look at the Title Bar”Naming Conventions (p 43-44) a aa ¢ Always use standard names for objects * No spaces or punctuation marks * 3 letter lowercase prefix identifies control type » Button-bin * Label-lbl * Form-fim ¢ If multiple words capitalize 1st letter of each wordRecommended Naming Conventions for VB Objects Object Class Prefix | Example Form frm frmDataEntry Button btn btnExit TextBox txt txtPaymentAmount Label Ibl IbITotal Radio Button rad radBold CheckBox chk chkPrintSummary Horizontal ScrollBar | hsb hsbRate Vertical ScrollBar vsb vsbTemperature PictureBox pic picLandscape ComboBox cbo cboBookList ListBox Ist IstIndegredientsHello World Project (p 13) a ¥ Design the User Interface * Eien IbIMessage btnPush btnExitSet the Properties * Label — Name — Text * Button 1 — Name = Text ¢ Button 2 — Name — Text * Form — Name =] Text IblMessage leave blank btnPush Push Me btnExit Exit frmHello Hello World by your name| © (DynamicProperties re Rename Labell AccessibleDescri to IbIMessage AccessibleName AccessibleRole Default AllowDrop False (Name) Indicates the name used in code to identify the object.Set the Project's Startup a; Object Re * The default startup object is Form! * The name of the form should always be changed to adhere to naming rules ¢ Using Project menu, Properties change the startup object to match the new nameWrite the Code a “igh St While the project is running the user can perform actions Each action by the user causes an Event to occur Write code for the events you care about, the events you want to respond with code Code is written as event procedures VB will ignore events for which you do not write codeEditor Window ¢ Declarations Section * Class list ¢ Method list [?efrmttetto =] [g@btnPush_click > =| Public Class frmiello Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form » a Private Sub btnPush Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, By' | End Sub End ClassRemark Statement a) « Also known as Comments, used for documentation ¢ Non-executable * Automatically colored Green in Editor * Begins with an apostrophe (' ) — Ona separate line from executable code — At the right end of a line of executable code ' Display the Hello World messageAssignment Statement oe * Assigns a value to a property or variable * Operates from right to left ¢ Enclose text strings in quotation marks ("") IbIMessage.Text="(Hello World)"Ending a Program a ¢ Execute the Close Method of the Form * Methods always have parentheses (this will help you distinguish them from Properties which never have parentheses) ¢ Current Form may be referenced as Me Me.Close( )Test and Debug * Save Project - File Menu, Save All * Run Project — Debug Menu, Start — Start Without Full Compile >| (FS) — Start With Full Compile (CTRL F5) ¢ Correct any Errors and Rerun — Compile errors — Run-Time Errors — Logic errors — Syntax errorsPrint the Code ¢ File Menu, Print * Prints complete code listing ¢ Uses arrow symbol / to denote line continuation * Examine sample output (Handout)Finding and Fixing Errors ow nae: * Syntax Errors (easy to see in editor) ¢ Run-Time Errors (identified when executed) ¢ Logic Errors (harder to find)