Visual Studio and the Visual Basic Environment

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• Visual Studio and theVisual Basic Environment

Visual Studio Consists of Tools That You Use to
Build Visual Basic Applications
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Visual Studio

• Visual Basic is not just a programming language
• Its a programming environment too
• Must use Visual Studio to create Visual Basic
  programs.
• Visual Studio then is the programming environment
  i.e. the required workbench with a large array
  of tools.

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The Visual Studio IDE

• Visual Studio is an integrated development
  environment, often abbreviated as IDE
• Provides everything needed to create, test, and
  debug software including
• The Visual Basic language
• Form design tools to create the user interface
• Debugging tools to help find and correct
  programming errors

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The Visual Basic Environment

• Tutorial 1-4 introduces elements of the IDE
• Customizing the IDE
• Design window a place to design and create a
  form
• Solution Explorer window shows files in the
  solution
• Properties window modify properties of an
  object
• Dynamic Help window a handy reference tool
• Toolbar contains icons for frequently used
  functions
• Toolbox window objects used in form design
• Tooltips a short description of buttons purpose

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Visual Studio

• Do Tutorial 1-4 on page 21
• Finding visual studio in our labs
• Left click on Start on the task bar
• Move pointer
• Up to EAS Applications
• Over and Down to Programming Languages
• Over and Up to Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
  folder
• Over to Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 icon
• Left click on the Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
  icon