In this chapter, you will create a splash screen using Visual Basic 2010

1. Hello!
I am Ma. Wennilou Porazo
Instructor
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2. An
Introduction
to Visual
Basic

3. After studying Lesson A, you should
be able to:
● Start and customize Visual Studio 2010 or Visual Basic 2010
Express
● Create a Visual Basic 2010 Windows application
● Manage the windows in the IDE
● Set the properties of an object
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4. After studying Lesson A, you should
be able to:
● Restore a property to its default setting
● Save a solution
● Close and open an existing solution
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5. To create a Visual Basic 2010
Windows Application
● Click FILE on the menu bar,and then click New
Project
● Enter Splash project in the Name Box
● Locate a folder to store the project.
● Select Create Directory for Solution
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Figure 1-4 Completed New Project dialog box in Visual Studio

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11. Managing the Windows in the IDE
● To open the Properties Window:
○ Click VIEW on the menu bar, and then click
Properties Window
○ Or mouseover the Solution Explorer tab if
the window is auto-hidden
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12. (cont.)
● To close a window:
○ Use the Close button on the window’s title bar
● To minimize a window to a tab:
○ Click the Auto Hide (push-pin) button on the
Solution Explorer window
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14. Windows
Form
Designer
Window
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15. Solution Explorer Window
● Displays a list of projects
contained in the current
solution and items
contained in each project
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16. ● Source file
○ A file containing program instruction (code)
○ Form file: a kind of source file
■ Contains code associated with a form
■ The first form’s code is stored in Form1.vb
■ The second form’s code is stored in Form2.vb
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17. Properties Window
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18. Properties of a Form File
● Using the Properties window to change a form
file’s name
○ Click Form1.vb Source file in Solution
Explorer Window
■ Click File Name in Properties list
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19. Properties of a Form File (cont.)
● Type Splash Form.vb
○ vb extension identifies the file as a source file
○ Press Enter
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Properties a Form File

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22. Important Properties of a Windows
● 1. Name Property
○ Windows forms have a Name property
○ Use it to refer to the form in the program
code
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23. ● Naming conventions are used for clarity
○ Hungarian notation for a variable
■ frmSplash : “frm” indicates a form (data type
of the variable), and “Splash” is the purpose
of the variable
○ Camel case
■ Enter the data type name of a VB object in
lowercase and then capitalize the first
letter of each subsequent word in the name
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24. 2. Text Property
● The Text property
controls the text displayed
in the form’s title bar
○ The default text for
the Text property of
Form 1 is Form1.
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25. Text Property (cont.)
● Change the default name to something
meaningful
○ The Name property is used by the
programmer
○ The Text property is read by the user when
the application is running
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26. 3. Font property
● A font is the general shape of a character
● Font styles include regular, bold, and italic
● Font sizes (8, 10, 12, etc.) are in points, with 1
point equaling 1/72 of an inch
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27. 4. Size Property
 A form can be sized by dragging the sizing
handles that appear around it.
 You also can size an object by selecting it and
then pressing and holding down the Shift key as
you press the up, down, right, or left arrow key on
the keyboard.
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28. Size Property (cont.)
● You also can set the object’s Size property, which
contains two numbers, measured in pixels:
○ The first number represents the width of the
form.
○ The second number represents the height of
the form
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30. Saving, Closing, Opening, and Exiting
a Solution
● 1. Saving a Solution
○ An asterisk (*) appears on the designer tab
whenever you make a change to the form
○ Save the solution by clicking FILE on the
menu bar and then clicking Save All.
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31. 2. Closing the Current Solution
● Click FILE on the menu bar and then click Close
Solution
● To exit Visual Studio 2012, click FILE on the menu
bar and then click Exit
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32. 3. Opening an Existing Solution
● Click FILE on the menu bar, and then locate and
open the solution from the list of filenames
available
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33. Lesson A Summary
● Starting Visual Studio
● Creating a Visual Basic 2010 Windows Application
● Resetting a window layout
● Closing and opening windows
● Auto-hiding a window
● Setting property values (name, text, font, size)
● Saving, closing and opening solution
● Existing Visual Studio 2010
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34. Thanks!
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