The document describes the key components of the Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 integrated development environment (IDE). The IDE is a workbench that contains menus, toolbars, and windows to aid programming activities. It features a menu bar, standard toolbar, toolbox, form, project explorer, properties window, and code window to build an application using controls.

1. Integrated Development
Environment

2. MS Visual Basic 6.0 IDE
 Integrated Development
Environment or IDE is the
workbench on which you make
your program in MS Visual Basic.
 It is a collection of menus, toolbars
and windows, each of which has
features that affects your
programming activity.

4. The major components of MS
Visual Basic
1. Menu Bar – lets you direct the
overall activity and management
of your programming.
2. Standard Toolbar- collection of
all iconic buttons located
underneath the menu bar. Offer
access to the most commonly
used functions.

5. 3. Toolbox- use to get the control
needed in creating your user
interface.
4. Form- the main object you will
use to create the user interface for
your application.
5. Project Explorer Window –
displays a hierarchical list of all
the components that makes up
your application.

6. 6. Properties Window – In this
window, you read, configure, and
control the initial settings of the
controls in your program.
7. Code Window- this window is
where you work with the Visual
Basic code that you write “behind”
your form.
8. Control- the building blocks of
your application