Visual Basic 6 allows creating graphical user interface applications. The main components are: 1. A form with controls like buttons, text boxes that define the application window. 2. A project explorer that contains the forms and code modules of the project. 3. Various toolbars to add controls, manage projects and debug applications.

1. Visual Basic 6
Form
Background
Icon
Toolbox Control
Form
Toolbar
Project Form
Explorer Form 1 Form

2. Window
Properties Project
Window
Form Layout Form
Window Run
(Toolbar)
Visual
Basic
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1. Standard
Toolbars
Project
2. Edit Toolbars
code editor
3. Debug
Toolbars
4. Form Editor

3. Toolbars
, ,
Add
Standard Project
EXE Program
Project
Add Form Project
Form Form
Menu Editor
Menu
Menu
Editor
Form
Project
Open
Save Project
Object Form
Cut
Copy Copy Object Form
Paste Object Cut
Paste
Copy

4. Editor
Find Form
Editor
Undo Editor
Typing Form Editor
Redo
Editor
Typing
Run Project
Start
Break Project
End Run Project
Project
Project Form
Explorer
Module
Project Project
Window Form
Form
Form Layout
Layout
Form
window
Object Object Browser

5. Browser Class
Class
Tool Box Tool Box
x y Form
Form
Form x
Form y
Toolbox Controls

6. 2
1. Intrinsic
controls) Visual Basic
Form
Class
Contr
ol
Chec CheckBox True/False,
k box Yes/No)
Comb ComboBo control Text
o box x box List box
Combo box
Com Comman control
mand dButton Click event
button procedure control
Data Data control

7. Visual Basic
control
table
Data Database Jet
ActiveX Data Object (ADO)
Direct DirListBox List box
ory
List
box
Drive DriveListB Combo box
List ox
box
File FileListBo List box
list x
box
Fram Frame container
e control
Horiz HScrollBa stand-alone
ontal r control
VScrollBa

8. Vertic r
al
Scroll
Bar
Image Image control
Picture box
container Image
Picture box
Label Label control
Line Line control
List ListBox control
box
MultiSelect
OLE OLE control Host
contai window
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window
Visual Basic

9. Optio OptionBut control control
n ton control
button control
control
Pictur PictureBo BMP, DIB
e box x (bitmap), ico), WMF (metafile),
GIF JPEG
Shap Shape control
e
Text TextBox control
box
Timer Timer control
2. ActiveX (ActiveX
controls)

10. Project/Components
Form Designer
Visual Basic
Project 1

11. Project Explorer
Project Explorer
(tree-
view)
2

12. Project Explorer
vbp
Project (n)
1
Form (n) .frm
1
Modules
.bas
Class
Modules cls
ActiveX
User controls
ctl
Designers
dsr
Properties Window

13. (adtive) focus)
2
1. Alphabetic
2. Categorized
Form Layout
drag

14. Immediate Window
New Project
New Project File/New
Project
Visual
Basic

15. Code Editor