{"id":989,"date":"2012-04-04T17:05:28","date_gmt":"2012-04-04T09:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vbtutor.net\/index.php\/"},"modified":"2018-06-24T18:50:46","modified_gmt":"2018-06-24T10:50:46","slug":"visual-basic-2010-lesson-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vbtutor.net\/index.php\/visual-basic-2010-lesson-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Visual Basic 2010 Lesson 2-Working with Controls"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vbtutor.net\/index.php\/vb2010-lesson-1-introduction\/\">[Lesson 1]<\/a>&lt;&lt;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vbtutor.net\/index.php\/visual-basic-2010-tutorial\/\">[CONTENTS]<\/a> &gt;&gt;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vbtutor.net\/index.php\/visual-basic-2010-lesson-3\/\">[Lesson 3]<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Controls are objects that can be inserted\u00a0into the form of the VB2010 IDE for various purposes. You can write\u00a0relevant\u00a0code for them to perform certain tasks. Figure 2.1 shows the Toolbox that contains the controls. They are categorized into Common Controls, Containers, Menus, Toolbars, Data, Components, Printings and Dialogs. The\u00a0most used common controls are Button, Label, ComboBox, ListBox, PictureBox and TextBox.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vbtutor.net\/vb2010\/vb2010_Image\/vb2010_toolbox.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"905\" height=\"540\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Figure 2.1<\/strong><br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3033628290023372\" data-ad-slot=\"1723562988\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\nTo insert a control into the form, drag the control from the toolbox and drop it into the form. You can customize it according to your needs. For example, you can reposition and resize it. Let&#8217;s examine a few examples that involved the Button, Label, TextBox, ListBox and PictureBox. You don&#8217;t have to worry so much about the code yet because we will explain the program syntaxes as you progress to later lessons. When you click on the Toolbox tab, the common controls Toolbox will appear.<\/p>\n<h2>2.1 Creating your first VB2010 program<\/h2>\n<p>To create your first program, drag the button control into the form, and change its default Text Button1 to OK in the properties window, the word OK will appear on the button in the form, as shown in Figure 2.2<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vbtutor.net\/vb2010\/vb2010_Image\/MyFirstProgram.gif\" alt=\"Visual Basic 2010\" width=\"905\" height=\"540\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Figure 2.1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Next,\u00a0 click on the OK button and the code window appears. Enter the code as in Figure 2.3<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vbtutor.net\/vb2010\/vb2010_Image\/CodeWindow.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"905\" height=\"540\" \/><br \/>\nFigure 2.3<\/p>\n<p>When you run the program and click on the OK button, a dialog box will appear and display the &#8220;WELCOME TO VISUAL BASIC 2010&#8221; message, \u00a0as shown below:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vbtutor.net\/vb2010\/vb2010_Image\/msgbox.gif\" alt=\"Visual Basic 2010\" width=\"70%\" height=\"auto\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Figure 2.4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There you are, you have created your first Visual Basic 2010 program.<\/p>\n<h3>2.2 Using the Text Box<\/h3>\n<p>We will show you how to create a simple calculator using the TextBox control. In this program, insert two text boxes, three labels, and one button. The two text boxes are for the user to enter two numbers, one label is to display the addition operator and the other label is to display the equal sign. The last label is to display the answer. Now change the label on the button to Calculate, allows the click on this button and enter the following code:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"font-size: 110%;\">Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click\r\n\r\nDim num1, num2, product As Single\r\n num1 = TextBox1.Text\r\n num2 = TextBox2.Text\r\n product = num1 + num2\r\n Label1.Text = product\r\nEnd Sub\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>When you run the program and enter two numbers, pressing the calculate button allows program to add the two numbers.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vbtutor.net\/vb2010\/vb2010_Image\/vb2010_2.1.gif\" alt=\"Visual Basic 2010\" width=\"313\" height=\"231\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Figure 2.5<\/strong><br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- vb2010 tutorial matched --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3033628290023372\" data-ad-slot=\"8075128701\" data-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vbtutor.net\/index.php\/vb2010-lesson-1-introduction\/\">[Lesson 1]<\/a>&lt;&lt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vbtutor.net\/index.php\/visual-basic-2010-tutorial\/\">[CONENTS]<\/a> &gt;&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vbtutor.net\/index.php\/visual-basic-2010-lesson-3\/\">[Lesson 3]<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Lesson 1]&lt;&lt;\u00a0[CONTENTS] &gt;&gt;\u00a0[Lesson 3] Controls are objects that can be inserted\u00a0into the form of the VB2010 IDE for various purposes. You can write\u00a0relevant\u00a0code for them to perform certain tasks. Figure 2.1 shows the Toolbox that contains the controls. They are categorized into Common Controls, Containers, Menus, Toolbars, Data, Components, Printings and Dialogs. 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