Microsoft Visual Basic 2010 CHAPTER TWO Program and Graphical User Interface Design

Microsoft Visual Basic 2010

CHAPTER TWO

Program and GraphicalUser Interface Design

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Chapter 2: Program and Graphical User Interface Design 2

Objectives

►Open and close Visual Studio 2010►Create a Visual Basic 2010 Windows Application

project►Name and set the Title Bar text in a Windows

Form object; resize a Windows Form object►Add a Label object to a Windows Form object;

name the Label object; set the text in the Label object; change the Font properties of the text in the Label object

►Add a PictureBox object to the Windows Form object; name the PictureBox object; resize the PictureBox object

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Objectives

►Add a Button object to the Windows Form object; name the Button object; set the text in the Button object; change the Button object size

►Align Objects on the Windows Form object►Save and open Visual Basic projects►Understand and implement graphical user

interface design principles►Understand and implement the first two phases of

the program development life cycle

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Preview the Chapter Project

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Open Visual Studio 2010

►Click the Start button on the Windows taskbar, point to All Programs on the Start menu, and then point to Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 on the All Programs submenu

►Click Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 on the submenu

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Create a New Visual Basic 2010 Windows Application Project

►Click the New Project button on the Standard toolbar

►If necessary, in the left pane, click Visual Basic so it is selected

►If necessary, click Windows Forms Application in the middle pane

►Double-click the text,WindowsApplication1, in the Name text box to select the text. Type the project name

►Click the OK button in the New Project window

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Create a New Visual Basic 2010Windows Application Project

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Create a New Visual Basic 2010Windows Application Project

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Display the Toolbox

►If the window does not already display the Toolbox, point to the Toolbox button in the left margin of the window

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Display the Toolbox

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Permanently Display the Toolbox

►If necessary, point to the Toolbox button in the left margin of the window to display the Toolbox. Then, click the Auto Hide button on the Toolbox title bar

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Permanently Display the Toolbox

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Name the Windows Form Object

►Click anywhere in the Windows Form object to select it►In the Solution Explorer window, right-click the Form1.vb

filename. On the shortcut menu, point to Rename►Click Rename. Type the name of the form, and press the

ENTER key

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Set the Title Bar Text in a Windows Form Object

►With the Windows Form object selected, scroll in the Properties window until you find the Text property. Then, double-click in the right column for the Text property

►Type the title bar text, and then press the ENTER key

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Resize a Form

►Place the mouse pointer over the sizing handle in the lower-right corner of the Windows Form object

►Drag the sizing handle to the right and down until the window is the size you want. Then, release the left mouse button

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Resize a Form

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Add a Label Object

►Drag the Label .NET component button from the Common Controls category in the Toolbox over the Windows Form object to the approximate location where you want to place the Label object

►When the mouse pointer is in the correct location, release the left mouse button

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Add a Label Object

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Name the Label Object

►With the Label object selected, scroll in the Properties window until you find the (Name) property. Then double-click in the right column for the (Name) property

►Type the new name, and then press the ENTER key

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Name the Label Object

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Change the Text in a Label Object

►With the Label object selected, scroll in the Properties dialog box until you find the Text property. Then, double-click the Text value in the right column

►Type the new text for the Text property►To enter the Text property, press the ENTER key

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Enter Multiple Lines of Text in a Label Object

►With the Label object selected, click the Text property name in the left column of the Properties window. Then, click the down arrow in the right column of the Text property

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Enter Multiple Lines of Text in a Label Object

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Change Label Font, Font Style, and Font Size

►Click the Label object to select it. Scroll until you find the Font property in the Properties window. Click the Font property in the left column of the Label property window

►Click the ellipsis button for the Font property►In the Font dialog box, scroll to the font you want

to use in the Font list and then click the font in the Font list. Click a desired font style in the Font style list. Click the size you want to use in the Size list

►Click the OK button

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Center a Label Object in the Windows Form Object

►With the Label object selected, click Format on the Menu bar and then point to Center in Form on the Format menu

►Click Horizontally on the Center in Form submenu

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Center a Label Object in the Windows Form Object

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Delete GUI Objects

►Select the object to be deleted by clicking it►Press the DELETE key on the keyboard

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Delete GUI Objects

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Use the Undo Button on the Standard Toolbar

►Click the Undo button on the Standard toolbar

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Use the Undo Button on the Standard Toolbar

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Add a PictureBox Object

►With the Toolbox visible, drag the PictureBox .NET component on the Toolbox over the Windows Form object to the approximate location where you want the PictureBox object to be displayed

►When the mouse pointer is in the correct location, release the left mouse button

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Name a PictureBox Object

►Select the PictureBox object►Locate the (Name) property in the Properties

window for the PictureBox object►Double-click the value in the right column for the

(Name) property, type the name, and then press the ENTER key

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Resize a PictureBox Object

►Place the mouse pointer over the sizing handle at the lower-right corner of the PictureBox object, and then drag the handle to the size required

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Resize a PictureBox Object

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Add a Second PictureBox Object

►Drag the PictureBox .NET component in the Toolbox to any location in the Windows Form object, and then release the left mouse button

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Add a Second PictureBox Object

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Make Objects the Same Size

►Select the object whose size you want to duplicate, and then hold down the CTRL key and click the object you want to resize

►Click Format on the menu bar and then point to the Make Same Size command on the Format menu

►Click Both on the Make Same Size submenu

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Align the PictureBox Objects

►With the left and right PictureBox objects selected, click Format on the menu bar and then point to Align on the Format menu

►Click Bottoms on the Align submenu

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Align the PictureBox Objects

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Center Multiple Objects Horizontally in the Window

►With both objects selected, click Format on the menu bar and then point to the Center in Form command

►Click Horizontally on the Center in Form submenu

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Center Multiple Objects Horizontally in the Window

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Add a Button Object

►With the Toolbox displayed in the Visual Studio window, drag the Button .NET component in the Toolbox over the Windows Form object to the position where you want to place the button

►When the mouse pointer is positioned properly, release the left mouse button

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Add a Button Object

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Name and Set Text for a Button Object

►With the Button object selected, scroll in the Properties dialog box until you find the Text property. Double-click the Text value in the right column, type the text you want to display, and then press the ENTER key

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Name and Set Text for a Button Object

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Change Button Object Size

►Place the mouse pointer over the right edge of the Button object until the pointer changes to a double-headed arrow

►Drag the mouse pointer to the right until the Button object is just big enough to display the text, and then release the left mouse button

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Change Button Object Size

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Add and Align a Second Button

►Drag the Button .NET component from the Toolbox to the right of the Standard Room button on the Windows Form object. Align the top of the rectangle in the mouse pointer to the top of the Standard Room button until a blue line displays along the tops of the buttons

►When the buttons are aligned and spaced as you like, release the left mouse button

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Aligning Objects Vertically

►If necessary, click anywhere in the Windows Form object to deselect any other objects. Then, slowly drag the Deluxe Room button below the Standard Room button until vertical blue snap lines are displayed

►When the blue lines appear, indicating the buttons are aligned vertically, drag the Deluxe Room button up or down to create the proper spacing between the buttons, and then release the left mouse button

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Save a Visual Basic Project

►To save the work you have completed, you can click the Save All button on the Standard toolbar

►The first time you save a project, the Save Project dialog box is displayed

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Close Visual Studio 2010

►To close Visual Studio, you can click the Close button on the right of the Visual Studio window title bar

►If, when you close Visual Studio, you have never saved your program, Visual Studio will display the Close Project dialog box

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Open a Visual Studio Project

►Method 1: Double-click the solution file in the folder in which it is stored

►Method 2: With Visual Studio open, click the Open File button on the Standard toolbar, locate the solution file, and open it

►Method 3: With Visual Studio open, click File on the menu bar and then point to Recent Projects and Solutions on the File menu. Click the name of the project you want to open

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Summary

►Open and close Visual Studio 2010►Create a Visual Basic 2010 Windows Application

project►Name and set the Title Bar text in a Windows

Form object; resize a Windows Form object►Add a Label object to a Windows Form object;

name the Label object; set the text in the Label object; change the Font properties of the text in the Label object

►Add a PictureBox object to the Windows Form object; name the PictureBox object; resize the PictureBox object

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Summary

►Add a Button object to the Windows Form object; name the Button object; set the text in the Button object; change the Button object size

►Align Objects on the Windows Form object►Save and open Visual Basic projects►Understand and implement graphical user

interface design principles►Understand and implement the first two phases of

the program development life cycle

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