Introduction to Visual Basic | Visual Basic 01

Hi guys, I have decided to write the visual basic lessons again. Lets start from the begining. 

A brief description of Visual Basic


VISUAL BASIC® is a high level programming language evolved from the earlier DOS
version called BASIC. BASIC stands for Beginners' All-purpose Symbolic Instruction
Code. The program codes in Visual Basic resemble the English language. Different
software companies produce different versions of BASIC, such as Microsoft®
QBASIC, QUICKBASIC, GWBASIC, and IBM BASICA and so on.
Visual Basic is a fairly easy programming language and it is for anybody who is
interested in programming but lacks professional training in software engineering.
Learning VISUAL BASIC will help young children to improve their logical thinking
skills and develop their minds. You can choose to program in VISUAL BASIC purely
for fun and enjoyment or create more advanced applications such as educational
courseware and commercial software.
VISUAL BASIC is a visual and events driven programming Language. These are the
main divergences from the old BASIC. In BASIC, programming is done in a textbased
environment and the program is executed sequentially. In VISUAL BASIC,
programming is done in a graphical environment. In old BASIC, you have to write a
text-based procedure to design the interface, but Visual Basic enables you to design
the interface by dragging and resizing the objects as well as changing their colors,
just like any windowsÒ-based programs.
Visual Basic is event-driven because users may click on a certain object randomly,
so each object has to be programmed independently to be able to response to those
actions (events). Examples of events are clicking a command button, entering text
into a text box, selecting an item in a list box etc. Therefore, a VISUAL BASIC
Program is made up of many subprograms, each with its own program code which
can be executed independently and at the same time can be linked together in one
way or another.

Lets talk about Visual Basic environment in the next post. Good bye.

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Basic knowledge of Visual Basic | Visual Basic 02

Before creating a program you should have a knowledge about VB (Visual Basic). So let's discuss about basic things in VB.

First of all open VB. Then you will see a slash screen. This is known as "New Project" dialog box. There are three tabs named NEW, EXISTING and RECENT.

NEW tab          - This is selected default. We can start a new project using this.
EXISTING tab - This tab is used to develop programs which are created b you before.
RECENT tab    - You can see your recent creations using this tab.

Now we are going to start a new project. So what should I select now? Yes. The NEW tab. Then select standard exe. We can create programs which can run without the help of any software using this exe type. You can see a page like this after clicking open.

Now you know how to start a project. I will discuss about tool bars and menus in VB in the next post. Try yourself to understand them. But I also discuss about them. So good bye. Don't forget to leave a comment about my post.

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What is Visual Basic? | Visual Basic 01

Hi guys! This is my first post on this blog. I'm going to teach you Visual Basic and some other softwares step by step. So this is the first lesson for Visual Basic. Let's start.

What is Programming?

So many people don't like to learn programming, because they think that it is very difficult. I will teach you it with some funny activities. So remember you are a little programmer from now on. Don't think it's difficult. If you have the devotion and the endeavour you can be a great programmer easily.

About Visual Basic

Visual Basic is a very popular programming language in the world, because it is very easy to study. There is a another reason. That is the VB has relationship with MS Office package. We can create softwares that works on windows. They can be very simple softwares or very difficult ones.

Many people has installed Visual Basic 6.0 on their computers. So I will teach these lessons in VB 6.0. First install VB on your computer. That is like normal softwares. So I don't explain how to install. Then you should have a knowledge about Visual Basic interface and other things (menus, tool bars etc.). So I will discuss about those things in next few lessons. Get ready for that. Till then Good bye for you all. Don't forget to Leave your comments about this blog and this post.

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