Visual Basic - Notes

Program: A set of logical instructions given to a computer to perform an operation is called a

program.
VB IDE : Visual Basic Integrated Development Environment
IDE provides a common environment for designing, editing and removing errors in
programs.
Components of VB Screen
Project: A project in VB is a place to store the pieces of your program and keep those pieces
organized.
Form: When the project is opened, a form is displayed. This form represents a window that
will be displayed when the program runs. A single project can execute many programs and
so a project can contain multiple forms
Toolbar: The toolbar provides the user quick access to the most commonly used functions of
a program. The title bar and the menu bar are important toolbar.
Tool Box: The toolbox contains the tools (like buttons, check boxes, etc.) which can be
clicked and drawn in the form.
Event driven programming
Event: An event is an action or occurrence detected by the program that may be handled by
the program.
Event Handling: Any operating environment that supports graphical user interfaces
constantly monitors events such as keystrokes or mouse clicks. The operating environment
reports these events to the programs that are running. Each program then decides what, if
anything, to do in response to these events. This is called event handling.