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Microsoft Visual Basic

A power full tool to develop a


windows-base application.
Why we are learning this subject?
 Develop a windows base application
 Provide a graphical environment
 Easiest to develope, fastest and user
friendly
Areas of Visual Basic
 Database Application
 Port Programming
 Small Level Games
 Class Library (DLL)
 COM / DCOM
 ActiveX Controls
 Multithreaded Application
 … and so many
Version of Visual Basic
 Visual Basic 1.0 (1991)
 Visual Basic 2.0 (1992)
 Visual Basic 3.0 (1993)
 Visual Basic 4.0 (1996)
 Visual Basic 5.0 (1997)
 Visual Basic 6.0 (1998)
Version of Visual Basic .Net
 Visual Basic .Net 2002
 Visual Basic .Net 2003
 Visual Basic .Net 2005
 Visual Basic .Net 2007 (Orcas)
 Visual Basic .Net 2008 (Orcas)
Edition of Visual Basic
 Personal
 Professional
 Enterprise
Visual Basic Environment
 Menu Bar
 Main Toolbar
 Project Window
 Properties Window
 Form Layout Window
 Form Designer
 Code Window
Visual Basic Environment
 Toolbox
 Immediate Window
 Locals Window
 Watch Window
 Object Browser
Programmer Talk
 Control and Object
 Property
 Event
 Method
Event-Driven programming
VB is event-driven means code remains
idle until called upon to respond to
some event. Nothing happens until an
event is detected.

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