LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET

SPECIAL PROGRAM IN ICT 10

ADVANCED PROGRAMMING 10
First Quarter, Week 2

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Installation and Familiarization of .Net Environment

BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR LEARNERS
Visual Basic Program (VB) was introduced by Microsoft in 1987. It’s a third-generation event driven
programming language which has graphical user interface. It provides opportunities to modify code by simply
dragging and dropping objects and enhancing their behavior and appearance. This program also provides sets of
tools that helps programmers build electrifying applications. It is also user-friendly, effective and efficient to
use. Students and teachers of ICT can also benefit from familiarizing this program by providing knowledge and
hands-on activities. Enjoy learning!

INSTALLING VISUAL STUDIO 2008

There are some ways to download Visual Basic installer. You can install Visual Studio by using
installation media (DVDs), , by downloading a web installer from the Visual Studio Downloads website, or by
creating an offline installation layout. Most Visual Studio editions are commercial; the only exceptions
are Visual Studio Express and Visual Studio Community, which are freeware. The following steps will show
you an example on how to download and install a Visual Studio 2008.
To install visual studio 2008, download the files from Microsoft
MSDN and go to setup.exe, to lunch the installation screen. Then
click the Install Visual Studio 2008 link to start the installation.

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The setup wizard will start copying needed files into a temporary
folder. Just wait.
 In the welcome setup wizard page you can allow the checkbox
to send your setup familiarity to Microsoft JUST leave it
unchecked. Just wait for the wizard to load the installation
components.

The setup wizard will list down all the required components need to be installed. Any already installed
components will also be mentioned. Notice that VS 2008 (version 8.x) needs .NET Framework version 3.5. Key
in the Product key and accept the license terms. Then click the Next button

There are three installation type:

Default, Full or Custom. In this case we select the Full
installation type and accept the default installation path
given. You can change the installation path and the
required space for every installation type also displayed
when we select it.
Default installation can be useful for average users, you
can select the components you want to include. Default
installation will often be smaller and install faster than a
Custom installation.
A full installation can be best possible if you might need
all the features offered in Visual Studio 2008.Selecting
the Full installation required around 4.3 GB of space.
 A Custom Install is meant for the Intermediate to Expert
user.

The installation starts. Just wait and see the step-by-step,

Visual Studio 2008 components being installed.

Any component that failed to be installed will be marked

with the Red Cross mark instead of the green tick for the
successful. After the installation is completed
successfully, we can exit the setup wizard by clicking the
Finish button.

The Windows Start menu for Visual Studio 2008 is shown below.

Launch Visual Studio 2008 by selecting Microsoft Visual

Studio 2008 menu > Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 sub-menu;
Depending on your programming needs select the settings. The
VS 2008 IDE will change the development settings to the
respective type when we choose to create a project in that type
when the IDE already opened select Start Visual Studio button.

The VS 2008 is configuring the development environments to

the chosen one for the first time use.
 The following is the Visual Studio 2008 IDE (Intergrated
Development Environment).

To start creating your first application, you need to

click on file and select new project. The following
Visual Basic 2008 New Project dialog box will appear
The dialog box offers you five types of projects that
you can create, select Windows Forms Application

When you write a Visual Basic program, you first have to design the user interface. Basically, a Visual Basic
user interface consists of objects that you place on the screen and arrange the controls according to its
organization so that the screen looks attractive.

The Visual Basic development environment contains these programming tools and windows, with which
you create your Visual Basic programs:

 Menu bar
 Toolbars
 Visual Basic toolbox
 Form window
 Properties window
 Project Explorer
 Immediate window
 Form Layout window
 Form Window

When you start Visual Basic, a default form (Form1) with

a standard grid (a window consisting of regularly spaced
dots) appears in a pane called the Form window. You can
use the Form window grid to create the user interface and
to line up interface elements.

Properties Window

With the Properties window, you change the characteristics (property settings) of the
user interface elements on a form. A property setting is a characteristic of a user
interface object. For example, you can change the text displayed, different font, font
size, or alignment.

Project Window

A Visual Basic program consists of several files that are linked

together to make the program run. The Visual Basic
development environment includes a Project window to help
you switch back and forth between these components as you
work on a project.
 Code Window

Visual Basic programs require additional program code

that acts as the brains behind the user interface that you
create. You enter program statements in the Code
window, a special text editing window designed
specifically for Visual Basic program code.

Form Layout Window

The Form Layout window is a visual design tool, you can

control the placement of the forms in the Windows
environment when they are executed. When you have more
than one form in your program, the Form Layout window is
especially useful — you can arrange the forms onscreen
exactly the way you want.

Basic Controls

Toolbox Controls are the design tools you use to build the
user interface of a Visual Basic program. After you place
controls on a form, they become objects that you can
customize with property settings and program code. In this
section, you learn about the most basic user interface controls
in the Visual Basic toolbox.

Labels
It is generally used to display some formative text on the GUI (Graphical User Interface)

Textbox
A Textbox is used to display information entered at design time, by a user at run-time, or assigned within code.
The Textbox control is one of the most versatile tools in the Visual Basic toolbox. This control performs two
functions:
-Displaying output (such as operating instructions or the contents of a file) on a form.
-Receiving text (such as names and phone numbers) as user input.

CommandButton

CommandButton control use to create buttons with a variety of uses on a form. A command button is the most
basic way to get user input while a program is running. By clicking a command button, the user requests that a
specific action be taken in the program. By clicking a command button creates an event, which must be
processed in your program. Some uses of command button is to create ok, submit, cancel and quit button.

OptionButton
sometimes called Radio Buttons used when you want to restrict a users choice to one. It displays a list of
choices on a form and requires the user to pick one (but only one) item from a list of choices.

Checkbox

The Checkbox control is similar to the OptionButton control, except that Checkbox displays a list of choices
and gives the user the option to pick multiple items (or none at all) from a list of choices .

ListBox

It represents a Windows control to display a list of items to a user. A user can select an item rom the list. It
allows the programmer to add items at design time by using the properties window or at the runtime.

ComboBox

The ComboBox control is used to display a dropdown list of various items. It is a combination of a textbox in
which the user enters an item and a drop-down list from which the user selects an item.

LEARNING COMPETENCY
Install VB 2008
Recognize the tools available for creating applications

ACTIVITIES
ACTIVITY 1

Directions: “Word Hunt” Find and encircle the following words that are related to basic controls of Visual
Basic 2008
LABEL TEXTBOX COMMANDBUTTON OPTIONBUTTON LISTBOX
COMBOBOX FRAME CHECKBOX PICTUREBOX POINTER
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CELPCQULTRXYRIF
OGTIKZFBXBUFCNE
MEFNSLCDLCLTKOR
MZJPITPUHXUDLTF
ACSKXOBDSRPBSTR
NOIZLOPOELIRNUA
DMJWNGBBXHVSABM
BBSPOFOTYRETYNE
UOFDAXNPXWSDXOX
TBUBKSLABELKJIS
TOCHECKBOXTPWTM
OXAMDBWJTSWDXPR
NRWNLNKSMZKTVOM
IHFHJGULGBXIUQR
ACTIVITY 2
Directions: Fill in the crossword puzzle with the words missing from the sentences below. Match the number of
the sentence to the boxes placed across or down the grid.

ACROSS
1. installation can be useful for average users, you can select the components you want to include.
Default installation will often be smaller and install faster than a Custom installation.
4. With the window, you change the characteristics (property settings) of the user interface
elements on a form.
6. window is especially useful — you can arrange the forms onscreen exactly the way you
want.
DOWN
2. A installation can be best possible if you might need all the features offered in Visual Studio
2008.Selecting the Full installation required around 4.3 GB of space.
3. A Install is meant for the Intermediate to Expert user.
5. You enter program statements in the window, a special text editing window designed
specifically for Visual Basic program code.

ACTIVITY 3

Directions: Label the following basic controls of Visual basic 2008

REFLECTION

Write something about your expectation on the use of this Visual Basic Application

REFERENCES

https://www.tutorialspoint.com/vb.net/vb.net_environment_setup.htm
https://www.dummies.com/programming/visual-basic/meeting-the-tools-in-the-visual-basic-toolbox/
http://siruyvisualbasic.blogspot.com/p/windows-and-tools.html
https://www.tenouk.com/installusevisualstudio2008.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_Basic_.NET
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Prepared by: LORENA C. TEOFILO

Noted by: LABERNE A. LADIGNON, JR.

Division ICT COORDINATOR/ OIC EPS