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Introduction to VB IDE
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 Introduction to VB IDE
Like any other Windows application, VB consists of multiple windows which appear at startup. The windows that are displayed when you start VB are collectively known as the Visual Basic Integrated Development Environment (IDE).
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It's a little known fact, but you can write a VB program from scratch using nothing more than a simple text editor, such as the Edit or Notepad applications which come with Windows. In fact, the Visual Basic project files are exactly that - text files. However, writing a project from scratch would involve a lot of tedious, detailed manual entries. To simplify the task, Microsoft has built in to VB a software program to help you write your VB projects. That software, known as the Integrated Development Environment (IDE for short) is what comes to the screen when you start VB and is the topic of this section.
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Overview
Like any other Windows application, VB consists of multiple windows which appear at startup. The windows that are displayed when you start VB are collectively known as the Visual Basic Integrated Development Environment (IDE).
When you first start VB all of the windows are locked together in what is called the MDI format. I prefer the SDI format (which you can set in the options menu) which allows each of the windows to be positioned independently on your screen. Here's a sample IDE screen which shows a VB project with one form on which is a single command button.
IDE
It's a little known fact, but you can write a VB program from scratch using nothing more than a simple text editor, such as the Edit or Notepad applications which come with Windows. In fact, the Visual Basic project files are exactly that - text files. However, writing a project from scratch would involve a lot of tedious, detailed manual entries. To simplify the task, Microsoft has built in to VB a software program to help you write your VB projects. That software, known as the Integrated Development Environment (IDE for short) is what comes to the screen when you start VB and is the topic of this section.
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Overview
Like any other Windows application, VB consists of multiple windows which appear at startup. The windows that are displayed when you start VB are collectively known as the Visual Basic Integrated Development Environment (IDE).
When you first start VB all of the windows are locked together in what is called the MDI format. I prefer the SDI format (which you can set in the options menu) which allows each of the windows to be positioned independently on your screen. Here's a sample IDE screen which shows a VB project with one form on which is a single command button.
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