Application Specifics
If Visual Basic is loaded on your computer, start Visual Basic now. Select Standard EXE and click Open to open a new application. Before adding any code to a Visual Basic program, you must create the program window, with all its controls in the window. As you learn more about Visual Basic, you will be able to add code as you go, but for now the best way to learn Visual Basic is to place controls on the Form window.
When you place controls on the Form window, you must name the controls, position the controls, set control properties, adjust control sizes, and connect all event procedure code that goes with each control.
Tip
One of the first things you will do when you create a new application is to increase the Form window ...
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