This is a guide for beginers on how to use visual basic. If you already have visual basic then skip step one.
Step 1: where to start.
First you must go to msdn.Microsoft.com there should be a downloaded section. Click on it and look for visual basic. You may see stuff like visual c++ or visual c#. c++ and c# are programming languages just like basic. When you click on visual basic you will have the option to download the express version. Follow the instructions to install it. It may take a while.
Step 2: makeing the Gui (graphical User interface)
When you open up something like Microsoft office word you see the programs Gui. The Gui is what you see in the program. Pictures, buttons, text, and more fall into this catagory. Open visual basic and you will see several things. First of all you will see a big white box near the middle of the screen. It is called a form. This is what the User sees. We can drag and drop stuff onto it. There are a lot of other stuff that may be confusing. Ignore them for now. Click on the toolbox. Lots of things will appear. Drag a button and text box onto the screen. Place them anywhere.
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what you learned:
Basic is a programming language.
C++ is a programming language.
c# is a programming language.
Gui stands for graphical User interface.
Users will see the form.
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this is part one. You have completed the Gui of this program
In part 2 learn how to do the programming
