Lecture 3 Code Samples

Eric J. Schwabe
IT 236 Spring 2008

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' AddStrings.sln
' Eric J. Schwabe
' IT 236 Spring 2008
' Demonstrates Add and Clear operations on a ListBox

Public Class Form1

Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form

' When the button is clicked, add a string to the list box
Private Sub repeatButton_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles repeatButton.Click
cheerListBox.Items.Add("Hip Hip Hooray!")
End Sub

' When the button is clicked, clear the list box

Private Sub eraseButton_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
Handles eraseButton.Click
cheerListBox.Items.Clear()
End Sub
End Class

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' NumberSpew.sln
' Eric J. Schawabe
' IT 236 Spring 2008
' Demonstrates the display of several variable values

Option Strict On
' Option Explicit is On by default

Public Class Form1

Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form

' Declares and sets the values of four variables, and displays them in a list box
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
Handles goButton.Click

' Variable declarations

Dim w As Double
Dim x As Double
Dim y As Double
Dim z As Double

' Assignments of values to variables

w = 2
x = -1
y = 9.876
z = 1 / 3

' w = Math.Sqrt(2)
' x = Math.Sqrt(14.5)
' y = Math.Round(Math.Sqrt(14.5), 3)
' z = Int(Math.Sqrt(14.5))

' Displaying values in the list box

outputListBox.Items.Clear()
outputListBox.Items.Add("w = " & w)
outputListBox.Items.Add("x = " & x)
outputListBox.Items.Add("y = " & y)
outputListBox.Items.Add("z = " & z)

End Sub
End Class

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' CountClicks.sln
' Eric J. Schwabe
' IT 236 Spring 2008
' Counts the number of times the button is clicked, using a form-level variable

Option Strict On

Public Class Form1

Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form

' Declaration of a form-level variable to keep track of the number of clicks

Private count As Integer = 0

' Increments the value of the click counter when the button is pressed
Private Sub btnClick_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
Handles btnClick.Click

' This is a declaration of a local variable -- why don't we do this?

' Dim count As Integer = 0

count = count + 1
lblCount.Text = count.ToString()

End Sub
End Class

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' NumberSpew.sln
' Eric J. Schawabe
' IT 236 Spring 2008
' Demonstrates the display of several variable values

Option Strict On

Public Class Form1

Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form

' Declares and sets the values of four variables, and displays them in a list box
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
Handles goButton.Click

' Variable declarations

Dim interest As Double

Dim principal As Double

Dim w As Double
Dim x As Double
Dim y As Double
Dim z As Double

' Assignments of values to variables

Try
interest = Double.Parse(interestTextBox.Text)
principal = Double.Parse(principalTextBox.Text)

w = principal
x = principal * (1 + interest / 100)
y = principal * (1 + interest / 100) ^ 2
z = principal * (1 + interest / 100) ^ 3

' w = Math.Sqrt(2)
' x = Math.Sqrt(14.5)
' y = Math.Round(Math.Sqrt(14.5), 3)
' z = Int(Math.Sqrt(14.5))

' Displaying values in the list box

outputListBox.Items.Clear()
outputListBox.Items.Add("w = " & w)
outputListBox.Items.Add("x = " & x)
outputListBox.Items.Add("y = " & y)
outputListBox.Items.Add("z = " & z)

Catch ex As Exception
outputListBox.Items.Clear()
outputListBox.Items.Add("ERROR:")
outputListBox.Items.Add(" Enter number!")

End Try

End Sub
End Class

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' Conversion.sln
' Eric J. Schwabe
' IT 236 Spring 2008
' Does conversions of feet to inches and vice versa

Option Strict On

Public Class Form1

' Variable to hold the conversion factor

Private Const INCHES_PER_FOOT As Double = 12

' Converts feet to inches by multiplying by 12

Private Sub feetInchesButton_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles feetInchesButton.Click

Dim feet As Double

Dim inches As Double

feet = Double.Parse(feetTextBox.Text)
inches = feet * INCHES_PER_FOOT
inchesTextBox.Text = inches.ToString()

End Sub

' Converts inches to feet by multiplying to 12

Private Sub inchesFeetButton_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles inchesFeetButton.Click

Dim feet As Double

Dim inches As Double

inches = Double.Parse(inchesTextBox.Text)
feet = inches / INCHES_PER_FOOT
feetTextBox.Text = feet.ToString()

End Sub

' Clears the inches text box when the user types in the feet text box
Private Sub feetTextBox_KeyPress(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
System.Windows.Forms.KeyPressEventArgs) Handles feetTextBox.KeyPress
inchesTextBox.Text = ""
End Sub

' Clears the feet text box when the user types in the inches text box
Private Sub inchesTextBox_KeyPress(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
System.Windows.Forms.KeyPressEventArgs) Handles inchesTextBox.KeyPress
feetTextBox.Text = ""
End Sub
End Class

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' StringProperties.sln
' Eric J. Schwabe
' IT 236 Spring 2008
' Demonstrate some String object properties

Option Strict On

Public Class Form1

Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form

' Illustrates several properties of an input string

Private Sub btnGo_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
Handles goButton.Click

Dim incoming As String = inputTextBox.Text

outputListBox.Items.Clear()
outputListBox.Items.Add("String ='" & incoming & "'")
outputListBox.Items.Add("Length = " & incoming.Length)
outputListBox.Items.Add("ToUpper = '" & incoming.ToUpper & "'")
outputListBox.Items.Add("ToLower = '" & incoming.ToLower & "'")
outputListBox.Items.Add("Trim = '" & incoming.Trim & "'")
outputListBox.Items.Add("Trim Length = " & (incoming.Trim).Length)

End Sub
End Class

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' StringMethods.sln
' Eric J. Schwabe
' IT 236 Spring 2008
' Demonstrates some String object methods

Option Strict On

Public Class Form1

Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form

' Applies the Substring method to the string in the text box
' with the values of m and n taken from the left text boxes.
' The result is displayed in the lower left, and all text boxes
' on the right are cleared.

Private Sub substringButton_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As

System.EventArgs) Handles substringButton.Click

Dim input As String

Dim m, n As Integer
Dim result As String

input = inputTextBox.Text
m = CInt(positionTextBox.Text)
n = CInt(sizeTextBox.Text)
result = input.Substring(m, n)

substringOutTextBox.Text = result
targetTextBox.Text = ""
indexOutTextBox.Text = ""

End Sub

' Applies the IndexOF method to the string in the text box
' with the value of target taken from the right text box.
' The result is displayed in the lower right, and all text boxes
' on the left are cleared.

Private Sub indexOfButton_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As

System.EventArgs) Handles indexOfButton.Click

Dim input As String

Dim target As String
Dim result As Integer

input = inputTextBox.Text
target = targetTextBox.Text
result = input.IndexOf(target)

indexOutTextBox.Text = result.ToString()
positionTextBox.Text = ""
sizeTextBox.Text = ""
substringOutTextBox.Text = ""

End Sub
End Class

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' HappyBirthday.sln
' Eric J. Schwabe
' IT 236 Spring 2008
' Demonstrates the use of an input box, as well as a Form_Load event procedure

Option Strict On

Public Class Form1

Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form

' The procedures runs once, when the form is first displayed
' It prompts the user for a name using a text box, and sings Happy Birthday to that
person

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)

Handles MyBase.Load

Dim name As String

name = InputBox("Please enter your name:", "Whose birthday is it?")

'MessageBox.Show("Happy Birthday, " & name & "!", "Additional Greeting")

songListBox.Items.Add("Happy Birthday to you,")

songListBox.Items.Add("Happy Birthday to you,")
songListBox.Items.Add("Happy Birthday, dear " & name & ",")
songListBox.Items.Add("Happy Birthday to you!")

End Sub
End Class

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' Eric J. Schwabe

' IT 236 Section 501
' Monthly Budget Example
' January 18, 2006

Option Strict On

Public Class Form1

Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form

' When the user clicks the compute button, adds up the amounts
' to get the overall total, and computes the percentage of the
' budget taken up by each item. Displays the total and percentages
' in the read-only text boxes

Private Sub btnCompute_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)

Handles btnCompute.Click

' Find totals

Dim rent, food, util, ent, total As Double
rent = Double.Parse(txtRent.Text)
food = Double.Parse(txtFood.Text)
util = Double.Parse(txtUtil.Text)
ent = Double.Parse(txtEnt.Text)
total = rent + food + util + ent

' Find percentages

Dim rPct, fPct, uPct, ePct As Double
rPct = rent / total
fPct = food / total
uPct = util / total
ePct = ent / total

' Display results

txtTotal.Text = total.ToString("C")
TxtRentPct.Text = rPct.ToString("P")
txtFoodPct.Text = fPct.ToString("P")
txtUtilPct.Text = uPct.ToString("P")
txtEntPct.Text = ePct.ToString("P")
txtRent.Text = rent.ToString()
txtFood.Text = food.ToString()
txtUtil.Text = util.ToString()
txtEnt.Text = ent.ToString()

End Sub

' When the user clicks the clear button, clears the contents of
' all text boxes

Private Sub btnClear_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)

Handles btnClear.Click
txtRent.Text = ""
txtFood.Text = ""
txtUtil.Text = ""
txtEnt.Text = ""
txtTotal.Text = ""
TxtRentPct.Text = ""
txtFoodPct.Text = ""
txtUtilPct.Text = ""
txtEntPct.Text = ""
End Sub

End Class

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