VISUAL PROGRAMMING

VISUAL BASIC(VB.Net)
BSCS-6th SEMESTER

Course Instructor: Mr.Malak Roman

Lecturer CS/IT
CS Department
University of Chitral
 INTRODUCTION TO VISUAL BASIC
Microsoft Visual Basic, the latest and greatest incarnation of the
old BASIC language, gives you a complete Windows application
development system in one package.
Visual Basic (or VB, as we often call it) lets you write, edit, and
test Windows applications.
In addition, VB includes tools you can use to write and compile
help files, ActiveX controls, and even Internet applications.

Controls are tools on the Toolbox window that you place on a

form to interact with the user and control the program flow.
 Programming
A program is a set of instructions that make the computer do
something such as perform accounting.
(The term program is often used synonymously with
application.)
Visual Basic is itself a Windows application.
You load and execute the VB system just as you do other
Windows programs.
You will use this running VB program to create other programs.
VB is just a tool, although an extremely powerful tool, that
programmers (people who write programs) use to write, test,
and run Windows applications.
 Project
A project is a collection of files you create that comprises your
Windows application.
Although programmers often use the terms program and
application interchangeably the term application seems to fit
the best when you’re describing a Windows program because a
Windows program typically consists of several files.
These files work together in the form of a project.
The project generates the final program that the user loads and
runs from Windows by double-clicking an icon or by starting
the application with the Windows Start menu.
 Visual Programming
An application is a collection of one or more files that compile
into an executable program.
A programming language today, such as Visual Basic, differs
greatly from programming languages of just a few years ago.
Before windowed environments, a programming language was a
simple text-based tool with which you wrote programs.
Graphical development tool that can work inside the Windows
system and create applications that take advantage of all the
graphical, multimedia, online, and multiprocessed activities
that Windows offers.
Visual Basic is such a tool.
 Visual Basics (VB.Net)
VB.Net is a simple, modern, object-oriented computer
programming language developed by Microsoft to combine the
power of .NET Framework and the common language runtime
with the productivity benefits that are the hallmark of Visual
Basic
VB.NET is implemented by Microsoft's .NET framework.
Therefore, it has full access to all the libraries in the .Net
Framework.
The following reasons make VB.Net a widely used professional
language.
Modern, general purpose.
Object oriented.
Component oriented.
Easy to learn.
Structured language.
It produces efficient programs.
It can be compiled on a variety of computer platforms.
Part of .Net Framework
 The .Net Framework
The .Net framework is a revolutionary platform that helps you to
write the following types of applications −
1. Windows applications
2. Web applications
3. Web services
The .Net framework applications are multi-platform applications.
The framework has been designed in such a way that it can be used
from any of the following languages:
Visual Basic, C#, C++, Jscript, and COBOL, etc.
All these languages can access the framework as well as
communicate with each other.
The .Net framework consists of an enormous library of codes used
by the client languages like VB.Net.
These languages use object-oriented methodology.
Following are some of the components of the .Net framework
Common Language Runtime (CLR)
The .Net Framework Class Library
Common Language Specification
Common Type System
Metadata and Assemblies
Windows Forms
ASP.Net and ASP.Net AJAX
ADO.Net
Windows Workflow Foundation (WF)
Windows Presentation Foundation
Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
 VB.Net - Program Structure
A VB.Net program basically consists of the following parts −
Namespace declaration
A class or module
One or more procedures
Variables
The Main procedure
Statements & Expressions
Comments
 VB.Net - Program Structure...
Let us look at a simple code that would print the words "Hello
World" 

When the above code is compiled and executed, it produces the

following result Hello World
 VB.Net - Program Structure...
Look various parts of the above program
The first line of the program Imports System is used to include
the System namespace in the program.
The next line has a Module declaration, the module Module1.
VB.Net is completely object oriented, so every program must
contain a module of a class that contains the data and
procedures that your program uses.
Classes or Modules generally would contain more than one
procedure.
Procedures contain the executable code, or in other words, they
define the behavior of the class.
A procedure could be any of the following
 VB.Net - Program Structure...
A procedure could be any of the following −
Function
Sub
Operator
Get
Set
AddHandler
RemoveHandler
RaiseEvent
The next line( 'This program) will be ignored by the compiler
and it has been put to add additional comments in the program.
The next line defines the Main procedure, which is the entry
point for all VB.Net programs.
 VB.Net - Program Structure...
The Main procedure specifies its behavior with the statement
Console.WriteLine("Hello World") WriteLine is a method of
the Console class defined in the System namespace. This
statement causes the message "Hello, World!" to be displayed
on the screen.
The last line Console.ReadKey() is for the VS.NET Users. This
will prevent the screen from running and closing quickly when
the program is launched from Visual Studio .NET.
 C-Sharp (C#)
C# is a modern, general-purpose, object-oriented programming
language developed by Microsoft and approved by European
Computer Manufacturers Association (ECMA) and
International Standards Organization (ISO).
C# was developed by Anders Hejlsberg and his team during the
development of .Net Framework.
C# is designed for Common Language Infrastructure (CLI),
which consists of the executable code and runtime environment
that allows use of various high-level languages on different
computer platforms and architectures.
 C-Sharp (C#)
The following reasons make C# a widely used professional
language
It is a modern, general-purpose programming language
It is object oriented.
It is component oriented.
It is easy to learn.
It is a structured language.
It produces efficient programs.
It can be compiled on a variety of computer platforms.
It is a part of .Net Framework.
 C-Sharp (C#)
The following reasons make C# a widely used professional
language
It is a modern, general-purpose programming language
It is object oriented.
It is component oriented.
It is easy to learn.
It is a structured language.
It produces efficient programs.
It can be compiled on a variety of computer platforms.
It is a part of .Net Framework.
 C# - Type Conversion
Type conversion is converting one type of data to another type.
It is also known as Type Casting.
In C#, type casting has two forms
Implicit type conversion − These conversions are performed
by C# in a type-safe manner. For example, are conversions from
smaller to larger integral types and conversions from derived
classes to base classes.
Explicit type conversion − These conversions are done
explicitly by users using the pre-defined functions. Explicit
conversions require a cast operator.
 C# - Type Conversion
C# Type Conversion Methods
C# provides the following built-in type conversion methods 
ToBoolean
Converts a type to a Boolean value, where possible.
ToByte
Converts a type to a byte.
ToChar
Converts a type to a single Unicode character, where possible.
ToDateTime
Converts a type (integer or string type) to date-time structures.
ToDecimal
Converts a floating point or integer type to a decimal type.
ToDouble
Converts a type to a double type.
ToInt16
Converts a type to a 16-bit integer.
ToInt32
Converts a type to a 32-bit integer.
 C# - Type Conversion
ToInt64
Converts a type to a 64-bit integer.
ToSbyte
Converts a type to a signed byte type.
ToSingle
Converts a type to a small floating point number.
ToString
Converts a type to a string.
ToType
Converts a type to a specified type.
ToUInt16
Converts a type to an unsigned int type.
ToUInt32
Converts a type to an unsigned long type.
ToUInt64
Converts a type to an unsigned big integer.
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