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Lecture 2 - Creating Simple Programs With VB - Net - FallI - 07

This document outlines the steps to create two simple VB.NET programs: 1) A program that displays the date and time on demand when a button is clicked. 2) A program that automatically updates and displays the current date and time using a timer. It discusses adding controls, writing code for buttons and timers, and formatting the displayed time. The goal is to practice basic VB.NET skills in preparation for creating an alarm clock and slot machine program in the next lecture.

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Lecture 2 - Creating Simple Programs With VB - Net - FallI - 07

This document outlines the steps to create two simple VB.NET programs: 1) A program that displays the date and time on demand when a button is clicked. 2) A program that automatically updates and displays the current date and time using a timer. It discusses adding controls, writing code for buttons and timers, and formatting the displayed time. The goal is to practice basic VB.NET skills in preparation for creating an alarm clock and slot machine program in the next lecture.

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Lecture 2: Making Simple Programs

with VB.NET
Outline
 Review:
 Flow chart for project preparation
 Today, we will practice making simple programs
 Program A – Display Time and Date on Demand
 Goal: display the Time and Date,
 On request, by click of a button.
 Program B – Display the Current Time/Date Automatically
 Goal: Add a ‘Timer’ to the program,
 To make it update automatically.
 Creating these programs will provide:
 Practice in using the techniques in Lecture 1
 A basis for making our next pair of programs (Lecture 3).
Flow Chart for Program Preparation
A. Building a Program to Display the
Date and Time on Demand
Step 1: Program Creation
 Open Visual Studio to create a new VB Project.
 Create a Windows Application.
Step 2: Form and Controls Arrangement
 Create a Form with four labels and two buttons.
 Using the tool box, create each as in Lecture 1.
Step 3: Setting Control Properties
Step 4: Writing the Program Code
 Double-click on each button, to add code…
 Using the Code Editor, write code for each button, as shown.
 Double-clicking on each defines a Sub-routine (an ‘event handler’)…
 Which is then encoded by hand to handle a corresponding click event.
Step 5: Program Testing
Flow of Program Execution
 Our program behaves as a very simple “automaton”:
 It initializes once, then enters a ‘waiting’ state…
 Upon input (a <click> event) 
 It wakes, and executes the corresponding code once;
 Then returns to the waiting state…time is not really ‘current’.
B. Building a Program for Automated
Display of the Time/Date
Step 1: Program Creation
 Open Visual Studio to create a new VB Project.
 Create a Windows Application.
Step 2: Form and Controls Arrangement
 Create a Form with four labels and one command button
 Using the tool box, create each as in Lecture 1.
Step 3: Setting Control Properties
Adding a Timer
 Now we add a Timer:
 ‘Drag and Drop’ the timer to the Form from the Toolbox…
 It will then appear beneath the Form
 Set the timer properties using the Properties Window

Enable the timer ( note: the default Interval = 100 ms )
Step 4: Writing the Program Code
 As usual, double-click to add code…using the Code Editor.
 However, code must be written for both Timer1 and Button1.
 Double-clicking on each defines a Sub-routine…
 Which is then encoded by hand to handle the corresponding tick or click .
Step 5: Program Testing
Flow of Program Execution
 Our program now behaves as a synchronous Automaton:
 It initializes once, then (briefly) enters a ‘waiting’ state…
 The Timer periodically (each 0.1 sec) provides an internal ‘wake’ event.
 Waking the automaton, which executes the corresponding code once;
 Our Automaton then returns to the waiting state….until woken again.
Formatting the Displayed Time
 The time display can be formatted differently…
 Using the Format (object, string) function:
 Object = what is to be formatted;
 String = specifies the format: how the object is to be formatted.
 To format a Time, use the following characters:
Customizing the Time Display (cont.)
 Some examples:

 Note the great ease of inserting Japanese characters into a string.


Conclusion
 In this lecture, we have used VisualStudio .NET to construct two
simple Programs:
 A. On-demand Display of the Time/Date
 B. Automated Update/Display of the Time/Date
 And learned how to set and use a Timer.

 Next lecture, we will continue our development with two new


programs:
 An Alarm Clock
 A simple Slot Machine

 With the remainder of the lecture, you should practice:


 Open VB .NET and get familiar with the GUI;
 Try to make the simple program we discussed.
 Test, save, and verify creation of the project files.

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