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This control is normally used as a description for other controls.
Label
The most common example of an application program for most people.
Windows Form Application
A template whose output can be read by a terminal or command line interface such as the Command Prompt.
Console Application
What do you call a template which contains code that can be accessed by several programs all the same time?
Class Library
It is a broad term for any system, either physical or software based, that allows a user to connect with a given technology.
User Interface
This is the object found in the toolbox that you can drag and drop to your form.
Controls
The user normally clicks this control in order to “start” the program processing.
Button
This is an input field that allows the user to type in values.
Textbox
When you create a project in VB, your starting point for a VB.NET application is the ______________.
Form
Which of the following is not a control?
Dim
Text Box
Label
dim
Elements of Visual Basic.Net
Keywords
Identifier
Variable
Data Types
what are the data types
numeric and non numeric
reserved words in visual basic.net, these are
the commands that are being used and accepted.
keywords
these are the names given to variables in the
program
Identifier
temporary data container stored in memory,
it is a temporary storage location of data in a program
Variable
To declare a variable, the ________ statement is used.
dim
An ____________ is a signal that the user has done something with the
controls and the form.
event
Programs made in Visual Basic, or
those that can simply be called
“window” applications, are _________________
event-driven programs
Merging the Front End and Back
End Applications
To do this, you must do two things:
- Assign the value of the Text Box to a
variable. - Select the “Click” event for the button.
means that no other part of the code can see the code within
Private Sub and End Sub block other than the button.
Private
is a shortcut for subroutine, which tells Visual Basic that there are
lines of code following it that need to be executed.
Sub
is the event; in this case the specific event is for the button to
be clicked.
_Click()
signifies the end of the subroutine code block
End Sub
_________ use machine code as the common language to understand each other.
computers
Machine code is difficult to understand because it is expressed in a ________number system.
binary
A switch that is on is represented as “” and the switch that is off, by “”.
1
0
when was visual basic first released
1991
this generation of programming languages also referred to as “high productivity language”
4th gen language
what is 1st gen called
machine language
what is 2nd gen language called
assembly language
what is the 3rd gen language called
imperative
what is 5th gen language called
logic language
types of translators
compiler
interpreter
what is the difference between compiler and interpreter
interpreter during execution- compiler before execution
the starting point of visual basic applications are the _____________
form
drop-down control that allows the user to select a value from a list of items
combo box
we change the displayed text of a control by updating the property ___________
text
objects from the toolbox that you can use to create the layout for your form
controls
the term for adding and combining controls in a form is______________
drag and drop
manners of giving instruction to a computer
computer programming
6 parts of visual studio
toolbox
data source windows
windows form designer
solution explorer window
properties window
error list
the collection of instructions executed by a computer to perform a specific task
computer program
COMPONENTS of visual studio
source code editor
build automation tools
compilers and interpreters
error debugger
its programmers have a specific set of mnemonics which can be translated by a program to machine language
Second Generation Language
is an integrated development environment (IDE) that is used to develop computer programs running under the Microsoft Windows environment such as the Windows Operating System, Windows Mobile, and Microsoft Silverlight. Being an IDE, it comes with four components designed for ease of programming development.
Visual Studio
Visual Basic started as a drag-and-drop shell prototype named___________
Tripod
is the canvas of the Visual Basic application
Windows Form Designer
This lists the solution name, project name, and all forms and modules used in the project.
Solution Explorer Window
This displays the properties associated with an object.
Properties Windows
This houses several tabs that represent the controls that can be used in your application.
Toolbox
a window “that displays the data sources in your project
Data Sources Window
the most helpful window for developers since it shows the messages or errors that caused the application to fail after it has been compiled.
Error List
This is the template for the traditional stand-alone window-based forms programs.
Windows Form Application
WPF stands for
Windows Presentation Foundation.
This is a program whose output can be read by a terminal or command line interface such as the Command Prompt program found in Windows operating System.
Console Application
is used to create a Dynamic Link Library (DLL), which contains code that can be accessed by several programs all at the same time.
Class Library
This is similar to WPF Applications but rather than having a stand-alone windows client, this uses the Internet browser to run.
WPF Browser
