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Chapter 3 – Fundamentals of Programming in Visual Basic
• 3.1 Visual Basic Controls
• 3.2 Visual Basic Events
• 3.3 Numbers
• 3.4 Strings
• 3.5 Input and Output
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3.1 Visual Basic Controls• Invoking Visual Basic • Text Box Control• Button Control• Label Control• List Box Control• Name Property • Fonts / Auto Hide• Positioning and Aligning Controls
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IN-CLASS EXAMPLE
Make a small program or two
The following slides show screen shots of the compiler, I’ll keep them up for review.
Section 3.3 Numbers Next
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Visual Basic Start Page
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Start a New Project
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New Project Dialog Box
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Initial Visual Basic Screen
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Toolbox
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3 Ways to Place a Control from the Toolbox onto the Form Window
• Double-click
• Drag
• Click, Point, and Drag
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Four Controls at Design Time
Text box
To select a control, click on it. Sizing handles will appear when a control is selected.
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Text Box Control• Used for input and output• When used for output, ReadOnly
property is set to True
Sizing handles
Tasks button
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Properties Window
Categorized view Alphabetical view
Press F4 to display the
Properties window for the selected
control.
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Properties Window
PropertiesSettings
Selected control
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Some Often Used Properties
• Text
• Autosize
• Font.Name
• Font.Size
• ForeColor
• BackColor
• ReadOnly
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Setting Properties
• Click on property name in left column.
• Enter its setting into right column by typing or selecting from options displayed via a button or ellipses.
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Setting the ForeColor Property
1. Click on ForeColor.
2. Click on button at right of settings box.
3. Click on Custom tab to obtain display shown.
4. Click on a color.
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Font Property1. Click on
Font in left column.
2. Click on ellipsis at right of settings box to obtain display shown,
3. Make selections.
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Button Control• The caption on the button should indicate
the effect of clicking on the button.• Text property determines caption.
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Add an "access key"
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Label Control• Used to identify the contents of a text box.• Text property specifies caption.• By default, label automatically resizes to
accommodate caption on one line.• When the AutoSize property is set to False,
label can be resized manually. Used primarily to obtain a multi-rowed label.
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List Box Control
• Initially used to display several pieces of output.
• Later used to select from a list.
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The Name Property• How the programmer refers to a control in
code• Setting for Name property near top of
Properties window.• Name must begin with a letter, be less than
215 characters long, and may include numbers and letters.
• Use appropriate 3- or 4-character naming prefix
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Control Name Prefixes
Control Prefix Example
button btn btnCompute
label lbl lblAddress
text box txt txtAddress
list box lst lstOutput
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Renaming the Form
• Initial name is Form1
• The Solution Explorer window lists a file named Form1.vb.
• To rename the form, change the name of this file to newName.vb
• newName should begin with prefix frm.
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Fonts
• Proportional width fonts take up less space for "I" than for "W" – like Microsoft Sans Serif
• Fixed-width fonts take up the same amount of space for each character – like Courier New
• Fixed-width fonts are good for tables.
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Auto Hide
• Hides Toolbox when not in use• Vertical push pin icon indicates auto hide is
disabled.• Click the push pin to make it horizontal and
enable auto hide.
Push pin
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Positioning Controls
Proximity line
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Aligning Controls
Snap line
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Aligning Controls
Snap line
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3.2 Visual Basic Events
• An Event Procedure Walkthrough
• Properties and Event Procedures of the Form
• The Header of an Event Procedure
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Event
• An event is an action, such as the user clicking on a button
• Usually, nothing happens in a Visual Basic program until the user does something and generates an event.
• What happens is determined by statements.
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Sample Statements
• txtBox.ForeColor = Color.Red
• txtBox.Visible = True
• txtBox.Text = “Hello World”
General Form:
controlName.property = setting
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Sample Form
txtFirst
txtSecond
btnRed
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Focus
• When you click on a text box, a cursor appears in the text box, and you can type into the text box.
• Such a text box is said to have the focus.
• If you click on another text box, the first text box loses the focus and the second text box receives the focus.
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Examples of Events
• btnShow.Click
• txtBox.TextChanged
• txtBox.Leave
General Form:
controlName.event
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The three steps in creating a Visual Basic program:
1. Create the interface; that is, generate, position, and size the objects.
2. Set properties; that is, configure the appearance of the objects.
3. Write the code that executes when events occur.
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Code Window
Method Name box
Class Name box
Page tab
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Structure of an Event Procedure
Private Sub objectName_event(...)
Handles objectName.event
statements
End Sub
(...) is filled automatically with (ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
Header
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Code Window
Method Name box
Class Name box
Page tab
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Create an Outline for an Event Procedure; i.e. header and End Sub
1. Double-click on a control
or
2. Use the Class Name and Method
Name boxes.
(We primarily use the first
method.)
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Sample Form
txtFirst
txtSecond
btnRed
Double Click on txtFirst
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Code for WalkthroughPublic Class frmDemo
Private Sub txtFirst_TextChanged(...)
Handles txtFirst.TextChanged
txtFirst.ForeColor = Color.Blue
End Sub
End Class
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IntelliSense
Automatically pops up to give the programmer help.
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Code Window
Click tab to return to Form Designer
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Sample Form
txtFirst
txtSecond
btnRed
Double-click on btnRed
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Code for WalkthroughPublic Class frmDemo Private Sub txtFirst_TextChanged(...) Handles txtFirst.TextChanged txtFirst.ForeColor = Color.Blue End Sub
Private Sub btnRed_Click(...) Handles btnRed.Click
End SubEnd Class
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Code for WalkthroughPublic Class frmDemo Private Sub txtFirst_TextChanged(...) Handles txtFirst.TextChanged txtFirst.ForeColor = Color.Blue End Sub
Private Sub btnRed_Click(...) Handles btnRed.Click txtFirst.ForeColor = Color.Red End SubEnd Class
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Event Procedure txtFirst.Leave
• Select txtFirst from Class Name box drop-down list.
• Select Leave from Method Name box drop-down list.
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Code for WalkthroughPrivate Sub txtFirst_Leave(...) Handles txtFirst.Leave End Sub
Private Sub txtFirst_TextChanged(...) Handles txtFirst.TextChanged txtFirst.ForeColor = Color.BlueEnd Sub
Private Sub btnRed_Click(...) Handles btnRed.Click txtFirst.ForeColor = Color.RedEnd Sub
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Code for WalkthroughPrivate Sub txtFirst_Leave(...) Handles txtFirst.Leave txtFirst.ForeColor = Color.BlackEnd Sub
Private Sub txtFirst_TextChanged(...) Handles txtFirst.TextChanged txtFirst.ForeColor = Color.BlueEnd Sub
Private Sub btnRed_Click(...) Handles btnRed.Click txtFirst.ForeColor = Color.RedEnd Sub
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Header of Event ProcedurePrivate Sub btnRed_Click(…) Handles btnRed.Click
Identifies eventName, can be changed.
Private Sub Button_Press(…) Handles btnRed.Click
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Handling Multiple Events
Private Sub Button_Click(...) Handles btnRed.Click, txtSecond.Leave txtFirst.ForeColor = Color.RedEnd Sub
Event procedure can be invoked by two events.
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Altering Properties of the Form
• The following won't work: frmDemo.Text = "Demonstration"
• The form is referred to by the keyword Me.
Me.Text = "Demonstration"
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3.3 Numbers
• How to handle numbers in VB• Arithmetic Operations • Variables • Incrementing the Value of a Variable • Built-In Functions:
• Math.Sqrt• Int• Math.Round
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Numbers continued
• The Integer Data Type
• Multiple Declarations
• Parentheses
• Three Types of Errors
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Arithmetic Operations
• Numbers are called numeric literals
• Five arithmetic operations in Visual Basic• + addition• - subtraction• * multiplication• / division• ^ exponentiation
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Numeric Expressions
• 2 + 3
• 3 * (4 + 5)
• 2 ^ 3
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Displaying Numbers
Let n be a number or a numeric expression.
The statement
lstBox.Items.Add(n)
displays the value of n in the list box.
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Numbers Example
• List Box Example
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Example 1: Form
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Example 1: Code and OutputPrivate Sub btnCompute_Click (...) Handles btnCompute.Click lstResults.Items.Add(5) lstResults.Items.Add(2 * 3) lstResults.Items.Add((2 ^ 3) – 1)End Sub
Output 5in list 6box 7
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Example 1: Code using WithPrivate Sub btnCompute_Click (...)
Handles btnCompute.Click
With lstResults.Items
.Add(5)
.Add(2 * 3)
.Add((2 ^ 3) – 1)
End With
End Sub
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Numeric Variable
A numeric variable is a name to which a number can be assigned.
Examples:
speeddistance
interestRatebalance
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Variables
• Declaration:Dim speed As Double
Variable name Data type
• Assignment:speed = 50
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Initialization
• Numeric variables are automatically initialized to 0:
Dim varName As Double
• To specify a nonzero initial value
Dim varName As Double = 50
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Numeric Expressions
Numeric variables can be used in numeric
expressions.
Dim balance As Double = 1000
lstBox.Items.Add(1.05 * balance)
Output: 1050
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Assignment Statement
Dim numVar1 As Double = 5
Dim numVar2 As Double = 4
numVar1 = 3 * numVar2
lstBox.Items.Add(numVar1)
Output: 12
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Incrementing
• To add 1 to the numeric variable varvar = var + 1
• Or as a shortcutvar += 1
• Or as a generalizationvar += numeric expression
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Built-in Functions
• Functions return a value
Math.Sqrt(9) returns 3
Int(9.7) returns 9
Math.Round(2.7) is 3
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Integer Data Type• Variables of type Double can be assigned
both whole numbers and numbers with decimals.
• The statement Dim varName As Integer declares a numeric variable that can only be assigned whole number values
between about -2 billion and 2 billion.
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Multiple Declarations
Dim a, b As Double
Two other types of multiple-declaration statements are
Dim a As Double, b As Integer
Dim c As Double = 2, b As
Integer = 5
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Parentheses
• Parentheses should be used liberally in numeric expressions.
• In the absence of parentheses, the operations are carried out in the following order: ^, * and /, + and -.
• Follows standard order of operations
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Three Types of Errors
• Syntax error
• Run-time error
• Logic error
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Some Types of Syntax Errors
• Misspellings
lstBox.Itms.Add(3)• Omissions
lstBox.Items.Add(2 + )• Incorrect punctuation
Dim m; n As Integer
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A Type of Run-time Error
• Overflow error
Dim numVar As Integer = 1000000
numVar = numVar * numVar
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A Logical Error
Dim average As Double
Dim m As Double = 5
Dim n As Double = 10
average = m + n / 2
Value of average will be 10. Should be 7.5.
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3.4 Strings• Variables and Strings• Using Text Boxes for Input and Output• Concatenation
• String Properties and Methods:
•Length •ToUpper
•Trim •ToLower
•IndexOf •Substring
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Strings continued
• The Empty String
• Initial Value of a String
• Option Strict
• Internal Documentation
• Line-Continuation Character
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String Literal
A string literal is a sequence of
characters surrounded by quotation marks.
Examples:"hello"
"123-45-6789"
"#ab cde?"
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String Variable
A string variable is a name to which a
string value can be assigned.
Examples:
country
ssn
word
firstName
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String Variable
• Declaration:Dim firstName As String
Variable nameData type
• Assignment:firstName = "Fred"
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String Variable
You can declare a string variable and
assign it a value at the same time.
Dim firstName As String = "Fred"
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Add Method
Let str be a string literal or variable. Then,
lstBox.Items.Add(str)
displays the value of str in the list box.
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String Variable
You can assign the value of one string
variable to another.
Dim strVar1 As String = "Hello"
Dim strVar2 As String = "Goodbye"
strVar2 = strVar1
lstOutput.Items.Add(strVar2)
Output: Hello
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Variables and StringsPrivate Sub btnDisplay_Click(...) Handles btnDisplay.Click Dim today As String today = "Monday" lstOutput.Items.Add("hello") lstOutput.Items.Add(today)End Sub
Output: hello Monday
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Using Text Boxes for Input and Output
• The contents of a text box is always a string
• Input example
strVar = txtBox.Text
• Output example
txtBox.Text = strVar
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Data Conversion
• Because the contents of a text box is always a string, sometimes you must convert the input or output.
dblVar = CDbl(txtBox.Text)
txtBox.Text = CStr(numVar)Converts a String to a Double
Converts a number to a string
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Concatenation
Combining two strings to make a new string
quote1 = "We'll always "quote2 = "have Paris."quote = quote1 & quote2txtOutput.Text = quote & " - Humphrey Bogart"
DisplaysWe'll always have Paris. - Humphrey Bogart
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Appending
• To append str to the string variable varvar = var & str
• Or as a shortcutvar &= str
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Appending ExampleDim var As String = "Good"
var &= "bye"
txtBox.Text = var
OUTPUT: Goodbye
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String Properties and Methods "Visual".Length is 6.
"Visual".ToUpper is VISUAL.
"123 Hike".Length is 8.
"123 Hike".ToLower is 123 hike.
"a" & " bcd ".Trim & "efg" is abcdefg.
Note the spaces before and after bcd
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Positions in a String Positions of characters in a string are numbered
0, 1, 2, ….
Consider the string “Visual Basic”.
Position 0: V
Position 1: i
Position 7: B
Substring “al” begins at position 4
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Substring Method Let str be a string.
str.Substring(m, n) is the substring of length
n, beginning at position m in str.
“Visual Basic”.Substring(2, 3) is “sua”
“Visual Basic”.Substring(0, 1) is “V”
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IndexOf Method Let str1 and str2 be strings.
str1.IndexOf(str2)
is the position of the first occurrence of str2 in str1.
(Note: Has value -1 if str2 is not a substring of str1.)
"Visual Basic".IndexOf("is") is 1.
"Visual Basic".IndexOf("si") is 9.
"Visual Basic".IndexOf("ab") is -1.
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The Empty String • The string "", which contains no characters, is
called the empty string or the zero-length string.• The statement lstBox.Items.Add("") skips a
line in the list box. • The contents of a text box can be cleared with
either the statement txtBox.Clear()• or the statement txtBox.Text = ""
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Initial Value of a String
• By default the initial value is Nothing
• Strings can be given a different initial value as follows:
Dim today As String = "Monday"
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Option Strict
• Visual Basic allows numeric variables to be assigned strings and vice versa, a poor programming practice.
• To turn this feature off, put the following statement at the very top of the code window
Option Strict On
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Option Strict On for All Programs
• Select Options from the Tools menu
• In left pane, expand Projects and Solution
• Select VB Defaults
• Set Option Strict to On
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With Option Strict OnDim dblVar As Double, intVar As Integer
Dim strVar As String
Not Valid: Replace with:intVar = dblVar intVar = CInt(dblVar)
dblVar = strVar dblVar = CDbl(strVar)
strVar = intVar strVar = CStr(intVar)
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CommentsPrivate Sub btnCompute_Click (...)
Handles btnCompute.Click
'Calculate the balance in an account
Dim rate As Double 'Annual rate of interest
Dim curBalance As Double 'Current balance
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Internal Documentation
1. Other people can easily understand the program.
2. You can understand the program when you read it later.
3. Long programs are easier to read because the purposes of individual pieces can be determined at a glance.
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Automatic Colorization
Comments – green
String literals – maroon
Keywords – blue
Note: Keywords are words such as Sub,
Handles, Private, With, and End that have
special meaning in Visual Basic. They
cannot be used as variable names.
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Line-Continuation Character• A long line of code can be continued on another
line by using an underscore (_) preceded by a space
msg = "I'm going to make " & _
"him an offer he can't refuse.“
This is for if your line of code is to long for one line.
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3.5 Input and Output
• Formatting Output with Format Functions
• Formatting Output with Zones
• Reading Data from Files
• Getting Input from an Input Dialog Box
• Using a Message Dialog Box for Output
• Using a Masked Text Box for Input
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Formatting Output with Format Functions
Function String Value
FormatNumber(12345.628, 1) 12,345.6
FormatCurrency(12345.628, 2) $12,345.63
FormatPercent(0.183, 0) 18%
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Formatting Output with Zones
• Use a fixed-width font such as Courier New
• Divide the characters into zones with a format string.
Dim fmtStr As String = "{0, 15}{1, 10}{2, 8}"
lstOutput.Items.Add(String.Format(fmtStr, _
data0, data1, data2))
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Formatting Output with ZonesDim fmtStr As String = "{0, -15}{1, 10}{2, 8}"
lstOutput.Items.Add(String.Format(fmtStr, _
data0, data1, data2))
Here, 15 was preceded by a minus sign. This
produces left justification in 0th zone. There will
be right justification in the other two zones.
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Zone Formatting Symbols
Symbols: N, C, and P Effect on zone
:Nr FormatNumber(data, r)
:Cr FormatCurrency(data, r)
:Pr FormatPercent(data, r)
Dim fmtStr As String = "{0,15:N1}{1,10:C2}{2,8:P0}"
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Reading Data from Files
• Data can be stored in files and accessed with a StreamReader object.
• We assume that the files are text files (that is, have extension .TXT) and have one piece of data per line.
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Sample File: PAYROLL.TXT
Mike Jones
7.35
35
John Smith
6.75
33
Name
Hourly wage
Number of hours worked
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Steps to Use StreamReaderExecute a statement of the form
Dim readerVar As IO.StreamReader = _ IO.File.OpenText(filespec)
or the pair of statements
Dim readerVar As IO.StreamReader readerVar = IO.File.OpenText(filespec)
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Steps to Use StreamReaderRead items of data in order, one at a time,from the file with the ReadLine method.
strVar = readerVar.ReadLine
After the desired items have been read fromthe file, terminate the communications link
readerVar.Close()
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Example using StreamReaderDim name As StringDim wage, hours As DoubleDim sr As IO.StreamReader = _ IO.File.OpenText("PAYROLL.TXT")name = sr.ReadLinewage = CDbl(sr.ReadLine)hours = CDbl(sr.ReadLine)lstBox.Items.Add(name & ": " & wage * hours)
OUTPUT: Mike Jones: 257.25
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Comment on Example
Consider
lstBox.Items.Add(name & ": " & wage * hours)
The ampersand automatically converted
wage * hours into a string before concatenating.
We didn’t have to convert wage * hours with CStr.
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Getting Input from an Input Dialog Box
stringVar = InputBox(prompt, title)
fileName = InputBox("Enter the name " _
& "of the file containing the " & _
"information.", "Name of File")
Title
Prompt
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Using a Message Dialog Box for OutputMsgBox(prompt, 0, title)
MsgBox("Nice try, but no cigar.", 0, _
"Consolation")
Title
Prompt
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Masked Text Box
Similar to an ordinary text box, but has a Mask property that restricts what can be typed into the masked text box.
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Input Mask Dialog Box
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Mask
A Mask setting is a sequence of characters, with 0, L, and & having special meanings.
0 Placeholder for a digit.
L Placeholder for a letter.
& Placeholder for a character or space.
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Sample Masks
State abbreviation: LL
Phone number: 000-0000
Social Security Number: 000-00-0000
License plate: &&&&&&