Create your first application in Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition

Take a quick-start, project-based approach to building your programming skills in Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition in this sample chapter from Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition: Build a Program Now!. First, investigate the differences between a console application and a Windows application. Then start Visual Basic Express, go through the IDE, and explore its major components. The lightweight, easy-to-use tools in Visual Basic Express enable you to get to work right away, creating two versions of the same application: a console application and a Windows application. You also learn what the Solution Explorer is as well as how to search and use the product documentation and the Help system.

Title: Microsoft® Visual Basic® 2005 Express Edition: Build a Program Now!
ISBN: 0735622132
Published: November 2005
Author: Patrice Pelland
Chapter: Chapter 3: Creating Your First Application
Published by Microsoft Press