Basic Programming- 30 years ago

Visual Basic have come a long way since the invention of the BASIC language. When I first started learning BASIC back in the late 70's of the last century, personal computers were not popular yet. I remembered I was using the punch card machine to key in the program code, each card represent a program statement. So, for a long program, we have to use many cards. We don't get the output immediately, what we do was to send our cards to the processing center when the technicians would feed the cards into the main frame computer. We would only get our printouts the following day . How slow was it! But we never complain, because we were the lucky ones who have access to the computer those days, many people out there were still ignorant about computer. So, see how lucky you are today, you can have a laptop with the computing power matching or better than the old mainframe, and you get your output instantly!

Financial Crisis Self Help

The financial crisis is getting more and more serious, many financial institutions and banks are going bust and stocks are sinking! So beside doing programming for fun, we should also think of some self-help methods to face the financial crisis. For me, the best way is to earn some money online to supplement our dwindling incomes. I have started a blog to discuss how to make money online, you might find it useful in this critical time. Click on the link below to browse the blog.

Online Business Help Center

Creating a web browser in VB2008

Creating a web browser in Visual Basic 2008 is a relatively easy job. You don't need to type in a lot of complicated procedures. Just follow this link to see how it is done.

Creating a web browser in Vb2008

Visual Basic Source Code for Download

Good News! Now I have made the source code for most of my sample VB programs available for download. These programs are discussed in my tutorials or the sample programs page. Please click the link below to start downloading the source code. This save you time to key in the code again. However, you might need to change certain settings such as the path of a file.

VB Download Area

Changing Background and Foreground Color at Run Time for VB6

It is very easy to change background color and foreground color at run time, just use the code below:
Private Sub Form_Load()
Form1.Show
Form1.BackColor = vbRed
Form1.ForeColor = vbBlue
Form1.Print "Foreground"
End Sub

Lesson on Radio Buttons

You have already learned how to use the check boxes in VB2008 tutorial, lesson 17. In lesson 18, you will learn how to use another kind of choice selection control, the radio button. You will find out the difference between the radio buttons and the check boxes. Please click on the link below to start learning.

http://www.vbtutor.net/vb2008/vb2008_lesson18.html

Happy Learning.

Using Check Box

The Check box is a very useful control in Visual Basic 2008. It allows the user to select one or more items by checking the check box/check boxes concerned. In lesson 17 of VB2008 tutorial, you will learn how to create a simple shopping cart using the check boxes. Please click the link below to start learning.

http://www.vbtutor.net/vb2008/vb2008_lesson17.html

Happy Learning.