In this lab you will create a simple windows program that displays a message. Open Visual Basic. You will see the following window on the screen. This window can be used to open a new project or an existing one. For example, in the labs that follow, we will create projects which can be used to make calculations such as the tax on a sale or to create a database for a course.
Projects consist of several files .
One file holds a form containing controls that can be used to run a program and view its data. Another file contains information that the Visual Basic system needs in order to manage all the parts of the project. When starting a New project, you should click on the Open button. You can also double click on the Standard EXE icon . To open a project that you had previously created, click on the tab titled Existing .