Tutorial 14

14. Splash Screen

This video tutorial will teach you how to add a Splash Screen to your application. A Splash Screen is a customizable screen that will appear for a few seconds as your application loads up. It is a very professional feature to have in your application.

Tutorial 13

13. Text To Speech

This video tutorial will teach you how to create a text to speech application in Visual Basic .NET. Text to speech is very useful when you are creating applications with complicated tools. It can also be quite entertaining!

Code

Public Class Form1

 Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object,
 ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click

     Dim SAPI
     SAPI = CreateObject("SAPI.spvoice")

     SAPI.Speak("Welcome to the 13th visual basic .net tutorial")

 End Sub

End Class

Tutorial 12

12. Log In Form

This video tutorial will teach you how to create a simple log in form using Visual Basic .NET. The Log In Form is a combination of things that we have covered in previous tutorials. It also introduces a new part of the If Statement.

Code

Public Class Form1

 Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object,
ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click

     If TextBox1.Text = "password123" Then
         data.Show()
     Else
         MessageBox.Show("Wrong Password!")
     End If

 End Sub

End Class

Tutorial 11

11. Linking Forms

One of the most common questions I have been asked about Visual Basic .NET is how to link forms together. This tutorial will explain how you can easily link one form to another with the click of a button. You don’t have to create multiple applications for different windows, it can all be done on the same application.

Code

Public Class Form1

 Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object,
ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
     Form2.Show()
 End Sub

End Class

Tutorial 10

10. Menu Strip

This tutorial will introduce the Menu Strip object for Visual Basic .NET applications. Having a Menu Strip will improve the usability of your application and allow you to expand it more. Every professional application has a Menu Strip, just take a look at your web browser! I used a Tool Strip in this tutorial by accident but just ignore that and use a Menu Strip object instead.

Code

Public Class Form1

 Private Sub HelpToolStripMenuItem_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object,
    ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles HelpToolStripMenuItem.Click
     MessageBox.Show("this is the help form")
 End Sub

 Private Sub ExitToolStripMenuItem_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object,
  ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ExitToolStripMenuItem.Click
     Me.Close()
 End Sub

End Class

Tutorial 9

9. Radio Button And Check Box

This tutorial will show you how to use the Radio Button and Check Box object in your application. Here we start to integrate parts of the language that we have previously covered and you can see how to use the If Statement in a real situation. The examples shown in this tutorial are for beginners and are meant to try and help you understand how the objects work.

Code

Public Class Form1

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object,
 ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click

    If RadioButton1.Checked = True Then
        MessageBox.Show("You are under 16!")
    ElseIf RadioButton2.Checked = True Then
        MessageBox.Show("You are over 16!")
    End If

    If CheckBox1.Checked = True Then
        MessageBox.Show("You like Harry Potter, nerd")
    End If

    If CheckBox2.Checked = True Then
        MessageBox.Show("What the hell, 2010 sucked")
    End If

    If CheckBox3.Checked = True Then
        MessageBox.Show("the simpsons movie is a conspiracy dude")
    End If

End Sub

End Class

Tutorial 8

8. List Box

This tutorial will introduce the ListBox object and give you a basic understanding of how it works. There are more practical uses than the one shown in this application but as we are still in the early stages, this example is for beginners.

Code

Public Class Form1

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object,
ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
    ListBox1.Items.Add(TextBox1.Text)
End Sub

End Class