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Chapter 1

Private Sub btnExit_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As

System.EventArgs) Handles btnExit.Click

'End the program and close the form

Me.Close()

End Sub

You may be wondering what Me is. Me refers to the form. Just like the pronoun me, it is just a

shorthand for referring to oneself.

Now that the code is ﬁnished, the moment of truth has arrived and you can see your creation.

First though, save your work by using File

➪ Save from the menu, or by clicking the disk icon on

the toolbar.

5. Now click on the Start button on the toolbar. You will notice a lot of activity in the Output

window at the bottom of your screen. Provided you have not made any mistakes in entering the

code, this information just lets you know what ﬁles are being loaded to run your application.

It is at this point that Visual Studio .NET will compile the code. Compiling is the activity of

taking the Visual Basic .NET source code that you have written and translating it into a form that

the computer understands. After the compilation is complete, Visual Studio .NET will run (also

known as execute) the program and we’ll be able to see the results.

If Visual Basic .NET encounters any errors, they will be displayed as tasks in the Task List window.

Double-clicking on a task will transport you to the offending line of code. We will learn more about how to

debug the errors in our code in Chapter 9.

6. When the application loads you will see the main form. Enter a name and click OK (or press the

Alt+O key combination) (see Figure 1-20).

Figure 1-20