Datasheet

To better describe the environment, and to start setting it up in a way that will be useful to following the
examples in this book, move your mouse over the Toolbox tab on the left, and when the IDE automati-
cally expands it, click the pin button to keep it from automatically hiding. Next, create a basic project by
clicking on the File menu, selecting New Project, and clicking OK when the New Project dialog window
is shown. This will create an empty form and show it in Design view.
Figure 1-2
To finish setting the scene, double-click on the word Button in the Toolbox window, and the Visual Basic
Express IDE will automatically place a button on the form in a default location and with default settings.
After you’ve done all this, the IDE should look like Figure 1-3.
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