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Visual Basic.NET How to Program (PDF)

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54 Introduction <strong>to</strong> the <strong>Visual</strong> Studio .<strong>NET</strong> IDE Chapter 2<br />

available are disabled or grayed out. The text Form1.vb [Design] in the title bar<br />

means that we are designing the form visually, rather than programmatically. If<br />

we had been writing code, the title bar would have contained only the text<br />

Form1.vb. Selecting Debug > Start Without Debugging executes the program.<br />

Figure 2.30 shows the IDE in run mode. Note that many <strong>to</strong>olbar icons and<br />

menus are disabled.<br />

12. Terminate execution. To terminate the program, click the running application’s<br />

close but<strong>to</strong>n (the x in the <strong>to</strong>p-right corner). This action s<strong>to</strong>ps program execution<br />

and returns the IDE <strong>to</strong> design mode.<br />

Software Engineering Observation 2.1<br />

<strong>Visual</strong> programming can be simpler and faster than writing code when developing GUIbased<br />

applications. 2.1<br />

Form (with grid)<br />

Designing form<br />

Running application<br />

Close but<strong>to</strong>n<br />

Fig. Fig. 2.30 2.30 IDE in run mode, with the running application in the foreground.

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