VB.net2017 Beginners Guide to Everthing (Well quite a lot) Part 1

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This tutorial should get you started with vb.net, it has Labels, Radio Buttons, Listview, Picturebox,
Imagelist, ComboBox and Messageboxes all working together.

The end result looks like this.



Start off by clicking on File > New Project > Windows Forms App (.Net Framework) and name it whatever you like. Click OK.
You should now see a blank windows form.
Click File > Save Form1.vb As. give it a name and click save.
Next click File > Exit and you will be promted to Save your project, click Save. Browse to where you want to save it to, I normaly create a new folder to keep my projects in. Click Save and vb.net will close.
Now to see if we still have our project, start vb.net and in Recent you should see your project click on it and we should be back where we left off looking at a blank windows form.

Now the fun begins as we start to create our Flower Ordering program.
Drag the bottom corner of the form to make it bigger, then click on the Toolbox tab on the left, if it's not there click on View > Toolbox. Double click on Label then set it's properties as

Autosize = False
Size = 100 x 25
Border Style = Fixed 3D
Backcolor = whatever you like

Now make sure Label is connected and click Edit > Copy (Ctrl C)
Then Edit > Paste (Ctrl V) 4 times and place them on the form like the picture above.
Click on each one in turn and in the properties box find (name) and name each one as follows:

lblFlower
lblPriceEach
lblDiscount
lblSubTotal
lblTotal

Now delete the Text in each one.
Add a Combobox and (Name) it cmbSelect, then click on the button at the side of Items (Collection)
In the pop up box enter each of the following 1 6 12 18 24 30 36
If you click Start you shuld see you Combobox drop down with the numbers you entered.

Next put 6 more Labels on the form same as before get the basics with one then Copy and paste 5 more.
Autosize = False
Size = 100 x 15
Text Align – MiddleCenter
Backcolor = Whatever you want
Forecolor = Whatever you want

In the Properties > Text add the following
Flower
Quantity
Price Each
Discount
Sub-Total
Total

and place them above the correct Labels and Combobox already on the form.
You should have somethin like below.



Next add a GroupBox,
(Name) = gbRadioButtons
Text = Available Discount

Add 3 Radio Buttons they might go right in to the GroupBox if notand drag them on to the GroupBox. In properties change each of them individually as follows.
(Name) rbFive, rbTen and rbFifteen
Text = 5% Discount, 10% Discount and 15% Discount

Now add a Listview Box
(Name) = lvChoice

Add a PictureBox
(Name) = pbDisplay
BorderStyle = Fixed 3D

Add 3 Buttons
Button1
(Name) = btnClear
Text = Clear
FlatStyle = Flat

Button2
(Name) = btnCalculate
Text = Calculate
FlatStyle = Flat

Button3
(Name) = btnOrder
Text = Order
FlatStyle = Flat

Last thing Toolbox > Imagelist this will appear below your form, for now leave it.
Click on the form and change the Text to Flower Order Form.

That's the form and controls finished in Part 2 we'll start to add the code to make it all work together
in the mean time you may want to get 12 pictures ready for the Picturebox.
Below is how your finished form should look.