Need some advice on making this simple software

[pokerassist]

Ok basically what i want to do is make a basic software client which advises people what to do when they have a hand in poker, so for instance there will be two text boxes like this in the client and a drop down at the side which says whether they are suited or not which you pick

[ ] [ ] > [ ]

In each one the person puts in their current hand they have just been dealth before the flop

[A] [K] > [ Suited ]
The A and K could also be implemented into a set of drop down boxes instead of the user inputting them themselves, which ever is easier i dont mind

Then when they enter this they click a submit button and immediately i a message comes up with a recommendation of what to do, (this would obviously be written by myself for all the possible outcomes of the cards so it would be something like this)

"Make a large raise"

Then from that point on they do whatever they like and when they are dealt another hand they click a button on the software which resets the board.

Is this hard to make? any tutorials which could possibly help in making this type of software?

Must be in visual basic, im new to software dev see but i want to make a small program which i could put on the internet etc;

Here is a screenshot of what i have kind of come up so far in terms of design etc;
http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/6303/capturesbk.jpg

[kaliman79912]

Do you have something written already? if you do, then post what you have and ask questions on your doubts. or are you expecting someone to do all the coding for you?

[pokerassist]

no i havent written anything yet just designed it, im just wondering how you would go about doing something like this, what type of code you would use, ive never made anything before

[pokerassist]

something like

User selects A and K from dropdown
clicks submit

Label shows with the message relavent to both of those fields selected

[kaliman79912]

Well, looks like you just need to put three comboboxes on your form with predefined collections, a button and a label. let the user select the item they want and when they press the button do your calculations according to the selected items in the comboboxes and update the label's text property. Sounds simple enaugh

[BackWoodsCoder]

If you're new to a language taking on a project like this is pretty ambitious. I would suggest finding tutorials on the things you wish to do (like displaying text in a label, populating combo boxes, etc) and read through them and do some small "Hello World" type of programs to learn how to use them. Then once you start feeling comfortable with it try to put some code together for your project. This way you can come back here with more specific questions we can actually answer.

[pokerassist]

ok thanks guys and especially woods your right with what you say ill try and learn a bit.