Designing a form

[whoee]

Hi all,
I am very new to VB, however, I am well experienced in VBScript (ASP) so I'm not totally lost


I'm trying to learn VB by doing a chat system with a client and server. It will work like mIRC, and the look n feel will also be inspired by mIRC.

The problem is this:
I can't make the form look the way I want it to look like, and god knows I have tried in MS Visual Studio!
Would it be too much to ask of you if someone could just make the basics of the pic below (mIRC) ??

Questions? Just ask and I'll try to answer them!

Thank you in advance.

-W

[James Stanich]

The Chat window look to be a RTB

The User List could be a texbox

Definitely a Texbox at the bottom...

[WorkHorse]

Try using the VB application wizard. That will set up a basic MIDI application. You'll have to load in your icons, etc. The Explorer style in the wizard will make a form with a splitter bar like you have in one of the screens. The wizard can at least get you started.

[Hack]

Here is a screen that I whipped up for you to get you started. It contains two richtextbox controls, both with vertical scrollbars, and are separated by a splitter which allows for "whenever you want" resizing.

Hope it helps.

[whoee]

thanks a lot guys!

However, I'm not so sure I'm gonna continue on this project anymore, it seems much more fun to do a game!

I know, I know, it's going to be tough for me. But would it be too hard ?

Im thinking of a 2D game, maybe a soccer or a hockey game.

Would that be a too big project for a newbie ?
Is a chat-type-of-thing a better place to start ?

thank you,
-W

[Mushroom Realm]

way to hard for newbie, make ur chat thing for practice, then work on an arcade game, then u can start looking into a sports game (consider everything, from rendering, to moving, to ai)