[RESOLVED] Can someone help a newbie out?

[jeff24]

I'm trying to just create a simple program that does the following:

Enter your name: yournamehere

And then the program spits out:
Welcome to my program: yournamehere

Can anyone tell me where to begin?

[vbasicgirl]

put a textbox and a command button on a form and put this in the command buttons click event

Private Sub Command1_Click()
 
 MsgBox "Welcome to my program: " & Text1.Text
 
End Sub

notice the use of the ampersand(&) to join two strings together
casey.

[I_Love_My_Vans]

Welcome to the forums, it seems as if your new to VB, so am i, have been coding for about 10 months.

Some advice, go to www.vbcode.com and download a few simple programs, and edit them for your own use, you should learn so much from this.

Cheers
ILMV

[Jacob Roman]

To Jeff: Be sure to give sensible thread titles next time, Jeff. Take a look at the link in my signature on that to see what I mean. Also since your problem is resolved, go upto Thread Tools and click on [Mark Thread Resolved]

To I Love My Vans: 10 Months? 13 years here. 8 years in VB

[chemicalNova]

To I Love My Vans: 10 Months? 13 years here. 8 years in VB

And when did your DirectX obsession begin?

chem

[Jacob Roman]

Ohhhhh I'd say 2 maybe 3 years ago. Before then I spent like 3 years making a 3D engine using pure VB. Found out the hardway that DX pwned in that department.

[dglienna]

Even easier!

Option Explicit
 
Private Sub Form_Load()
  MsgBox "Welcome to my program: " & InputBox("Enter Name:", "Name")
End Sub

[eyeRmonkey]

Even easier!

Option Explicit
 
Private Sub Form_Load()
  MsgBox "Welcome to my program: " & InputBox("Enter Name:", "Name")
End Sub

Not bad, but not very easy to read/understand for someone who doesn't know how the flow of execution would work.

I reccomend checking out a book on VB from your local library. Thats how I taught myself. Since then most of what I have learned have been from these forums.

PS - When your questions has been answered please follow the directions in my signature to mark this thread as resolved.

[jeff24]

Thanks Casey - that seemed to do the trick!

[Jacob Roman]

Also don't forget to rate peoples posts who have been helpful. Some newcomers tend to miss the Reputation system until someone actualy tells them that there is one. That's what that green gem is underneath your Post count