Using Microsoft Visual Studio to Create a Graphical User Interface ECE 480: Design Team 11 Application Note Joshua Folks April 3, 2015 Abstract: Software Application programming involves the concept of human-computer interaction and in this area of the program, a graphical user interface is very important. Figure 11.13: A graphics-printing application 109 Figure 11.14: Drawing simple graphics items 110 Figure 11.15: Viewing an image 111 Figure 11.16: Print dialogs in the Visual Studio.NET toolbox 111 Figure 11.17: The print dialog application 112 Figure 11.18: Viewing an image and text 113 Figure 11.19: The print preview dialog 113 We will then add addi-tional objects and code to create a more complete Visual Basic application. H Visual Basic is not, a replacement for C. H Visual Basic is not, anything like any other programming language you have ever used. In the next section, we introduce the Visual Basic programming environment and create an application that uses only a single object: the form itself. Basic Introduction to GDI+ The most basic form of graphics programming in Visual Basic.Net utilizes a collection of classes known as GDI+. 2 Learning to Program with Visual Basic and .NET Gadgeteer FOREWORD Computer programming can be fun! Aimed at high school students and first-time programmers, the authors use a combination of hardware and software to make programming come alive - audibly, visually, and tangibly. All the tools you need to create the full range of Visual Basic(r) color graphics applications Expert Rod Stephens provides you with everything you need to add advanced graphics to your applications in this in-depth introduction to graphic programming with Microsoft Visual Basic. What Visual Basic is not H Visual Basic is not, a powerful programming language that enables you to do anything you want. Visual Basic graphics programming hand on applications and advanced color development Material Type Book Language English Title Visual Basic graphics programming hand on applications and advanced color development Author(S) Rod Stephens Publication Data New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc. This book on Visual Basic and .NET Gadgeteer shows how. GDI+ stands for Graphics Device Interface Plus and the reason for the plus suffix is because prior to GDI+ there was GDI so it is there to be shown as an improvement over its predecessor. Exercises 2.1 1. The GDI+ classes reside in the System.Drawing namespace and … H Visual Basic is not, elegant or fast. Visual widgets such as List the two elements of a Visual Basic …