Windows Form in Visual Basic .NET
In this article, I will explain you about Windows Form in Visual Basic .NET.
Windows Form
Windows Form is the cynosure of the Windows Application. In Visual Basic they are Forms on which we work. We build and develop our entire user interface on Windows Form. As we design and modify the user interface in our Windows Forms applications, we have to add controls. Forms allow us to work with controls and other items from the toolbox. Each type of control has its own set of properties, methods, and events that make it suitable for a particular purpose. In Visual Basic .NETSystem.Windows.Forms Namespace supports the forms and the form class isSystem.Windows.Forms.Form.
When we open a new project in Visual Basic the dialogue box looks like the image below. Since we are working with Windows Applications (Forms) you need to select Windows Application and click OK.
Once you click OK a new Form opens with the title, Form1, towards the top-left side of the form. The whole form is surrounded with a border. The main area in which we work is called the client area. We design our user interface in the client area leaving all the code to the code behind file. Forms also support events which lets the form know that something happened with the form.
Typically this is the code for creating Form which is handled by the Framework.
Public Class Form1
Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form
#Region " Windows Form Designer generated code "
Public Sub New()
MyBase.New()
'This call is required by the Windows Form Designer.
InitializeComponent()
'Add any initialization after the InitializeComponent() call
End Sub
'Form overrides dispose to clean up the component list.
Protected Overloads Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean)
If disposing Then
If Not (components Is Nothing) Then
components.Dispose()
End If
End If
MyBase.Dispose(disposing)
End Sub
'Required by the Windows Form Designer
Private components As System.ComponentModel.IContainer
'NOTE: The following procedure is required by the Windows Form Designer
'It can be modified using the Windows Form Designer.
'Do not modify it using the code editor.
<System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()> Private Sub InitializeComponent()
'
'Form1
'
Me.AutoScaleBaseSize = New System.Drawing.Size(5, 13)
Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(496, 493)
Me.Name = "Form1"
Me.Text = "Form1"
End Sub
#End Region
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) HandlesMyBase.Load
End Sub
End Class
Summary
I hope this article help you to understand about Windows Form in Visual Basic .NET.