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Visual Basic Graphical User Interface (GUI) Tutorials

The graphical user interface describes anything your application displays to the user. It is the primary way you interact with the user and allow him or her to interact with you. Creating great GUI's is something Visual Basic is amazing at. You can create professional interfaces with minimal effort. Learn how with these UI Visual Basic tutorials.

Graphical User Interfaces have been around for many years. As you develop more and more advanced applications it is worth your time to focus on your VB6 UI design. This includes understanding how each of the visual basic ui components work (such as buttons, textboxes, combo boxes, images, menus, etc.). This also includes understanding the different vb6 ui containers (such as Tabsets, Panels, status bars, grouping boxes, etc.) By understanding all of these components individually you will have a good knowledge of what can and can't be done.

From here you can focus on how your VB6 GUI fits together as a whole. For example what is the best way to layout a specific form using your individual input controls, labels, and grouping controls. Where should headings go? What order is the user most likely to want to enter their data? What should the tab order be? What controls should be shown vs collapsed? These are all questions a UI programmer needs to think through. Even though UI in Visual Basic is much easier than in many other languages, we as developers need to carefully think through what is most important to our end user and focus on these things above all else.

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    Kreiranje naprednog PDF dokumenta u VB

    Ovaj VB tutorial gradi poslednji i pokazuje kako možete da kreirate naprednije PDF fajlove. Ona vas uči kako da napravite višeslojni dokument, sa postavkom zaglavlja, podnožja stranice, brojeve stranica, oblika i slika.

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    Visual Basic Power Pack
    Just like classic VB included more and more great controls as years went by, Microsoft has also released more and more helpful components for VB.NET developers. One of the biggest examples of this is the Visual Basic Power Pack (that was released in 2005). This powerpack provide things like Shapes, DataReader, PrintForm, and many others. Check out how to make use of it in your next .NET app.
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    VB.NET Input Box
    Sometimes you want to simply get the user's attention and let them know some information. This is easy with the MessageBox. However, what if you not only want to get their attention but you also want them to input some information? In classic VB we would use the InputBox, but where is that in VB.NET. Have no fear this article will show you exactly how to get that same functionality.
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    Button, Label, Textbox, Common Controls
    As you put together great applications you will find there are certain controls that you will use over and over again. It is important to get a good foundation in how you can use these controls, what functionality they offer, and what their limitations are. This tutorial provides just that foundation.
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    VB6 Animated Charts (With FusionCharts)
    Often times when writing a Visual Basic application we need to display boring data in a more appealing way. This is where charts come in handy. This Visual Basic 6.0 tutorial explains how you can create charts from within VB6. It specifically shows how to create animated charts using a third part control called FusionCharts.
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    VB6 Downloads
    Want to get a hold of Visual Basic 6.0? Do you have a program written in VB that you wish to run but don't have the VB6 runtime any longer? Have an older program and want to get it running on the latest OS. Read this article for information about downloading VB6 and other VB components.
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    Event Programming In VB6
    Visual Basic allows you to easily create event driven applications. Depending on your background this might be very new for you to understand. This tutorial shows you exactly how to begin as an event driven programmer.
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    Move The Mouse in VB
    You can use the Windows API to move the mouse cursor around the screen. Learn how with this VB6 tutorial.
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    Interfaceing with the intellimouse
    The Scroll Mouse (or intelli-mouse) has been around for a long time. Sometimes you might want to catch the scroll events in your application. You can do this with Windows API calls. Learn how in this VB6 tutorial.
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    Introducing the VB6 IDE
    This is a beginner tutorial that explains what the Visual Basic 6 IDE looks like and how you can use it effectively as you begin developing full fledged VB6 applications.
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    Working with projects and controls in VB6
    This VB tutorial helps a beginner understand what a project is and how it works in VB. It also gives some basic examples on how to use and format controls in your Visual Basic applications.
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    Common Dialogs Allow A professional VB app
    The common dialog control allows you to do exactly what you would expect: use common dialogs with in your Visual Basic application. This allows you to use things like the print dialog box, file save and open dialog box, the color selector, and font selector dialog boxes. With this simple control you can display all the common dialogs your used to on a windows system.
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    Using Toolbars in Visual Basic Tutorial
    Toolbars allow you to provide a simple and effective way to present users with access to different functions within your application you develop. Visual Basic makes it easy for you to add tool bars to your VB6 application. Check out this tutorial to learn exactly how to add this great future to your next program.
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    Working with Menus in VB6
    This tutorial explains how you can work with Menus in Visual Basic. It covers both normal (on the top) menus and pop-up menus (that "popup" when you right click). You will use both these types of menu's in almost any Visual Basic application you develop.
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    Creating your own Drag and Drop apps in VB6
    You've probably used Drag and Drop in other windows applications. Its a useful feature and it adds a bit of flair to any application you develop. Learn how to use Drag and Drop in this Visual Basic tutorial.
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    Using The VB6 Scroll Bars Control Tutorial
    Many times within your Visual Basic application you will need to implement your own scroll bars for selection or to display different pieces of a larger graphic or document. Many controls have scroll bars built in but when you are handling things yourself you can learn how with this VB6 tutorial.
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    Using VB6 File System Controls
    Learn how to use the DriveListBox, DirListBox, and FileListBox to interact with the Windows file system from within your own VB6 environment. This VB tutorial teaches you how to create a file browser and viewer from within Visual Basic.
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    Visual Basic Combo Box Tutorial
    Visual Basic combo boxes are like list boxes but they allow you to have a drop down list and/or be able to type in your own list items instead of only selecting one of the current items. This VB6 combo box tutorial teaches you everything you need to know to use combo boxes in your Visual Basic application.
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    How to customize the Visual Basic 6 IDE
    The VB6 IDE is very easy and effective to use but sometimes you want to customize it to fit your own needs this tutorial shows you how.
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    Printing in VB6 using the Printer Object
    Almost any application needs to support printing of some sort or another. Whether its reports, graphics, documents, or something else, most of the time your VB apps must allow the user to print. This simple tutorial shows how to use the VB6 printer object to easily print some data out to an hard copy from your Visual Basic program.
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    Printing a form In Visual Basic
    The PrintForm method sends an image of the current form to the default printer. This Visual Basic tutorials shows you how you can use this method to print a VB6 form.
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    Understanding the MsgBox command in Visual Basic
    This Visual Basic tutorial explains everything you need to know about displaying a message box using the VB6 MsgBox command.
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    Printing with the Space Function
    This vb6 tutorial explains in detail how you can use print method along with the space function to format a clean print onto forms or into Visual Basic picture boxes.
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    Printing with the Tab Function
    The Visual Basic print method can be used to print information onto forms or into picture boxes. This tutorial shows you how to print with the tab() function.
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    Printing with the Comma Separator
    The Visual Basic print method can be used to print information onto forms or into picture boxes. This tutorial shows you how using a comma for a separator.
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    Understanding semicolans and the print method
    The Visual Basic print method can be used to print information onto forms or into picture boxes. This tutorial shows you how using a semicolon separator.
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    Using the InputBox
    The Visual Basic InputBox is an easy and much used way to get input from a user in VB6. This tutorial shows you how you can use the InputBox effectively.
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    Creating A VB Test Harness
    Follow this tutorial to create a test harness for any sample VB6 programs you want to try out. Many other tutorials on this site use this test harness.
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    Amazing things you can do with the Listbox control
    Learn everything about the Listbox control. From simple to advanced to very advanced things you can do with this neat control.
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    Using standard controls to write a Fractional Math Game
    This tutorial creates a complete program that uses forms, timers, check boxes, radio options, and other basic controls to make a fractional math game.
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    Understanding Check Boxes
    Check boxes are used many times in programming for settings - this shows how they work in Visual Basic 6.
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    Using Option Buttons aka Radio Buttons
    Learn how to use the option buttons aka radio button controls in your Graphical User Interface (GUI).
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    Understanding control arrays
    This explains the very useful feature of control arrays. Control arrays allow you to create controls at runtime.
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    Working with images in all different ways
    Learn many different ways to work with images in - such as resizing them, displaying them, using icons, etc.
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    Multiple Form Splash Screen
    Learn how you can use multiple forms. This example shows how to display a splash screen to your program before it starts.
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    Understanding the timer control
    The timer control is very useful learn how to use it effectively.
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    Understanding Forms and form events
    This explains in detail how forms work in Visual Basic. It demonstrates how to create them and handle events.
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    VB6 Control Basics
    This shows you how to use the standard Visual Basic controls in your GUI.
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    Database Access with RDO (Remote Data Objects)
    This demonstrates how you can use RDO (remote data objects) in Visual Basic to access a database.
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    Using DAO (Data Access Objects) Code
    This demonstrates a full working application using nothing but DAO code (no data control) this gives you the advantage of having full control over everything.
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    Database Access with the Data Control
    See examples of developing database applications using the data control that ships with Visual Basic 6.
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    Using ADO and the ListView control
    See how to create a program that reads data using ADO and displays it in a nice ListView control in this VB6 tutorial.
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    Basic Graphical User Interfaces
    This tutorial explains the basics to creating a graphical user interface (GUI) in. It focuses in on some simple GUI elements such as MsgBox, InputBox, and the Form.
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    Using Windows Resource Files
    Sometimes we want to use windows resource files to store our resources. Learn how you can store bitmaps, waves, AVI's, icons, strings, etc. in a Windows resource file and access it from your VB program.
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    Store data in resource files like Visual Basic does
    Visual Basic stores resource in the forms .frx file. We can do the same things with our custom resources by using property bags.
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    Display your program in the system tray by the clock using APIs
    Have you ever wanted to display your program in the system tray (next to the clock). You can buy a control to do this or you can do it yourself using Windows API calls only.
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    Using the FlashWindow API to get the users attention
    The FlashWindow Win32 API call allows you to do some fun things. This tutorial shows you how to declare and call it from your app.
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    Adding Menus at runtime
    Many times you want to add menus at runtime based off of config files or other info. Learn how to do that simply by using menu control arrays.
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    Mimic a Cell Phone Using Control Arrays
    Learn how to create a full working application that mimics a cellphone keypad. We do this with control arrays and a timer.

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