Absolute Beginner's Guide to Programming, Third Edition

Chapter 9. Having Fun with Visual Basic

In This Chapter

• Using Shapes

• An Aside About Controls

• The Line Control

• Mastering the Shape Control

• A Sample Shape Application

• The Picture Box Control

Visual Basic is visual, and much of its visual effect is due to its graphics capabilities. You will learn in this chapter how to draw shapes on a form. In addition, you can place graphic images from files, such as the images you locate on the Internet, on forms that serve as your application's background images. Graphics generate user interest and help keep the user's attention focused on your program.

The highlights of this chapter include the following:

• Graphics spruce up your application and get the user's attention.

• The Shape control is one of the most versatile ...