Visual Studio Windows Form Application #1 Basic Form Properties

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1 Visual Studio Windows Form Application #1 Basic Form Properties Dr. Thomas E. Hicks Computer Science Department Trinity University Purpose 1] The purpose of this tutorial is to show how to create, and use, a basic Windows Application with Visual Studio. TextBoxes & Labels will be created. Some of the basic form Guidelines will be introduced. 2] Topics included are: A) Create a Project Folder for LibraryApps projects B) Create a C# Windows Form Project C) Version Control D) Configure LibraryApp1 E) Compile & Execute The Windows Application F) Customize Visual Studio Add A Start Without Debugging Icon G) Rename A Form H) Program.cs & Main() I) Changing The Form Title Bar J) Changing The Form Background Color K) Determine The Form Starting Location L) AutoScroll M) TrinityLibrary1 N) Prompts O) TextBoxes/Data Entry Fields P) Align & Organize Your Prompts & TextBoxes Horizontally Q) Turn On Tool Tips R) Form Design S) Multi-Line TextBoxes T) Name The TextBoxes Well! U) Tab Order V) Form Variables Margin & Padding W) Files & Code X) Binary Executable LibraryApp.exe

2 VS-1-SE-Basic-Form-Tutorial.docx Software Engineering Dr. Tom Hicks [2] Create a Project Folder 1] Create folder C:\LibraryApps (See Below) Create A C# Windows Form Project 1] Start Microsoft Visual Studio. Using the mouse, hold down the File Menu --> Select New --> Select Project. (See Below!) 2] Use the configuration below if using your personal computer. (See Below!) Select C# for the language. Select the Windows Forms App template. Name the Application LibraryApp Store the project in your Library-Apps folder. Make sure you do not check either of the two boxes on the bottom right.

3 VS-1-SE-Basic-Form-Tutorial.docx Software Engineering Dr. Tom Hicks [3] 3] The project is completed. (See Below!)

4 VS-1-SE-Basic-Form-Tutorial.docx Software Engineering Dr. Tom Hicks [4] Version Control 1] Exit Visual Studio. 2] Rename folder LibraryApp Call it LibraryApp1 3] Open the project folder. The easiest way to restart the project, in the future, is to use the mouse and double-click on the LibraryApp.csproj file. Restart your project now, Double-click on LibraryApp.csproj Configure LibraryApp1 1] Right-Mouse Click on LibraryApp Select Rename. (See Below!)

5 VS-1-SE-Basic-Form-Tutorial.docx Software Engineering Dr. Tom Hicks [5] 2] Change the name to LibraryApp1 (See Below!) 3] Right-Mouse Click on Solution LibraryApp Select Rename (See Below!) 4] Change the name to LibraryApp1 (See Below!) Compile & Execute The Windows Application From Within The Visual Studio Application Development Environment 1] I normally do not use the Debug environment unless I am having problems. I most often launch the application without the debugging. 2] Using the mouse, hold down the Debug Menu --> Select Start Without Debugging. You can also do this by holding down the Ctrl and F5 Keys. (See Below!)

6 VS-1-SE-Basic-Form-Tutorial.docx Software Engineering Dr. Tom Hicks [6] 3] Since we have added nothing to the form, it is pretty plain, but it does execute. (See Below!) 4] Close Form1. Customize Visual Studio Add A Start Without Debugging Icon Do This If You Have Installed Visual Studio On Your Personal System 1] There are literally hundreds of customizations that you can do with Visual Studio. Since I use Start Without Debugging a lot, I like to add it to my Visual Studio Menus. 2] Using the mouse, hold down the Tools Menu --> Select Customize. (See Below!)

7 VS-1-SE-Basic-Form-Tutorial.docx Software Engineering Dr. Tom Hicks [7] 3] If you are using your personal computer. Add the Start Without Debugging Icon (See Below!) Select the Commands Tab. Select The Standard Toolbar Push the Add Command button Select the Debug Category. (See Below!) Scroll down and select the Start Without Debugging Command. Push the OK button

8 VS-1-SE-Basic-Form-Tutorial.docx Software Engineering Dr. Tom Hicks [8] 3] Note that Icon, for Start Without Debugging, is on the far left. You can use the buttons Move Up and Move Down to position it. (See Below!) 4] I like to position mine just to the right of the Start button. (See Below!) Rename A Form 1] An application will often have many forms. This form shall contain information about User; it should be named appropriately. 2] Using the mouse, right mouse click on Form1.cs Select Rename. (See Below!) Rename the form Uset.cs. Do not forget the.cs extension! (See Below!)

9 VS-1-SE-Basic-Form-Tutorial.docx Software Engineering Dr. Tom Hicks [9] 2] Select Yes. This may take a moment or two. It will make numerous changes to the classes. 3] Your form should now be called User. (See Below!) 4] Go ahead and run the application again. Note that renaming the form did not change the title bar. (See Below!) Program.cs & Main() 1] Double-click on Program.cs 2] Changing the name of the file did alter file Program.cs. Note that Program Main( ) concludes by running Application.Run(new Use()); it launches the form we just renamed. (See Below!)

10 VS-1-SE-Basic-Form-Tutorial.docx Software Engineering Dr. Tom Hicks [10] 2] The program still runs. Try it! (See Below!) Changing The Form Title Bar 1] Close the previous window. You can change any of the form properties by right mouse clicking on any portion of the form that does not contain an object (such as a button, label, text box, combo box, etc.) Select Properties. (See Below!) 2] The Properties Panel will enable us to change many of the form properties. 3] Select the Text Property. Change the Text Property of the form from Form1 to User Sub-System Written By (????) <-- Replace???? with Your Name! (See Below!)

11 VS-1-SE-Basic-Form-Tutorial.docx Software Engineering Dr. Tom Hicks [11] 4] Save the application and launch the form. Note the title change. (See Below!) 5] Close the User form. Changing The Form Background Color 1] Return to the properties panel for the form (right mouse clicking on any portion of the form that does not contain an object(such as a button, label, text box, combo box, etc) Select Properties) Select the BackColor Property. Press the color selector drop-down control. (See Below!) GUIDELINE # 1 Select great color schemes. Consider using a Color Picker Application. 2] Once you press the drop-down, you can select color choices from three color pallets Custom, Web, & System. (See Below!)

12 VS-1-SE-Basic-Form-Tutorial.docx Software Engineering Dr. Tom Hicks [12] 2] Once you press the drop-down, you can select color choices from three color pallets Custom, Web, & System. (See Below!) 3] Select any color, other than the blue shown below. Save the application and launch the form. (See Below!) 4] Close the User form. About The Form's Default Font Face, Style, Size & Color 1] Return to the properties panel for the form. 2] Every form has a default font face, default font size, and default font color. All objects will have those default attributes when initialized on the screen. GUIDELINE # 2 You can use images for your form background, but they should not be distracting. 3] These default font values are used any time you drag objects to your form. I am dragging a label, from the toolbox, to the form below. black San Serif 8 pt. (See Below!)

13 VS-1-SE-Basic-Form-Tutorial.docx Software Engineering Dr. Tom Hicks [13] 4] Delete that label, if you just added it to your form. Set The Form's Default Font Face, Style, Size & Color 1] Return to the properties panel for the form. Select Font Name. Drop-Down and select Arial. (See Below!) 2] Change the font size from 8.25 to (See Below!) 3] Change the face to bold (See Below!) 4] Change the font color to something that is compatible with your background color. (See Below!)

14 VS-1-SE-Basic-Form-Tutorial.docx Software Engineering Dr. Tom Hicks [14] 5] VS has many ways to accomplish the same task. For example, when you close up the Font (see + sign on the left) you have a button that you can push on the right. Push it! (See Below!) 6] Some of you might prefer to set the font with this interface. (See Below!) 7] Select the Toolbox on the left. Drag a label to the form. Note the default values are in play. (See Below!) 8] You can always change the face, color, emphasis, and size on controls one at a time, but it will often be the case that setting the default values will save you multiple steps later. Determine The Form Starting Location 1] The window manager will use the Windows Default Location when this form is launched.

15 VS-1-SE-Basic-Form-Tutorial.docx Software Engineering Dr. Tom Hicks [15] 2] Suppose we wish to place the form 20 pixels down and and 20 pixels across from the upper left corner of the screen. Start by selecting Manual. (See Below!) 3] Set the Location X & Y to 20. (See Below!) 4] Run Your application. (See Below!) 5] Play around with Center and some of the other attributes. You have control. AutoScroll 1] Return to the properties panel for the form. In order to AutoScroll, the AutoScaleMode Property must be set to None. Set yours at this time. (See Below!)

16 VS-1-SE-Basic-Form-Tutorial.docx Software Engineering Dr. Tom Hicks [16] 2] Change the AutoScroll Property to True. (See Below!) 3] Return to the toolbox drag a second label to the form as illustrated below. In order to illustrate AutoScroll, there must be some objects on the form. (See Below!) 4] Save the application and launch the form. 5] AutoScroll includes the scroll bars only when needed. When I first launch my form, they are not needed. (See Below!) 6] When you grab the form window by the bottom right corner and begin to close the window, the scroll bars will occur once you begin to close out some of the form objects. (See Below)

17 VS-1-SE-Basic-Form-Tutorial.docx Software Engineering Dr. Tom Hicks [17] TrinityLibrary1.sql 1] Suppose we wish to design a User form that would be compliant with the data below. Default Font 1] Change your default Font to Arial Bold 12pt Prompts GUIDELINE # 3 Each and every prompt should be extremely clear to the user. 1] Change the Text on label1 to be First. (See Below!)

18 VS-1-SE-Basic-Form-Tutorial.docx Software Engineering Dr. Tom Hicks [18] 2] There are folks who advocate naming each of the labels. The only time I name labels is when the properties (maybe Text) are altered via code during the execution of the program. (See Below!) TextBoxes/Data Entry Fields GUIDELINE # 4 The space between the prompt and the data entry objects should be consistent and small GUIDELINE # 5 Adjust the size of the TextBox in such a way that it will handle the expected data GUIDELINE # 6 The prompt should never be larger, or more bold, than the data 1] Drag a TextBox beside First. 2] Run the form. Note that we do not have room to enter the full name. We are not in compliance with guidelines. 3] 'W' is normally among the largest letters. If we have room for 15 W's we will always be good. Use the mouse to expand the field. (See Below!)

19 VS-1-SE-Basic-Form-Tutorial.docx Software Engineering Dr. Tom Hicks [19] 4] This is better. (See Below!) GUIDELINE # 7 Name each and every data entry field well. GUIDELINE # 8 The font face, font style, font face, and font color for the data entry forms should generally be the same; have good reasons to vary these. 5] TextBox1 is a really poor name. (See Below!) 6] The Microsoft convention is to begin the name of each TextBox with the string "txt" I am going to call this data entry container ==> txtfirst. (See Below!) 7] If you were to examine my project, you would notice that I have named the TextBoxes txtfirst, txtmi, txtlast. The data is poorly laid out. (See Below!) Name your TextBoxes likewise. Align & Organize Your Prompts & TextBoxes Horizontally GUIDELINE # 9 Each form should have great HORIZONTAL Alignment. 1] Drag the mouse around all of the items that shall comprise the first row of the data entry form. (See Below!)

20 VS-1-SE-Basic-Form-Tutorial.docx Software Engineering Dr. Tom Hicks [20] 2] Using the mouse, hold down the Format Menu Select Align Select Middles. (See Below!) GUIDELINE # 10 The space between the prompt and the data entry objects should be consistent and small 3] The data is now horizontally aligned, but the spacing, between the prompt and the data entry object, needs to be adjusted. 4] There is more consistent spacing. Better. (See Below!) Turn On Tool Tips 1] Drag the ToolTip to the form; note that it drops below it. (See Below!) GUIDELINE # 4 Use tooltips to clarify the purpose of the TextBox; add the tips to the TextBox and the corresponding prompt.

21 VS-1-SE-Basic-Form-Tutorial.docx Software Engineering Dr. Tom Hicks [21] 2] I know that MI is short for Middle Initial, but users may not. Select the label MI Select Properties Select ToolTIp on ToolTip1 Add the text: Enter Middle Initial. (See Below!) 3] Run the application. Hold the mouse over the label and we see the tool tips. We could add the same tool tips to txtmi data entry field as well. (See Below!) Form Design 1] Future tutorials will examine radio buttons, drop-down combo controls, check boxes, etc. On this tutorial we will only use TextBoxes for our data, 2] Add a prompt for each of the TextBox fields. Make sure that txtfirst, txtmi, txtlast, txtadministrator, txtusername, txtpassword, txt , txtgenderid, txtid, txtmajorid, txtuniversityid, txtnotes, txtdeleted, and txtfullname are on our form. (See Below!)

22 VS-1-SE-Basic-Form-Tutorial.docx Software Engineering Dr. Tom Hicks [22] GUIDELINE # 11 The space at the top, bottom, left, and right of the form will be consistent. 3] Move data back until you have an imaginary boarder around the form. (See Below!) GUIDELINE # 12 There should not be large quantities of blank space on your data entry form. 4] Unfortunately, there are several areas of blank space on the form at the moment. We also need to alter the size of TextBoxes to make them consistent with the data. GUIDELINE # 13 One of the better form designs is to organize your data entry fields into a couple of major columns. 5] The two major colums help. Since the FullName field can be constructed with the concatenation of Last, First, and MI, there is no need for the user to supply this. Please remove it from your form. We are also going to add buttons to delete and undelete records; please remove your Deleted as well.

23 VS-1-SE-Basic-Form-Tutorial.docx Software Engineering Dr. Tom Hicks [23] 6] The ID is going to be an auto-incrementing field provided by the database. The user should not be able to change it. Do something to make it appear less like a data entry TextBox. GUIDELINE # 14 GUIDELINE # 15 GUIDELINE # 16 GUIDELINE # 17 GUIDELINE # 18 Each form should have great VERTICAL Alignment - Prompts should be rightjustified. Each form should have great VERTICAL Alignment Data entry fields should be left-justified. The font face, font style, font face, and font color for the data entry forms should generally be the same; have good reasons to vary these. All form color combinations should be consistent and professional. The space between most, if not all, of the rows on the form will be consistent 7] Use the Format Align Left/Right tools to help with the alignment. Your form should look something like the following: (See Below!) Multi-Line TextBoxes 1] Note that when you select a TextBox, there is a small triangle that appears at the top right corner of the rectangle. (See Below!)

24 VS-1-SE-Basic-Form-Tutorial.docx Software Engineering Dr. Tom Hicks [24] 2] When you touch the field, a TextBox Tasks dialog pops up Select Multiline. 3] Using the mouse, drag the box bigger (by holding the small circle on the bottom).. Name The TextBoxes Well! 1] The outward appearance of our form is looking better. Take a moment and review all of the Guidelines. 2] Make sure that you are making the inward appearance look better as well make sure you have named all of the TexBoxes well! txtfirst txtmi txtlast txtusername txtpassword txt txthomephone txtcellphone txtuniversityid txdeptid txtgenderid txtnotes txtadministrator

25 VS-1-SE-Basic-Form-Tutorial.docx Software Engineering Dr. Tom Hicks [25] Tab Order 1] Launch your form. Enter the First Name. Hit the tab key. It would be nice if it went to the MI, but it may not. Enter the MI. Hit the tab key. It would be nice if it went to the Last, but it may not. Enter the Last. Hit the tab key. It would be nice if it went to the first field on the next row down. 2] The desired order would be: First MI Last Username Password University ID Gender ID Major ID Administrator Notes. 3] The initial tab order was established as the objects on your form were created. This order almost never matches the order in which you would like the processing to occur. But, this order can be easily changed. 4] Using the mouse, hold down the View Menu Select Tab Order 5] Note that a bunch of numbered boxes appear on the form; this reflect the current tab order. Ultimately, we do not want the user to be able to change the ID; we are going to skip that.

26 VS-1-SE-Basic-Form-Tutorial.docx Software Engineering Dr. Tom Hicks [26] 6] Using the mouse, touch txtfirst notice how the value associated with it became 0. 7] Using the mouse, touch txtmi notice how the value associated with it became 1. 8] Using the mouse, touch txtlast notice how the value associated with it became 2. 9] Continue this process until you have selected First MI Last Username Password Home Phone Cell Phone University ID DeptID Gender ID Administrator Notes. 9] When done hold downn the View Menu Select Tab Order

27 VS-1-SE-Basic-Form-Tutorial.docx Software Engineering Dr. Tom Hicks [27] 10] Now launch your form. Enter data of your choice. Hit the tab key to navigate from TextBox to TextBox. If your tab order is not correct, repeat the process above until you get it working correctly. Form Variables Margin & Padding 1] The Margin property defines the space around the control that keeps other controls a specified distance from the control's borders. 2] The Padding property defines the space in the interior of a control that keeps the control's content.

28 VS-1-SE-Basic-Form-Tutorial.docx Software Engineering Dr. Tom Hicks [28] Files & Code 1] The main program for the project is Program.cs. See the code below! using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Threading.Tasks; using System.Windows.Forms; namespace LibraryApp { static class Program { / <summary> / The main entry point for the application. / </summary> [STAThread] static void Main() { Application.EnableVisualStyles(); Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false); Application.Run(new User()); } } } 1] The main program for the project is User.cs. See the code below! using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.ComponentModel; using System.Data; using System.Drawing; using System.Linq; using System.Text; using System.Threading.Tasks; using System.Windows.Forms; namespace LibraryApp { public partial class User : Form { public User() { InitializeComponent(); } private void User_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { } } } 2] Note that the drag and dropping of objects placed a lot of code in file User.Designer.cs. (See Below!)

29 VS-1-SE-Basic-Form-Tutorial.docx Software Engineering Dr. Tom Hicks [29] namespace LibraryApp { partial class User { / <summary> / Required designer variable. / </summary> private System.ComponentModel.IContainer components = null; / <summary> / Clean up any resources being used. / </summary> / <param name="disposing">true if managed resources should be disposed; otherwise, false.</param> protected override void Dispose(bool disposing) { if (disposing && (components!= null)) { components.dispose(); } base.dispose(disposing); } #region Windows Form Designer generated code / <summary> / Required method for Designer support - do not modify / the contents of this method with the code editor. / </summary> private void InitializeComponent() { this.label20 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label(); this.txthomephone = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox(); this.label21 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label(); this.txtcellphone = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox(); this.txtfirst = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox(); this.label1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label(); this.label2 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label(); this.label3 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label(); this.txtlast = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox(); this.txtuniversityid = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox(); this.txtmi = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox(); this.label10 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label(); this.label4 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label(); this.txtdeptid = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox(); this.txtusername = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox(); this.label9 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label(); this.label5 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label(); this.txtid = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox(); this.txtpassword = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox(); this.label8 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label(); this.label6 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label(); this.txt = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox(); this.txtgenderid = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox(); this.label7 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label(); this.txtadministrator = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox(); this.label11 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label(); this.label12 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label(); this.txtnotes = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox(); this.suspendlayout();

30 VS-1-SE-Basic-Form-Tutorial.docx Software Engineering Dr. Tom Hicks [30] label20 this.label20.autosize = true; this.label20.font = new System.Drawing.Font("Arial", 12F, this.label20.location = new System.Drawing.Point(23, 194); this.label20.name = "label20"; this.label20.size = new System.Drawing.Size(108, 19); this.label20.tabindex = 158; this.label20.text = "Home Phone"; txthomephone this.txthomephone.font = new System.Drawing.Font("Arial", 12F, this.txthomephone.location = new System.Drawing.Point(134, 191); this.txthomephone.name = "txthomephone"; this.txthomephone.size = new System.Drawing.Size(194, 26); this.txthomephone.tabindex = 6; label21 this.label21.autosize = true; this.label21.font = new System.Drawing.Font("Arial", 12F, this.label21.location = new System.Drawing.Point(458, 194); this.label21.name = "label21"; this.label21.size = new System.Drawing.Size(92, 19); this.label21.tabindex = 159; this.label21.text = "Cell Phone"; txtcellphone this.txtcellphone.font = new System.Drawing.Font("Arial", 12F, this.txtcellphone.location = new System.Drawing.Point(553, 191); this.txtcellphone.name = "txtcellphone"; this.txtcellphone.size = new System.Drawing.Size(194, 26); this.txtcellphone.tabindex = 7; txtfirst this.txtfirst.font = new System.Drawing.Font("Arial", 12F, this.txtfirst.location = new System.Drawing.Point(134, 59); this.txtfirst.margin = new System.Windows.Forms.Padding(10); this.txtfirst.name = "txtfirst"; this.txtfirst.size = new System.Drawing.Size(238, 26); this.txtfirst.tabindex = 0; label1 this.label1.autosize = true; this.label1.font = new System.Drawing.Font("Arial", 12F, this.label1.location = new System.Drawing.Point(88, 62); this.label1.name = "label1"; this.label1.size = new System.Drawing.Size(43, 19); this.label1.tabindex = 137;

31 VS-1-SE-Basic-Form-Tutorial.docx Software Engineering Dr. Tom Hicks [31] this.label1.text = "First"; label2 this.label2.autosize = true; this.label2.font = new System.Drawing.Font("Arial", 12F, this.label2.location = new System.Drawing.Point(408, 62); this.label2.name = "label2"; this.label2.size = new System.Drawing.Size(26, 19); this.label2.tabindex = 139; this.label2.text = "MI"; label3 this.label3.autosize = true; this.label3.font = new System.Drawing.Font("Arial", 12F, this.label3.location = new System.Drawing.Point(508, 62); this.label3.name = "label3"; this.label3.size = new System.Drawing.Size(42, 19); this.label3.tabindex = 142; this.label3.text = "Last"; txtlast this.txtlast.font = new System.Drawing.Font("Arial", 12F, this.txtlast.location = new System.Drawing.Point(553, 59); this.txtlast.name = "txtlast"; this.txtlast.size = new System.Drawing.Size(367, 26); this.txtlast.tabindex = 2; txtuniversityid this.txtuniversityid.font = new System.Drawing.Font("Arial", 12F, this.txtuniversityid.location = new System.Drawing.Point(134, 234); this.txtuniversityid.name = "txtuniversityid"; this.txtuniversityid.size = new System.Drawing.Size(194, 26); this.txtuniversityid.tabindex = 8; txtmi this.txtmi.font = new System.Drawing.Font("Arial", 12F, this.txtmi.location = new System.Drawing.Point(437, 59); this.txtmi.name = "txtmi"; this.txtmi.size = new System.Drawing.Size(29, 26); this.txtmi.tabindex = 1; label10 this.label10.autosize = true; this.label10.font = new System.Drawing.Font("Arial", 12F, this.label10.location = new System.Drawing.Point(25, 237); this.label10.name = "label10"; this.label10.size = new System.Drawing.Size(106, 19); this.label10.tabindex = 155;

32 VS-1-SE-Basic-Form-Tutorial.docx Software Engineering Dr. Tom Hicks [32] this.label10.text = "University ID"; label4 this.label4.autosize = true; this.label4.font = new System.Drawing.Font("Arial", 12F, this.label4.location = new System.Drawing.Point(44, 107); this.label4.name = "label4"; this.label4.size = new System.Drawing.Size(87, 19); this.label4.tabindex = 145; this.label4.text = "Username"; txtdeptid this.txtdeptid.font = new System.Drawing.Font("Arial", 12F, this.txtdeptid.location = new System.Drawing.Point(553, 234); this.txtdeptid.name = "txtdeptid"; this.txtdeptid.size = new System.Drawing.Size(194, 26); this.txtdeptid.tabindex = 9; txtusername this.txtusername.font = new System.Drawing.Font("Arial", 12F, this.txtusername.location = new System.Drawing.Point(134, 104); this.txtusername.name = "txtusername"; this.txtusername.size = new System.Drawing.Size(238, 26); this.txtusername.tabindex = 3; label9 this.label9.autosize = true; this.label9.font = new System.Drawing.Font("Arial", 12F, this.label9.location = new System.Drawing.Point(485, 237); this.label9.name = "label9"; this.label9.size = new System.Drawing.Size(65, 19); this.label9.tabindex = 154; this.label9.text = "Dept ID"; label5 this.label5.autosize = true; this.label5.font = new System.Drawing.Font("Arial", 12F, this.label5.location = new System.Drawing.Point(464, 107); this.label5.name = "label5"; this.label5.size = new System.Drawing.Size(86, 19); this.label5.tabindex = 149; this.label5.text = "Password"; txtid this.txtid.backcolor = System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb(((int)(((byte)(0)))), ((int)(((byte)(0)))), ((int)(((byte)(192))))); this.txtid.borderstyle = System.Windows.Forms.BorderStyle.None; this.txtid.font = new System.Drawing.Font("Arial", 12F,

33 VS-1-SE-Basic-Form-Tutorial.docx Software Engineering Dr. Tom Hicks [33] this.txtid.forecolor = System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb(((int)(((byte)(244)))), ((int)(((byte)(226)))), ((int)(((byte)(67))))); this.txtid.location = new System.Drawing.Point(877, 24); this.txtid.name = "txtid"; this.txtid.size = new System.Drawing.Size(75, 19); this.txtid.tabindex = 153; this.txtid.text = "1234"; txtpassword this.txtpassword.font = new System.Drawing.Font("Arial", 12F, this.txtpassword.location = new System.Drawing.Point(553, 104); this.txtpassword.name = "txtpassword"; this.txtpassword.size = new System.Drawing.Size(367, 26); this.txtpassword.tabindex = 4; label8 this.label8.autosize = true; this.label8.font = new System.Drawing.Font("Arial", 12F, this.label8.forecolor = System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb(((int)(((byte)(244)))), ((int)(((byte)(226)))), ((int)(((byte)(67))))); this.label8.location = new System.Drawing.Point(842, 24); this.label8.name = "label8"; this.label8.size = new System.Drawing.Size(25, 19); this.label8.tabindex = 152; this.label8.text = "ID"; label6 this.label6.autosize = true; this.label6.font = new System.Drawing.Font("Arial", 12F, this.label6.location = new System.Drawing.Point(76, 152); this.label6.name = "label6"; this.label6.size = new System.Drawing.Size(55, 19); this.label6.tabindex = 151; this.label6.text = " "; txt this.txt .font = new System.Drawing.Font("Arial", 12F, this.txt .location = new System.Drawing.Point(134, 149); this.txt .name = "txt "; this.txt .size = new System.Drawing.Size(786, 26); this.txt .tabindex = 5; txtgenderid this.txtgenderid.font = new System.Drawing.Font("Arial", 12F, this.txtgenderid.location = new System.Drawing.Point(136, 277); this.txtgenderid.name = "txtgenderid"; this.txtgenderid.size = new System.Drawing.Size(57, 26); this.txtgenderid.tabindex = 10;

34 VS-1-SE-Basic-Form-Tutorial.docx Software Engineering Dr. Tom Hicks [34] label7 this.label7.autosize = true; this.label7.font = new System.Drawing.Font("Arial", 12F, this.label7.location = new System.Drawing.Point(46, 280); this.label7.name = "label7"; this.label7.size = new System.Drawing.Size(85, 19); this.label7.tabindex = 163; this.label7.text = "Gender ID"; txtadministrator this.txtadministrator.font = new System.Drawing.Font("Arial", 12F, this.txtadministrator.location = new System.Drawing.Point(553, 277); this.txtadministrator.name = "txtadministrator"; this.txtadministrator.size = new System.Drawing.Size(57, 26); this.txtadministrator.tabindex = 11; label11 this.label11.autosize = true; this.label11.font = new System.Drawing.Font("Arial", 12F, this.label11.location = new System.Drawing.Point(438, 280); this.label11.name = "label11"; this.label11.size = new System.Drawing.Size(112, 19); this.label11.tabindex = 162; this.label11.text = "Administrator"; label12 this.label12.autosize = true; this.label12.font = new System.Drawing.Font("Arial", 12F, this.label12.location = new System.Drawing.Point(75, 323); this.label12.name = "label12"; this.label12.size = new System.Drawing.Size(54, 19); this.label12.tabindex = 165; this.label12.text = "Notes"; txtnotes this.txtnotes.font = new System.Drawing.Font("Arial", 12F, this.txtnotes.location = new System.Drawing.Point(133, 320); this.txtnotes.multiline = true; this.txtnotes.name = "txtnotes"; this.txtnotes.size = new System.Drawing.Size(786, 85); this.txtnotes.tabindex = 12; User this.autoscalemode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.None; this.autoscroll = true; this.backcolor = System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb(((int)(((byte)(0)))), ((int)(((byte)(0)))), ((int)(((byte)(192))))); this.clientsize = new System.Drawing.Size(953, 439); this.controls.add(this.label12);

35 VS-1-SE-Basic-Form-Tutorial.docx Software Engineering Dr. Tom Hicks [35] this.controls.add(this.txtnotes); this.controls.add(this.txtgenderid); this.controls.add(this.label7); this.controls.add(this.txtadministrator); this.controls.add(this.label11); this.controls.add(this.label20); this.controls.add(this.txthomephone); this.controls.add(this.label21); this.controls.add(this.txtcellphone); this.controls.add(this.txtfirst); this.controls.add(this.label1); this.controls.add(this.label2); this.controls.add(this.label3); this.controls.add(this.txtlast); this.controls.add(this.txtuniversityid); this.controls.add(this.txtmi); this.controls.add(this.label10); this.controls.add(this.label4); this.controls.add(this.txtdeptid); this.controls.add(this.txtusername); this.controls.add(this.label9); this.controls.add(this.label5); this.controls.add(this.txtid); this.controls.add(this.txtpassword); this.controls.add(this.label8); this.controls.add(this.label6); this.controls.add(this.txt ); this.font = new System.Drawing.Font("Arial", 14.25F, this.forecolor = System.Drawing.Color.White; this.location = new System.Drawing.Point(20, 20); this.margin = new System.Windows.Forms.Padding(6, 5, 6, 5); this.name = "User"; this.text = "User Sub-System Written By Dr. Tom Hicks"; this.load += new System.EventHandler(this.User_Load); this.resumelayout(false); this.performlayout(); } #endregion private System.Windows.Forms.Label label20; private System.Windows.Forms.TextBox txthomephone; private System.Windows.Forms.Label label21; private System.Windows.Forms.TextBox txtcellphone; private System.Windows.Forms.TextBox txtfirst; private System.Windows.Forms.Label label1; private System.Windows.Forms.Label label2; private System.Windows.Forms.Label label3; private System.Windows.Forms.TextBox txtlast; private System.Windows.Forms.TextBox txtuniversityid; private System.Windows.Forms.TextBox txtmi; private System.Windows.Forms.Label label10; private System.Windows.Forms.Label label4; private System.Windows.Forms.TextBox txtdeptid; private System.Windows.Forms.TextBox txtusername; private System.Windows.Forms.Label label9; private System.Windows.Forms.Label label5; private System.Windows.Forms.TextBox txtid;

36 VS-1-SE-Basic-Form-Tutorial.docx Software Engineering Dr. Tom Hicks [36] } } private System.Windows.Forms.TextBox txtpassword; private System.Windows.Forms.Label label8; private System.Windows.Forms.Label label6; private System.Windows.Forms.TextBox txt ; private System.Windows.Forms.TextBox txtgenderid; private System.Windows.Forms.Label label7; private System.Windows.Forms.TextBox txtadministrator; private System.Windows.Forms.Label label11; private System.Windows.Forms.Label label12; private System.Windows.Forms.TextBox txtnotes; 3] Visual Studio also works with other files behind the scenes. Binary Executable LibraryApp.exe 1] Your bin folder includes the following: [C:\Library-Apps\LibraryApp1\bin\debug] 2] If someone has the Visual C Redistributable 2017 installed on their system, then you could provide them with LibraryApp.exe; they would be able to run the program without access to the project; they would be able to run the program without Visual Studio installed on their computer. 3] Make sure that you have exited Visual Studio. Double-Click on LibraryApp.exe it should launch your application. Backup The Project 1] Make a copy of folder LibraryApp1 call the backup LibraryApp2 1] Make a copy of folder c:\libraryapps on your flash drive. Make a copy of folder c:\libraryapps on your personal computer.