Wiley Visual Basic 2005 Programmer's Reference 978-0-7645-7198-5 ユーザーズマニュアル
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This chapter describes Visual Studio’s integrated development environment (IDE). It explains the
most important windows, menus, and toolbars that make up the environment, and shows how to
customize them to suit your personal preferences. It also explains some of the tools that provide
help while you are writing Visual Basic applications.
most important windows, menus, and toolbars that make up the environment, and shows how to
customize them to suit your personal preferences. It also explains some of the tools that provide
help while you are writing Visual Basic applications.
Even if you are an experienced Visual Basic programmer, you should at least skim this material.
The IDE is extremely complex and provides hundreds (if not thousands) of commands, menus,
toolbars, windows, context menus, and other tools for editing, running, and debugging Visual
Basic projects. Even if you have used the IDE for a long time, there are sure to be some features
that you have overlooked. This chapter describes some of the most important of those features,
and you may discover something useful that you’ve never noticed before.
The IDE is extremely complex and provides hundreds (if not thousands) of commands, menus,
toolbars, windows, context menus, and other tools for editing, running, and debugging Visual
Basic projects. Even if you have used the IDE for a long time, there are sure to be some features
that you have overlooked. This chapter describes some of the most important of those features,
and you may discover something useful that you’ve never noticed before.
Even after you’ve read this chapter, you should periodically spend some time wandering through
the IDE to see what you’ve missed. Every month or so, spend a few minutes exploring the menus
and right-clicking on things to see what their context menus contain. As you become a more profi-
cient Visual Basic programmer, you will find uses for tools that you may have previously dis-
missed or failed to understand.
the IDE to see what you’ve missed. Every month or so, spend a few minutes exploring the menus
and right-clicking on things to see what their context menus contain. As you become a more profi-
cient Visual Basic programmer, you will find uses for tools that you may have previously dis-
missed or failed to understand.
It is important to remember that the Visual Studio IDE is extremely customizable. You can move,
hide, or modify the menus, toolbars, and windows; create your own toolbars; dock, undock, or
rearrange the toolbars and windows; and change the behavior of the built-in text editors (change
their indentation, colors for different kinds of text, and so forth).
hide, or modify the menus, toolbars, and windows; create your own toolbars; dock, undock, or
rearrange the toolbars and windows; and change the behavior of the built-in text editors (change
their indentation, colors for different kinds of text, and so forth).
These capabilities let you display the features you need the most and hide those that are unneces-
sary for a particular situation. If you need to use the Properties window, you can display it. If you
want to make room for a very wide form, you can make it short and wide, and move it to the bot-
tom of the screen. If you have a collection of favorite tools and possibly some you have written
yourself, you can put them all in one convenient toolbar. Or you can have several toolbars for
working with code, forms in general, and database forms in particular.
sary for a particular situation. If you need to use the Properties window, you can display it. If you
want to make room for a very wide form, you can make it short and wide, and move it to the bot-
tom of the screen. If you have a collection of favorite tools and possibly some you have written
yourself, you can put them all in one convenient toolbar. Or you can have several toolbars for
working with code, forms in general, and database forms in particular.
This chapter describes the basic Visual Studio development environment as it is initially installed.
Because Visual Studio is so flexible, your development environment may not look like the one
described here. After you’ve moved things around a bit to suit your personal preferences, your
menus and toolbars may not contain the same commands described here, and other windows may
be in different locations or missing entirely.
Because Visual Studio is so flexible, your development environment may not look like the one
described here. After you’ve moved things around a bit to suit your personal preferences, your
menus and toolbars may not contain the same commands described here, and other windows may
be in different locations or missing entirely.
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