The MS Visual

Basic 6.0 IDE

Integrated Development Environment

MS Visual Basic 6.0 IDE

Integrated Development Environment or IDE is the workbench on which you make your program in MS Visual Basic.

It is a collection of menus, toolbars and windows, each of which has features that affects your programming activity.

The major components of MS Visual Basic

1. Menu Bar – lets you direct the overall activity and management of your programming.

2. Standard Toolbar- collection of all iconic buttons located underneath the menu bar. Offer access to the most commonly used functions.

3. Toolbox- use to get the control needed in creating your user interface.

4. Form- the main object you will use to create the user interface for your application.

5. Project Explorer Window –displays a hierarchical list of all the components that makes up your application.

6. Properties Window – In this window, you read, configure, and control the initial settings of the controls in your program.7. Code Window- this window is where you work with the Visual Basic code that you write “behind” your form.8. Control- the building blocks of your application