Visual Basic Chapter 1 (Introduction to Programming and Visual Basic) Short Answer

What is the difference between operating system software and application software?

What is an object?

What is a control?

Briefly describe what an event-driven program is.

From what you have in this chapter, describe the difference between a Label control and a TextBox control. When is it appropriate to use one or the other?

When creating a Visual Basic application, you will spend much of your time doing what three things?

What is a form?

Summarize the mandatory rules that you must follow when naming a control.

What is a keyword?

What is the purpose of inserting comments in a program?

What is language syntax?

What is a syntax error?

What is a runtime error?

What is an operator?

What is a flowchart?

What is psuedocode?

What default name will Visual Basic give to the first Label control that you place on a form? What default name will Visual Basic assign to the first TextBox control that you place on a from?

What property determines the text that is displayed by a Label control?

What is Auto Hide? How do you turn Auto Hide on or off?

What is the Toolbox window in Visual Studio?

What is the standard toolbar in Visual Studio?

What is a ToolTip?

If you do not see the Solution Explorer window in Visual Studio, how do you display it?

If you do not see the Properties window in Visual Studio, how do you display it?

Figure 1-30 shows the Visual Studio IDE. What are the names of the four areas that are indicated in the figure?

What is the difference between the main memory and secondary storage?