Homework Assignment #2

In class exercise
   to get credit for this assignment,
   you must do this exercise in class
   and show the instructor your results.

start
 programs
  programming classes
   visual studio 2005
    visual studio 2005

     select web development as the default
      start visual studio

Create web site
 Location should be: file system
  Note the path for your project
   e.g. D:\Documents and Settings\a213inst\My Documents\
     Visual Studio 2005\WebSites\WebSite1  

    make sure Language is: Visual Basic

dbl click: ASP.net web site

at bottom on screen,
 you should see: Design   Source

It is critical
 not to disturb code that is set up for you!!!

Note html tags
  
...
  

Note lines can be suppressed by clicking the [-] minus.
  they can re-appear by clicking the [+] sign.

1. click on Design mode
2. key in: My first cs206 project
    change the font to arial
    change the pt size to 16
3. View 
    toolbars
     turn off formatting
     turn on formatting
4. enter a new line: enter a number
     12 pt
 Note in visual studio 2005,
  we can use html (as shown in steps 2 and 4)
   to add static text,
    instead of using a static label.

5. position the cursor
   dbl click on TextBox in the Toolbox
    to add it to your form

6. unpin the solution explorer panel

7. list the properties of the textbox alphabetically

8. change the properties of the textbox
   ID txtNumber

9. add a button below the text box

    ID btnCalculate
    Text: Calculate

Note: visual studio web devel uses flow layout

10. add text below to say:
   Double that number is:

11. add a label
   ID lblResult

12. Start without debugging
    Ctrl F5
   (on some stations, had to do this several times
    before it worked)
   URL that it brought up automatically was:
   http://localhost:2596/WebSite1/Default.aspx
      Note: if the station did not have internet access,
       the program would not run.

13. close the browser, not Visual Studio

14. set lblResult text property to blank

15. dbl click on Calculate button
    to open up a code window

16. unpin tool box and the properties
     so the code screen takes up the full screen

17. add code for the btnCalculate
     by dbl clicking the button

        Dim dVal As Decimal
        dVal = txtNumber.Text
        lblResult.Text = 2 * dVal

18. File
     Save All

19. run the program
     (see step 12 above)