Computer Programming Concepts and Visual Basic David I. Schneider

4. If you selected Recent, double-click on one of the files in the list.
Note 1: (In Steps 3 and 4, if an unsaved program is present, Visual Basic will
prompt you about saving it.)
Note 2: The form or code for the program may not appear, but can be accessed
through the Project Explorer window. Another way to obtain the Code and Form
windows is to run and then terminate the program.
E. Use the Project Explorer.
Note: Just below the Project Explorer title bar are three icons (View Code, View
Object, and Toggle Folders), and below them is the List window. At any time, one
item in the List window is selected.
1. Click on View Code to see the code associated with the selected item.
2. Click on View Object to see the Object (usually the form) associated with the
selected item.
F. Display the form associated with a program.
1. Press Alt/V/B. (If the selection Object is grayed, first run and then terminate the
program.)
or
1. Press Shift+F7.
or
1. Press Alt/V/P to activate the Project Explorer window.
2. Select the name of the form.
3. Click on the View Object button.
HOW TO: USE THE EDITOR
A. Mark a section of text as a block.
1. Move the cursor to the beginning or end of the block.
2. Hold down a Shift key and use the direction keys to highlight a block of text.
3. Release the Shift key.
or
1. Move the mouse to the beginning or end of the block.
2. Hold down the left mouse button and move the mouse to the other end of the
block.
3. Release the left mouse button.
Note 1: To unblock text, press a direction key or click outside the block.
Note 2: To select a word, double-click on it. To select a line, move the mouse pointer
just far enough into the left margin so that the pointer changes to an arrow, and
then single-click there.
B. Delete a line of a program.
1. Move the cursor to the line.
2. Press Ctrl+Y.
or
1. Mark the line as a block. (See item A of this section.)
2. Press Alt/E/T or press Ctrl+X.
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