vb tutorial

CLOCK TUTORIAL

1 On the File menu ,select New Project ,VB will ask if you want a std .exe = click OK
2 Then resize the form to the approximately the size of my clock at the bottem of this page.
2 Add a timer control to your form.(It looks like a little clock)
3 Add two small label controls to your form (side by side)
4 Add a line in between the two labels to separate them.
5 Click on the form to select it, Change the Caption property of the form to "Mikes Clock"
6 Now set the properties of the objects you have used as follows = ...


	OBJECT LABEL1 LABEL2 TIMER1 FORM1	PROPERTY CAPTION CAPTION INTERVAL ENABLED CAPTION	SETTING EMPTY EMPTY 1000 TRUE MIKES CLOCK

7 Double click the timer, which opens the timers code window, add code to the window as below .

Private Sub Timer1_Timer()
Label1.Caption = Time
Label2.Caption = Date
End Sub

8 Run the program by selecting F5.......If you like it then turn it into a executable program to use on your desktop.
9 To make the clock .exe program = select file menu ,then select make project1.exe and follow the instructions.This will give you a program that can be right clicked to send a shortcut to the desktop to run whenever you want to know the time, or if it can be made to come on automatic, if you drag the shortcut to the startup folder.