Jon's ICT 12 Blog: November 2007

Sunday, November 25, 2007

Visual Basic Timer Program

November 22, 2007

This past week we learned some new features for our Visual Basic program. We were told to create a timer along with some added features that we had to create with a second form. This was the first time we've created 2 forms for 1 running program. We first used the timer feature. We had to set the intervals to "1" to make sure it ran properly. The program was described as a timer wi

th a "Done" button at the bottom, along with "File" and "Help" as our extra options, and out minimize/maximize buttons visible. We were told to create a status bar ( Shown on the left ) with "File" for another "Exit" option, and "Help" for an "About" option, redirecting the user to our second form, with a made up "Terms of Agreement/License".

For example.. Mozilla Firefox's shown below.

We were also told to make our minimize and maximize buttons visible, this was possible by going under our Form's options, find the right tab, and make sure it was set on "True" so it is shown when the Timer program is activated. ( Example below )

OLPC Review.

"One Laptop Per Child"

OLPC, or One Laptop Per Child is an organization which donates specialized laptops to children around the world, allowing them to explore the internet from wherever they are. Websites can be found here and here.

"The laptop was designed collaboratively by experts from both academia and industry, bringing to bear both extraordinary talent and many decades of collective field experience for every aspect of this nonprofit humanitarian project."

*Read more about the design of the laptop itself here.

And now we as a class have decided that we will all donate in order to get 1 laptop by donating anything from $5 or more.

* If anyone wishes to donate to this cause and help spread this revolutionary laptop, check out this link here for all donation help.

Here is a review for the OLPC machine itself here.
Here is an article from the Wall Street Journal containing some "pros" and "cons" for the creating of this life changing organization. Check it out here.