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 with 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 )