ABSTRACT
At the first time of using Visual Studio 2013, we get the window shown in Figure 11.1 when we start Visual Studio 2013. We select Visual Basic for Development Settings, and then click on the Start Visual Studio button. This brings up the Start Page shown in Figure 11.2, which allows us to select either starting a new project or opening an existing project. We select Start a New Project, which brings up the New Project window shown in Figure 11.3. We use the New Project window to name our new project “Healthcare Information System.” The New Project window has Windows Forms Application set as default, and we take this default application type for our project. After we click the OK button in the New Project window, the Visual Basic development environment, as shown in Figure 11.4, is brought up. This development environment has the menus and shortcut icons at the top and several windows that assist the development. On the left side, there are two tabs for Toolbox and Data Sources. The Toolbox tab contains controls and other tools that we can use to create a GUI. The Data Sources tab initially has no data sources and will contain databases and other types of data sources when they are added to the project. If the Toolbox tab is closed, it can be brought up again by selecting Toolbox in the View menu. If the Data Source tab is closed, it can be brought up again by selecting Other Windows in the View menu and then Data Sources in the pop-up menu. In the Design window, there is the Design View of Form1, which is a default form. The Solution Explorer window gives the list of components in the project. At the beginning, the list includes only three components in the project: My Project, App.config, and Form1.vb. The Properties window shows properties of the selected object in the Design window, which is Form1 in Figure 11.4.
