[Darkchild]

Darkchild's Visual Basic tutorial lesson 1
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First thing in programming is...you have to know variables!

Q: What are variables? Simple!

For example...Have you ever used letters in math (like X or Y)? X and Y are variables, they can hold ANY number, but it is you or the program who have to give them the number to hold...

Sub Question : Where is this data stored in?

Simple! It's stored in your Ram!

Now, there are lots and lots of types of variables, but for now, I'm gonna teach you the simpler ones that you will need:

• Integer
• String
• Boolean
• Byte

Now what is the difference between these variables? Simple!

• Integer uses whole numbers (you can't use 0.01 as an integer value)
• String uses Numbers, letters, special characters like (@£§€)
• Boolean uses only two values, true and false
• Byte uses numbers from 0 to 255

Simple? Good!

Now how to declare these variables (because, they aren't made by themselves!)

Dim name_of_variable as type

Where "name_of_variable" is the name of the variable you are declaring

Sub Question : Can I put ANY characters in my variables?

Not all... for example you CANNOT use:

1. Numbers at the beginning of the variable's name
2. Special Characters
3. Names of variables that were already declared

at the beginning of the variable's name or else you will have a huge error!

Where Type, you write ONE those 4 types of variables that I told you about.
You can have pretty much as many variables you want, and any amount of variables of the same type you want.

Now How to declare various variables without having to write "DIM" in another line

Dim var1, var2, var3 as integer

I think this is self explanatory
More lessons later! Post your questions here if you have any!

You can download Visual Basic here (although it is .NET, the basics would be...the same).

[bwalker]

so "Dim var1, var2, var3 as byte" declares those thre variables as byte variable or do i have this all wrong lol

[Darkchild]

yes, that declares them all as Bytes
it is correct =)

[bwalker]

sweet then your tut 1 is a sucess good job i look foward to more

[Darkchild]

next tuto I'll show you the IDE and how to work with it, for future tutorials

[roe-ur-boat]

What do I need to start developing in VB6

[Darkchild]

You need Visual Studio 6

[roe-ur-boat]

ok, you told me the name before, I just forgot

[Darkchild]

no prob, but..WHERE to get it...I cannot say :P

The microsoft store