Want to make a Score Board? By: Mrs. Clair

1. Want to make a Score Board? By: Mrs. Clair • Learning Targets: • Develop code blocks that use arithmetic operations • Develop programs that use subtotals and final totals

2. First open up Visual Basic. Then go to File, New, Project. Next click Window Application. Then name the project Score Board. Check the create directory for solution box. Press OK. Lets Make a Form! REMEMBER TO SAVE TO YOUR (H:) DRIVE!

3. First go to the properties window and change the size to 512, 368. Get 2 Labels, 3 Text Boxes, and 10 Buttons. Remember you can design the form to how you want it to look! Creating a Form Cont.

4. To name a button go to the Properties Window. Then go to Text and make 2 touchdown buttons, 2 field goal buttons, 2 safety/ field goal, 2 Convert buttons, 1 Quarter button, and 1 End of Game button. Creating Names!!!

5. This is very simple. Go to the Properties Window and go to text (like with buttons). Then in the Properties Window go to Font and change to your liking! Making Home/Visitor Labels

6. Go to the Properties Window and change the text to 0 on the text boxes that are going to be used for the home and away score. Change the text to 1 for the text box that will be used for quarters. Text Box Round 1

7. Centering a text box is easy! Go to the Properties Window and go to Text Align to center. Text Box Round 2

8. Go to the Properties Window and go to name. Then if your creating a button type btn(nameofbutton). If it’s a text box type the name as txt(nameoftext). Naming Buttons and Text Boxes

9. Just set a layout of your buttons, labels, and text boxes so that they can be easily read by someone else. Setup your Form to your liking and lets get to coding!

10. Coding!!!! • Double click the Touchdown Button assigned to the home team. • Then type the code as txt(name of the home team textbox).Text = txt(name of same text box).Text + 6

11. There are two tabs at the top of the screen. To get back to the form simply press Form1.vb [Design] Getting Back to the Form

12. Coding Cont. • Do the same thing for the visitor button for touchdowns. • The code for it is txt(name of visitor text box).Text = txt(name of same text box).Text + 6

13. Field Goal Coding!!! • Double click the button assigned for field goals for the home team. • The code is txt(name of home team text box).Text = txt(same text box).Text + 3

14. Field Goal Coding Cont. • Double click the visitor’s field goal button. • The code is txt(name of visitor text box).Text = txt(same text box).Text + 3

15. Safety/Two Point Conversion Coding • Double click the home team’s Safety/Two point button. • The code is txt(home team text box).Text = txt(home team text box).Text + 2

16. Safety/Two Point Conversion Cont. • Double click the Safety/Two point conversion button. • The code is txt(vistor text box).Text = txt(visitor text box).Text + 2

17. Convert Button • Double Click the Convert Button. • The code is txt(Home text box).Text = txt(home text box).Text + 1 • Visitor code is txt(away text box).Text = txt(away text box).Text + 1

18. Making Reset Button • Double click the end game button • The code is

19. Making The Quarter Button • Double click the Quarter button. • The code is

20. Go on the internet and find a picture you want as the background of your score board. Right click image and save to computer. Then go to BackgroundImage and select your image. Creating a Background!