Creating a Standard EXE Project

Beginner Tip

This tutorial will tell you how to create a new Standard EXE project.  The Standard EXE project allows you to create an application, which can be compiled into a .exe file.  The .exe file then can be distributed using the Package & Deployment Wizard, which creates a setup program for your application.  There are few limits in the types of programs you can make with Visual Basic 6.0 - from a simple notepad program to a program, which controls stock for a whole supermarket for example.  Here is how to start a Standard EXE Project in Visual Basic 6.0:

1. Open Visual Basic 6.0 - it should be on your start menu if you have just installed it (Programs -> Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 -> Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0)

2. The 'New Project' dialog box will appear:

The New Project dialog box

3. Click on 'Standard EXE', then click Open

4. On the Project Explorer window (which should be in the top right of the screen), click on the top left icon, which is 'View Code':

The Project Explorer

5. The code window will appear:

The Code window

6. You are now ready to start a new project.  Tip: double-click on the form and type in between the two lines ('Private Sub Form_Load' and 'End Sub').  This code will be executed as soon as the program starts.

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Martin Allen 1999 - 2008.  Last updated Monday 07 January 2008 10:57:03 AM -0000.