Input and Output in VB

By Kardi Teknomo, PhD.

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The simplest visual input and output in Visual basic is using InputBox and MessageBox. Now you will make a simple project to see how this work.

1. Drag a Command Button into Form
2. Click the command button and change the caption property into “click me”
3. Double click the command button and type

Dim myName
myName = InputBox("input name")
MsgBox "Hello " & myName

4. Run the program and input your name, see what happen?

Notice the tips when you type “(“ after InputBox and space after the MsgBox. Thats is called Intellisense.
You have seen how easy is to program in Visual Basic. You dont even need to memorize what are the parameters of your command.

Dim = to declare your variable name myName

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