Project Explorer Window in Visual Basic

Tuesday, August 11, 2009 ·

Project Explorer Window is one of element of Visual Basic Development Environment, that contains list of all files that build a VB application. The collection of files in a VB application called VB Project (with extention .vbp abbrefiation of Visual Basic Project). Several file types may exists in VB project, for example Form (with extention .frm), Module (with extention .bas), Designer (with extention .dsr), and so on. The sum of files in your Project depend on the size of your application, maybe some applications have many files, but others maybe have just several files.

You can switch between Object and Code window by clicking Object View button and Code View button on the Project Explorer window's Toolbar. Before clicking View Object button or View Code button you must select the file first by clicking on it.

Look at below image for your illustration.
Visual Basic Project Explorer Window









You can switch to Object window by clicking View Object button on the Project Explorer Window's toolbar. Look at below image for illustration.
Click Viw Code Button on VB Project Explorer Window's Toolbar









You can switch to Code window by clicking View Code button on the Project Explorer Window's toolbar. Look at below image for your illustration.
Click View Object Button on VB Project Explorer Window Toolbar









Also you can switch between Object and Code window with below VB programming tips:

  • Right-click on a file you want to view
    A drop down menu will appear on your screen.
  • Click View Code menu or View Object menu on the drop down menu

    Look at below screen shot.
    Right Click, then Click View Object / View Code menu in VB Explorer Project Window


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