HOW TO CREATE A CLASS

1. Steps: 1. Create a project. Use any meaningful name you want. 2. Create a GUI for a program that inputs a decimal value and displays a tax amount in a currency format: HOW TO CREATE A CLASS

2. Steps: 3. Enter this code within the button-click code. HOW TO CREATE A CLASS

3. Steps: 4. Select the project name and right-click on it. HOW TO CREATE A CLASS

4. Steps: The screen should now look like this. 5. Select Add, then Class. HOW TO CREATE A CLASS

5. Steps: The screen should now look like this. 6. Select Class below and type in the class name. This example uses clsCalculateSalesTax.vb. HOW TO CREATE A CLASS Don’t forget to press “Add”

6. Steps: 7. Your screen should now look like the one below. 8. Add the class code here. (See the next slide for the class code.) HOW TO CREATE A CLASS

7. Steps: 9. After entering the class’s code below, your class should look like this. HOW TO CREATE A CLASS

8. Steps: 10. The solution explorer should now look like this. Your class has been added to your project and is now a file within your project. HOW TO CREATE A CLASS Your class is here as a“.vb” file.

9. Steps: 11. Congratulations. You have just written your first class. 12. Next, run your project. It should work. 13. Don’t forget to save your project. HOW TO CREATE A CLASS You must understand this code to be able to do the next program.