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VISUAL BASIC EXERCISES
VISUAL BASIC EXERCISES
- Drawing forms (2)
- Form events (1)
- Variables and data types (2)
- Enumerations and constants (2)
- Form validation (3)
- Menus and toolbars (2)
- Files and folders (1)
- Basic DataGridViews (1)
- Reacting to DataGridView events (3)
- Advanced DataGridViews (2)
- Creating classes (4)
- Coding in VB.NET (2)
- Variables and constants (3)
- Testing conditions (2)
- Passing arguments (3)
- Using arrays (2)
- Loops (2)
- Working with files (3)
- Lists (3)
- Creating properties (3)
Free Visual Basic exercises
This page lists 46 Visual Basic exercises. You can use the menu on the left to show just exercises for a specific topic.
This page lists 46 Visual Basic exercises. You can use the menu above to show just exercises for a specific topic.
| Software: | Visual Basic |
| Version: | Any version of VB |
| Topic: | Form validation |
| Level: | Relatively easy |
| Course: | |
| Exercise: | Using a NumericUpDown control to check that an age is filled in correctly. |
| Software: | Visual Basic |
| Version: | Any version of VB |
| Topic: | Testing conditions |
| Level: | Relatively easy |
| Course: | |
| Exercise: | Check that two combo boxes on a form have been filled in. |
| Software: | Visual Basic |
| Version: | Any version of VB |
| Topic: | Drawing forms |
| Level: | Relatively easy |
| Course: | |
| Exercise: | Design a form to display the star sign and characteristics of a person, using toolboxes and buttons. |
| Software: | Visual Basic |
| Version: | Any version of VB |
| Topic: | Creating classes |
| Level: | Relatively easy |
| Course: | |
| Exercise: | Write a ShoppingList class in VB to get a shopping application to work. |
| Software: | Visual Basic |
| Version: | Any version of VB |
| Topic: | Basic DataGridViews |
| Level: | Relatively easy |
| Course: | |
| Exercise: | Create a formatted DataGridView, displaying mortgage types from an Access database. |
| Software: | Visual Basic |
| Version: | Any version of VB |
| Topic: | Enumerations and constants |
| Level: | Relatively easy |
| Course: | |
| Exercise: | Create an enumeration in Visual Basic to see what age band someone falls into. |
| Software: | Visual Basic |
| Version: | Any version of VB |
| Topic: | Creating classes |
| Level: | Relatively easy |
| Course: | |
| Exercise: | Create a class in VB to hold items in a shopping list. |
| Software: | Visual Basic |
| Version: | Any version of VB |
| Topic: | Passing arguments |
| Level: | Relatively easy |
| Course: | |
| Exercise: | Use a subroutine with arguments to display different messages. |
| Software: | Visual Basic |
| Version: | Any version of VB |
| Topic: | Lists |
| Level: | Relatively easy |
| Course: | |
| Exercise: | Create and populate an array of the first 10 square numbers. |
| Software: | Visual Basic |
| Version: | Any version of VB |
| Topic: | Variables and constants |
| Level: | Relatively easy |
| Course: | |
| Exercise: | Use variables to determine the length of text typed into a form. |
| Software: | Visual Basic |
| Version: | Any version of VB |
| Topic: | Loops |
| Level: | Relatively easy |
| Course: | |
| Exercise: | Find the longest entry in a combo box's rows, by looping in VB.NET. |
| Software: | Visual Basic |
| Version: | Any version of VB |
| Topic: | Coding in VB.NET |
| Level: | Relatively easy |
| Course: | |
| Exercise: | Create a basic VB program to display the choices made in a form. |
| Software: | Visual Basic |
| Version: | Any version of VB |
| Topic: | Form validation |
| Level: | Relatively easy |
| Course: | |
| Exercise: | Test your form validation skills - validate the name and age of a dating agency applicant. |
| Software: | Visual Basic |
| Version: | Any version of VB |
| Topic: | Working with files |
| Level: | Relatively easy |
| Course: | |
| Exercise: | Create code to write out form entries using a streamwriter to a text file. |
| Software: | Visual Basic |
| Version: | Any version of VB |
| Topic: | Creating properties |
| Level: | Relatively easy |
| Course: | |
| Exercise: | Create properties for a dating agency application form to make it work. |
| Software: | Visual Basic |
| Version: | Any version of VB |
| Topic: | Variables and constants |
| Level: | Average difficulty |
| Course: | |
| Exercise: | Create code to count the number of times someone clicks on a button. |
| Software: | Visual Basic |
| Version: | Any version of VB |
| Topic: | Using arrays |
| Level: | Average difficulty |
| Course: | |
| Exercise: | Create an array based on values typed into a form. |
| Software: | Visual Basic |
| Version: | Any version of VB |
| Topic: | Passing arguments |
| Level: | Average difficulty |
| Course: | |
| Exercise: | Use a VB.NET function to work out someone's BMI from entered data. |
| Software: | Visual Basic |
| Version: | Any version of VB |
| Topic: | Reacting to DataGridView events |
| Level: | Average difficulty |
| Course: | |
| Exercise: | Add validation code to a form showing mortgage applicants so that an invalid entry causes an error message to pop up. |
| Software: | Visual Basic |
| Version: | |
| Topic: | Menus and toolbars |
| Level: | Average difficulty |
| Course: | |
| Exercise: | Creating a menustrip, toolstrip, statusstrip and contextmenu for a simple pen colour application, and writing efficient code to make them work. |
| Software: | Visual Basic |
| Version: | Any version of VB |
| Topic: | Reacting to DataGridView events |
| Level: | Average difficulty |
| Course: | |
| Exercise: | Attach code to the UserDeletingRow event of a DataGridView to show a confirmation message before deleting a row. |
| Software: | Visual Basic |
| Version: | Any version of VB |
| Topic: | Drawing forms |
| Level: | Average difficulty |
| Course: | |
| Exercise: | Draw a form allowing a dating agency candidate to enter their name and date of birth, and choose their sexuality from a drop list. |
| Software: | Visual Basic |
| Version: | Any version of VB |
| Topic: | Coding in VB.NET |
| Level: | Average difficulty |
| Course: | |
| Exercise: | Use MessageBox.Show to display the title and message typed into a form. |
| Software: | Visual Basic |
| Version: | Any version of VB |
| Topic: | Form validation |
| Level: | Average difficulty |
| Course: | |
| Exercise: | Add ErrorProvider controls to a form to validate the age a person types in. |
| Software: | Visual Basic |
| Version: | Any version of VB |
| Topic: | Lists |
| Level: | Average difficulty |
| Course: | |
| Exercise: | Generate a list of Friday 13th dates, and display these in a listbox. |
| Software: | Visual Basic |
| Version: | Any version of VB |
| Topic: | Menus and toolbars |
| Level: | Average difficulty |
| Course: | |
| Exercise: | Code an application to allow you to change text box colours, including a menu, toolbar and short-cut menus. |
| Software: | Visual Basic |
| Version: | Any version of VB |
| Topic: | Reacting to DataGridView events |
| Level: | Average difficulty |
| Course: | |
| Exercise: | Create a DataGridView with conditional formatting and default values for new rows, using DataGridView event code for each. |
| Software: | Visual Basic |
| Version: | Any version of VB |
| Topic: | Files and folders |
| Level: | Average difficulty |
| Course: | |
| Exercise: | Display a file dialog box to choose files to search, then open each using a streamreader to hunt for text. |
| Software: | Visual Basic |
| Version: | Any version of VB |
| Topic: | Enumerations and constants |
| Level: | Average difficulty |
| Course: | |
| Exercise: | Create resources for a project to hold your name, and a picture of yourself!. |
| Software: | Visual Basic |
| Version: | Any version of VB |
| Topic: | Variables and constants |
| Level: | Average difficulty |
| Course: | |
| Exercise: | Write code to get a calculator to validate and add numbers. |
| Software: | Visual Basic |
| Version: | Any version of VB |
| Topic: | Lists |
| Level: | Average difficulty |
| Course: | |
| Exercise: | Import lines from a text file to build up a list and display its items. |
| Software: | Visual Basic |
| Version: | Any version of VB |
| Topic: | Loops |
| Level: | Average difficulty |
| Course: | |
| Exercise: | Validate the controls on a form by looping over them within groupboxes. |
| Software: | Visual Basic |
| Version: | Any version of VB |
| Topic: | Passing arguments |
| Level: | Average difficulty |
| Course: | |
| Exercise: | Calculate the desirability quotient of a man, given the car he drives and who he looks like. |
| Software: | Visual Basic |
| Version: | Any version of VB |
| Topic: | Creating classes |
| Level: | Average difficulty |
| Course: | |
| Exercise: | Create a Countdown game, using a class to generate each letter. |
| Software: | Visual Basic |
| Version: | Any version of VB |
| Topic: | Testing conditions |
| Level: | Average difficulty |
| Course: | |
| Exercise: | Validate a dating agency application form's text boxes. |
| Software: | Visual Basic |
| Version: | Any version of VB |
| Topic: | Variables and data types |
| Level: | Average difficulty |
| Course: | |
| Exercise: | Create a DateTimePicker to for date of birth entry, then calculate the age of the applicant from this using variables. |
| Software: | Visual Basic |
| Version: | Any version of VB |
| Topic: | Variables and data types |
| Level: | Average difficulty |
| Course: | |
| Exercise: | Converting variable data types - create a form for someone to input their name and the amount of money they need spending on them. |
| Software: | Visual Basic |
| Version: | Any version of VB |
| Topic: | Working with files |
| Level: | Average difficulty |
| Course: | |
| Exercise: | Search line by line through a set of text files for a missing person. |
| Software: | Visual Basic |
| Version: | Any version of VB |
| Topic: | Creating properties |
| Level: | Average difficulty |
| Course: | |
| Exercise: | Calculate Body Mass Index using 3 read-only properties. |
| Software: | Visual Basic |
| Version: | Any version of VB |
| Topic: | Advanced DataGridViews |
| Level: | Harder than average |
| Course: | |
| Exercise: | Create a full system: click on a button next to a film in a list to see its details in a separate form. |
| Software: | Visual Basic |
| Version: | Any version of VB |
| Topic: | Advanced DataGridViews |
| Level: | Harder than average |
| Course: | |
| Exercise: | Create a DataGridView to include a combo box bound to another table, and a button for editing each row. |
| Software: | Visual Basic |
| Version: | Any version of VB |
| Topic: | Working with files |
| Level: | Harder than average |
| Course: | |
| Exercise: | Write a VB.NET routine to loop over files in a folder, finding the largest. |
| Software: | Visual Basic |
| Version: | Any version of VB |
| Topic: | Form events |
| Level: | Harder than average |
| Course: | |
| Exercise: | Create a form such that when a user choosee their gender from a drop list, a webbrowser control displays a suitable website. |
| Software: | Visual Basic |
| Version: | Any version of VB |
| Topic: | Creating properties |
| Level: | Harder than average |
| Course: | |
| Exercise: | Play Snog, Marry or Avoid using lists, list boxes and VB.NET. |
| Software: | Visual Basic |
| Version: | Any version of VB |
| Topic: | Using arrays |
| Level: | Harder than average |
| Course: | |
| Exercise: | Using splitting and arrays, find the oldest person in a comma-delimited list. |
| Software: | Visual Basic |
| Version: | Any version of VB |
| Topic: | Creating classes |
| Level: | Harder than average |
| Course: | |
| Exercise: | Play Pairs in a form, creating classes to refer to each card and to each turn. |
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