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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)
Visual Basic | Testing conditions exercise | Check a user has made sensible dating choices
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Software ==> | Visual Basic (46 exercises) |
Version ==> | Any version of VB |
Topic ==> | Testing conditions (2 exercises) |
Level ==> | Relatively easy |
Course ==> | Introduction to VB.NET |
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Press CTRL + D to add the file called frmPreferences.vb from the above folder into your project (or right click on the project and choose to add it as an existing item).
Change your project's properties to make this the default form for your project. When you run your project, you should see this:

Write code for the OK button to display error messages if you leave either combo box blank:
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If the first one is blank ... | If the second one is blank ... |
You can check the length of the text property of a combo box to see if it's blank. If both combo boxes are filled in, show the user the choices they've made:

That's it!