CIS 125, Visual Basic .NET I, Spring 2006 Identify the tasks the application needs to perform. Identify the objects needed to perform those tasks. Identify the events required to trigger an object into performing its assigned tasks Design the user interface Write out all Tasks Determine what Objects & Events are needed TextBox, Button, Label, ... Object Naming Conventions (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vbceide/htm/ideintro_15.asp) Click Primary Window Where primary editing and Viewing takes place Dialog Box Supplemental Information See Figure 2.10, 2.11 White Space Group Box Control Panel Control Text box's identifying label should end with a colon (:) Labels should use Sentence Capitalization Book Title Capitalization capitalizes first letter of each word, except for articles, conjunctions, and prepositions that do not occur at either the beginning or the end of the caption. Size buttons relative to each other. Use same height and widths if possible Measured in points. One point is 1/72 of an inch Serifis a light cross stroke that appears at the top or bottom of a character. Sans Serif meaning "without". Easier to read on Screen. Tahoma is a recommended font Some users may use monochrome monitors. Many people have some form of either color-blindness or color confusion, so they will hjave trouble distinguishing colors. Color is very subjective; a pretty color to you may be hideous to someone else. A color may have a different meaning in a different culture. Best to use black text on white, off-white, or light gray background. Limit the number of colors. (3 not including white, black, gray) Never use color as only means of identification. Allow a user to work without a mouse. Allows Faster typing by keeping hands on keyboard. Assists people with disabilities. Include an ampersand (&) in the caption of the label Tab index of label is one less than control. &Name: would make N the access key. Allow you to scroll through form by pressing the tab key Start at index zero By default tabindex increases by one with each added item. Tab index of label is one less than control. AcceptButton - set under in the Form Misc. Event on button fired when Enter key is pressed CancelButton - set under in the Form Misc. Event on button fired when Esc key is pressed