Microsoft Visual Basic 2010 Step by Step eBook

410 Part III Designing the User Interface

5. Modify the Button1_Click event procedure as follows. (The shaded lines are the ones
   that you need to change .)

Dim Employee As New Teacher

Dim DOB As Date

Employee.FirstName = TextBox1.Text

Employee.LastName = TextBox2.Text

DOB = DateTimePicker1.Value.Date

Employee.Grade = InputBox("What grade do you teach?")

MsgBox(Employee.FirstName & " " & Employee.LastName _

& " teaches grade " & Employee.Grade)

In this example, I’ve removed the current age calculation—the Age method isn’t

used—but I did this only to keep information to a minimum in the message box.

When you define properties and methods in a class, you aren’t required to use them

in the program code.

Now you’ll run the program.

Tip The revised Person Class program is located in the C:\Vb10sbs\Chap16\Person Class

folder.

6. Click the Start Debugging button to run the program.

The new employee form opens on the screen:

7. Type your first name in the First Name text box and your last name in the Last Name
   text box.


8. Click the date/time picker object, and then scroll to your birth date.