Chapter 3, Problem 2E

Program Plan Intro

Form design:

• Open Microsoft Visual Studio.
• Select Visual Basic and click Windows Application.
• Name the project as “Jacobson Furniture Project”.
• Store the file in desired location.
• The created project is now displayed with a form in the name of Form1.
• Rename the Form1 as “Main Form” and add the necessary components.
• In property window, change the Form name and add changes for Form elements properties.
• Click the File menu->Save All.

View of the form design in the IDE:

The form control properties in the properties window are as follows:

Object	Property	Setting
Form1	Text	Gross Pay
txtSales	Text	(Empty)
lblTax	Text	(Empty)
lblTotal	Text	(Empty)
PictureBox1	Image	furniture.png
btnCalc	Text	Calculate
btnExit	Text	Exit

• Add a text box control to input the value of sales.
• Add two label control to show the result of sales tax calculation.
• Add two button controls to calculate the sales tax and exit the program respectively.