Chapter 5, Problem 10E

Program Plan Intro

Form design:

• Open Microsoft Visual Studio.
• Select Visual Basic and click Windows Application.
• Name the project as “Payment Project”.
• Store the file in desire location.
• The created project is now display 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	Monthly Payment
PicutreBox1	Image	Mortgage.png
txtPrincipal	Text	(Empty)
lstTerms	Items	List of items for year
lstRates	Items	List of items for rate of interest
lblPay	Text	(Empty)
btnCalc	Text	Calculate
btnExit	Text	Exit

• Add a picture box to show the image.
• Add a text box control to get the input for principal amount.
• Add two list boxes to show to select number of years and rate of interest respectively.
• Add a label control to display the results of monthly payment.
• Add two button controls to calculate the projected sales and exit the program respectively.