Automatically generated user interface code

The Visual Studio development system automatically generates the VB code to create your user interface. The following is a portion of the form1.vb file that was created when I wrote the First VB program.

     Private Sub InitializeComponent()
        Me.Button1 = New System.Windows.Forms.Button()
        Me.SuspendLayout()
        '
        'Button1
        '
        Me.Button1.Font = New System.Drawing.Font("Microsoft Sans Serif", 14.25!, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Regular, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, CType(0, Byte))
        Me.Button1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(66, 76)
        Me.Button1.Name = "Button1"
        Me.Button1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(160, 120)
        Me.Button1.TabIndex = 0
        Me.Button1.Text = "Nothing happens when you click this button"
        '
        'Form1
        '
        Me.AutoScaleBaseSize = New System.Drawing.Size(5, 13)
        Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(292, 273)
        Me.Controls.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.Control() {Me.Button1})
        Me.Name = "Form1"
        Me.Text = "First VB program"
        Me.ResumeLayout(False)
    End Sub

When you write your program, you are actually creating a new class, and when you run the program, VS.NET automatically creates an instance of that class and executes it. That new object is called Me, and it contains a Button called Button1. This automatically generated code assigns values to the properties of Button1 that I changed while creating the user interface. If you do not change the value of a property, it inherits a default value automatically.

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