In this Lesson we make some fun Meme Selector Programs and learn about how to store and process images in VB.Net in three ways: Open Dialog, Image List, and Project Resources.
It will be very helpful if you have done our previous Games Programming Lessons on "Random Dice Rolling" and "Rock Paper Scissors Game".
In this VB.Net Lesson we specifically learn:
- How to work with the VB.Net File Open Dialog.
- How to setup and use the VB.Net Image List for storing and retrieving images. .
- How to use the VB.Net Project Resources for Program Images.
- How to use Random Numbers and String Processing to randomly determine an Image to Load.
In the first of the Three Programs for this Lesson, we learn all about the VB.Net Open File Dialog as a means to access Images from storage and display them individually in a Picture Box on our Form.
The other main new learning for this Lesson occurs in Program 2 where we learn all about VB.Net's Image List and use it to help make a continuously cycling set of Top 5 Memes.
The downloads for this lesson include a Challenge Task to check and reinforce Student Learning.
The Meme Images for this lesson can be obtained at the following two links: (About 9MB in size):
https://tinyurl.com/w3nnhws
https://tinyurl.com/reftl6e
For each one of the two downloads: Right Click the downloaded Zip File in Windows and Choose "Extract All" to unzip the file.
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This Guide has all of the Design Principles and Theory behind what is being done at each stage of Game Development.
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LESSON OVERVIEW
This lesson consists of a Video Presentation and Written Instructions where we cover the following:
- Introduction and Preview of the three Project Programs
- Learning Objectives for this Lesson
- Meme Selector Program 1 - Overview
- How to Create a New Project in Visual Studio 2019
- Meme Selector Program 1- Form Design
- Open File Dialog Property Settings
- Meme Selector Program 1 - VB.Net Code
- Meme Selector Program 1 - Testing
- Program 2 - Meme Top 5 - VB Image List
- Program 2 - Form Design
- Making the Image List
- Program 2 - Top 5 - Pseudocode
- Program 2 - Top 5 - VB.Net Code
- Program 2 - Top 5 - Testing
- Program 3 - Random Meme Generator
- Program 3 - Form Design
- Program 3 - Adding Images to Project Resources
- Program 3 - Random Meme - Pseudocode
- Program 3 - Generating Random Number 1 to 50
- Program 3 - Testing Random Number Code
- Program 3 - Using If Else If for Meme Image Selection
- Program 3 - Using Select CASE for Meme Image Selection
- Program 3 - Building the Image Name using String Processing
- Program 3 - Random Meme - Testing
- Challenge Task - All in One Memes Program
- Our Website Python Programming Course
- Video Wrap Up and Outro
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