Visual Studio .NET IDE

Command Window

The command window in the image below is a useful window. Using this window we can add new item to the project, add new project and so on. You can view the command window by selecting
View->Other Windows->Command Window from the main menu. The command window in the image displays all possible commands with File.

Task List Window

The task list window displays all the tasks that VB .NET assumes we still have to finish. You can view the task list window by selecting View->Show tasks->All or View->Other Windows->Task List from the main menu. The image below shows that. As you can see from the image, the task list displayed "TextBox1 not declared", "RichTextBox1 not declared". The reason for that message is, there were no controls on the form and attempts where made to write code for a textbox and a richtextbox. Task list also displays syntax errors and other errors you normally encounter during coding

Class View Window

The class view window like the image below is the window that presents solutions and projects in terms of the classes they contain and the members of these classes. Using the class view window also helps us to find a member of a class that we want to work with. As you can notice from the image, the class view window displayed all the methods and events for the controls which were available on the form.

Output Window

The output window as you can see in the image below displays the results of building and running applications.

Object Explorer Window

The object explorer window allows us to view all the members of an object at once. It lists all the objects in our code and gives us access to them. The image below displays an object explorer window. You can view the object explorer window by selecting View->Other Windows-> Object Browser from the main menu.

Toolbox Window

The toolbox window is the window that gives us access to all controls, components, etc. As you can see from the image below, the toolbox uses tabs to divide it's contents into categories (Data, Components, Windows Forms and General). The Data tab displays tools for creating datasets and making data connections, the Windows Forms tab displays tools for adding controls to forms, the General tab is left empty by default, the Clipboard Ring tab displays recent items stored in the clipboard and allows us to select from them.