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Visual Basic 2013 Lesson 32: Creating Animation

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Although Visual Basic 2013 is a programming language designed for creating business and other industrial applications and not for creating animation, it can be used to create animation. In the preceding lesson, we have actually
learned how to create animation using timer. In fact, the programs we have created in previous lesson such as the
stop watch and the digital dice are animated programs. In this lesson, we shall show you more advanced animated
programs.
32.1 Creating Motion

We can create a continuously moving object using timer. The motion can be from left to right or from top to bottom motion or diagonal.
First , insert a picture box into the form. In the picture box properties window,select the image property and click to
import an image le from your storage devices such as your hard drive, your pen drive or DVD drive. We have inserted an image of a bunch of grapes.Next, insert a Timer control into the form and set its interval property to 100,
which is equivalent to 0.1 second. Finally, add two buttons to the form, name one of them as AnimateBtn and the
other one as StopBtn, and change to caption to Animate and Stop respectively.
We make use of the Left property of the picture box to create the motion. PictureBox.Left means the distance of
the PictureBox from the left border of the Form . Now click on the Timer control and type in the following code:
Private Sub Timer1_Tick(ByVal sender

As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Timer1.TickIf
PictureBox1.Left < Me.Width ThenPic-
tureBox1.Left = PictureBox1.Left + 10
Else
PictureBox1.Left = 0
End If
End Sub
In the code above, Me.Width represents the width of the Form. If the distance of the PictureBox from the left is less
than the width of the Form, a value of 10 is added to the distance of the PictureBox from the left border each time
the Timer tick, or every 0.1 second in this example. When the distance of the PictureBox from the left border is
equal to the width of the form, the distance from the left border is set to 0, which move the PictureBox object to
the left border and then move left again, thus creates an oscillating motion from left to right. We need to insert a
button to stop motion. The code is:
Timer1.Enabled = False
To animate the PictureBox object, we insert a button and enter the following code:
Timer1.Enabled = True
The runtime interface
Simple Project
Management
Figure 32.1
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32.2 Creating a Graphical Dice

In preceding lessons, we have learned how to create graphics and draw objects on the form. Now we shall use the
previous knowledge to create an animated graphical dice using timer.
In this program, we need to insert a timer and set its interval to 100, which means the drawings will refresh every
0.1 second. Next, insert a picture box which is used as the surface of a dice. Finally, add a button and change its
text to Roll . Under the Timer sub procedure, we create the Graphics object and the Pen object following the procedures we have learned in preceding lessons. Next, we use a Do loop and the Select Case structure to cycle through
all six surfaces of the dice. To create six random cases, we use the syntax n = Int(6 * Rnd()) + 1. We can stop the
loop by introducing a variable t and the loop until condition. The condition we set here is t>1000, you can use any
gure you wish.
The code
Private Sub BtnRoll_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles BtnRoll.Click
End Sub
Private Sub Timer1_Tick(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Timer1.Tick
Dim t As Integer
t=0
Do
MyPicBox.Refresh()
Dim n As Integer
Dim myPen As Pen

myPen = New Pen(Drawing.Color.DarkTurquoise, 10)
Dim myGraphics As Graphics = MyPicBox.CreateGraphics
n = Int(6 * Rnd()) + 1
Select Case n
Case 1
myGraphics.DrawEllipse(myPen, 80, 80, 10, 10)
Case 2
Case 3
Case 4
Case 5
Case 6
End Select
t=t+1
Loop Until t > 1000
End Sub
The runtime interface is as shown in Figure 32.2
Figure 32.2
32.3 Creating a Slot Machine

In this program, we add three picture boxes, a timer, a button and a label. Set the timer interval to 10, which means
the images will refresh every 0.01 second. In the code, we shall introduce four variables m,a, b and c, where m is
used to stop the timer and a,b,c are used to generate random images using the syntax Int(1 + Rnd() * 3). To load
the images, we use the following syntax:
PictureBox.Image = Image.FromFile(Path of the image le)
We employ the IfThen structure to control the timer and the Select Case..End Select structure to generate the
random images. The label is used to display the message of the outcomes.
The Code
Public Class Form1
Dim m, a, b, c As Integer
Private Sub BtnSpin_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles BtnSpin.Click
End Sub
Private Sub Timer1_Tick(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Timer1.Tick
m = m + 10
If m < 1000 Then
a = Int(1 + Rnd() * 3)
b = Int(1 + Rnd() * 3)
c = Int(1 + Rnd() * 3)
Select Case a
Case 1
PictureBox1.Image = Image.FromFile(C:\Users\Toshiba\Documents\Liew Folder\vb2010\vb2010_Image\apple.gif)
Case 2
PictureBox1.Image = Image.FromFile(C:\Users\Toshiba\Documents\Liew Folder\vb2010\vb2010_Image\grape.gif)
Case 3
PictureBox1.Image = Image.FromFile(C:\Users\Toshiba\Documents\Liew Folder\vb2010\vb2010_Image\strawberry.gif)
End Select
Select Case b
Case 1
Case 2
Case 3
End Select
Select Case c
Case 1
Case 2
Case 3
End Select
Else
m=0
If a = b And b = c Then
LblMsg.Text = Jackpot! You won $1,000,000
Else
LblMsg.Text = No luck, try again
End If
End If
End Sub
End Class
The runtime interface is shown in Figure 32.3
Figure 32.3
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Visual Basic 2013 Lesson 32: Creating Animation

32.1 Creating Motion

Private Sub Timer1_Tick(ByVal sender

Yes. It's easy. Nothing

32.2 Creating a Graphical Dice

Dim myPen As Pen

32.3 Creating a Slot Machine

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