Advanced Tutorials

The order in which you do these is up to you but it may be easiest to work from top to bottom:

Make sure you understand how the coordinate system works on a Form before you attempt these tutorials.

1. Moving PictureBoxes Using Points
   • Uses Buttons to change the Location of a PictureBox. You may want to use other events, such as Key Events and timers to get a smoother/easier movement.
2. Detecting Keyboard Events
   • This can be done with or before Moving PictureBox Using Points.
3. Strings
   • Do this if you plan on making a Hangman game or something that requires word or text manipulation.
4. Platformer
5. Reading and Writing Files
   • This can be useful if you want to maintain top score lists, or have someone save settings or profiles in games.
6. Combo and Listboxes
   • This will help you display large amounts of data.
7. Drag and Drop
8. Making a Web Browser
9. Basic Graphics
   • You can draw on any control you like. This will work more efficiently than using Pictureboxes.

Strings

This will show you some more advanced functions for when you want to work with Strings. This will help with games involving text manipulation, like Hangman.

Combo and List Boxes

Want to store lists of items, and allow the user to easily select from the list? Combo and Listboxes might be for you.

Making a Web Browser

Do you want to be able to open a web page within your program?

Basic Graphics

Draw basic shapes on your controls. Add animations.