Visual C# .NET Part 3: Visual Studio.NET at Work - Start Page
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Let’s begin by opening VS.NET and see what we get. Click on the Start menu -> Programs -> Microsoft Visual Studio.NET -> then select Microsoft Visual Studio.NET. Figure 2 illustrates the start page that opens every time you fire up your Visual Studio.NET.
Important Note: If you didn’t get the Start Page, you can open it by pressing CTRL+AL+R or from View menu -> Web Browser -> Show Browser option.
Figure 2
When you open your Visual Studio.NET, you may not get the same result as I do because your setting maybe different from my setting.
You will get the Start Page every time you open your Visual Studio.NET; this is where you can start creating programs (as we will know later). There are 9 useful links in this page; all of them require an Internet connection to be opened (except Get Started link, What’s New, and My Profile). The Start Page is an Internet Explorer page (It’s like any other web page that is hosted by Internet Explorer). We will discuss each of these links beginning with ‘Get Started’ link. Figure 3 illustrates the ‘Get Started’ Link which contains two tabs: the first one is the ‘Projects’ tab where you can create new projects or open one of the last 4 modified projects arranged by last date modified. The second tab is ‘Find Samples’ tab where you can search for code samples.
Important Note: A tab is like a button or link. When you click it, you will get another page which can contain other data. We use tabs to save page space. (Tabs will be discussed in detail later in the book.)
Figure 3
Figure 4 below illustrates the ‘What’s New’ link, which contains products information and many other features such as downloading VS.NET Service Packs and updates.
Figure 4
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