Understanding what the standard toolbar does can save you a lot of time later.

Click around and have a play with these buttons. IF you get 'lost' close the program don't save and re-open.

Go to the menu toolbar and click Tools then choose Options - your window should look like below

Click on the editor tab and ensure ALL options are selected

Now click on the General tab and ensure it is the same as below.

Close any existing work and open a new Visual Basic (VB) Programming Environment. Start >> Programs>> Visual Basic 6. Open a new Standard EXE file and remove the form. Now add a module. If your unsure how to do this click on the 'Getting Started with VB Link' on the left.

We now have a 'code' window ready to go, we understand how to create message boxes and make them say what we want. Now we learn how to 'set up' our environment to help us with debugging (sorting code errors) and how to make the message box display a whole host of other items.