visual basic 2005 help

[andrew4862]

Simple one for you guys i hope, bit of a newbie at this:

i have a text box that i need to be filled in i have a statement to display a text box if it is blank which works but it still moves on to the next screen how do i end the process if it is blank and display the message?

Private Sub NewToolStripMenuItem_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles NewToolStripMenuItem.Click
If TextBox1.Text = "" Then MsgBox("Fill in Name") Else
Label6.Text = TextBox1.Text
TextBox1.Hide()
Label5.Hide()
Label6.Show()
Label7.Show()

This is what i got thanks for your help

[willakawill]

Simple one for you guys i hope, bit of a newbie at this:

i have a text box that i need to be filled in i have a statement to display a text box if it is blank which works but it still moves on to the next screen how do i end the process if it is blank and display the message?

Private Sub NewToolStripMenuItem_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles NewToolStripMenuItem.Click
If TextBox1.Text = "" Then MsgBox("Fill in Name") Else
Label6.Text = TextBox1.Text
TextBox1.Hide()
Label5.Hide()
Label6.Show()
Label7.Show()

This is what i got thanks for your help

Hi. Don't know about this Hide() method.
In VB6 to make a control disappear you need to set the visible property to false

TextBox1.Visible = False

and

TextBox1.Visible = True

To make it reappear

[andrew4862]

the rest works and the show and hide is fine its just i want to know how to stop it going to that stage if the box is blank. i can get it to display the text box but when you press ok it still goes to the next stage i wnat to know what to type to stop it

[andrew4862]

the rest works and the show and hide is fine its just i want to know how to stop it going to that stage if the box is blank. i can get it to display the text box but when you press ok it still goes to the next stage i wnat to know what to type to stop it

sorry i mean msgbox not text box! I can get it to display the msgbox but it then still goes to the next stage what do i need to type to stop it?

[willakawill]

sorry i mean msgbox not text box! I can get it to display the msgbox but it then still goes to the next stage what do i need to type to stop it?

OK I see.
The structure of the If..Then..Else..End If block is important
There is no speed improvement by writing it on one line.

 If condition Then
   'do something here
   Exit Sub 'this might be the part that is missing
Else
   'do something else here
End If