Lucky Lotto

This is a simple program, which will introduce you to Control Arrays, Standard Arrays, Label Control and Random Number Generation!

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Step 1

Load Microsoft Visual Basic, then select Standard EXE Project if VB5/6, click on the option then click Open, see below:

Step 2

A Blank Form named Form1 should then appear, see below:

Step 3

Then from the Visual Basic Components Menu Select the Label Control:

Step 4

Draw a Label on the Form as shown below:

Step 5

Change the name of Label1 to lblNumber see below:

Step 6

Click on the Label (lblNumber) and Copy it, then click on the Form, then click Paste with the dialog "You already have a Conrol named lblNumber. Do you want to create a control array?" click Yes and continue to Paste, but click on the Form between each Paste and reposition them, so that there are five copies (Six "lblNumber"s) as shown below:

Step 7

Then from the Visual Basic Components Menu Select the Command Button Control:

Step 8

Draw Two Command Buttons on the Form, change the Name Property of Command1 to cmdChoose, the Caption Property to Choose and the Name of Command2 to cmdQuit and the Caption to Quit, as shown below:

Step 9

Click on the Form and change it's Name Property to frmMain then Double Click on the Form (frmMain) and type in the Form_Load Sub:

Dim i As Integer
For i = 0 To 5
lblNumber(i).Caption = ""
Next i

Step 10

Double Click on the Command Button "Choose" (cmdChoose) and type in the cmdChoose_Click() Sub:

Dim arrNumber(1 To 6) As Integer ' Array
Dim intLucky As Integer ' Random Number
Dim intCount As Integer ' Selection Counter
Dim intCheck As Integer ' Previous Selection Counter

For intCount = 1 To 6 ' Select Six Numbers
Start: ' Start Point
  Randomize (Timer) ' Seed Randomiser
  intLucky = Int((49 * Rnd) + 1) ' Random number 1 to 49
  For intCheck = 1 To 6
    If intLucky = arrNumber(intCheck) Then
      GoTo Start 'If selected number already present, select again
    End If
  Next intCheck
  arrNumber(intCount) = intLucky ' Store selected number in array
  lblNumber(intCount - 1) = arrNumber(intCount) ' apply selection to labels
Next intCount

Step 11

Double Click on the Command Button "Quit" (cmdQuit) and type in the cmdQuit_Click() Sub:

Unload Me

Step 12

Save the Project (for example prjLuckyLotto) into a vacant folder as you have finished the application. Click on Start / Run or Press F5 and the below will appear:

Step 13

Click on Choose to select a set six of numbers, displayed in the labels, see example below:

Step 14

To Quit click on the Button Labeled Quit.

You have just created a simple Random Number generator! Try adding extras such as colours and other effects and see what else you can achieve with this program.