How to use IF Statements in Visual Basic 2005 & 2008

In this Visual Basic tutorial, you'll learn to use conditional statements for the push-button validation of a designated text string. The code used in this example is as follows:

Dim Captain As String

Captain = TextBoxCaptain.Text
Captain = Captain.ToUpper

If Captain = "PICARD" Or Captain = "KIRK" Or Captain = "ARCHER" Or Captain = "PIKE" Or Captain = "JANEWAY" Then

MsgBox("Indeed, Warp Factor 9!")
Else
MsgBox(Captain & " has never been a Captain")
End If

For complete, step-by-step instructions on using IF statements in your own Visual Basic 2005 and 2008 Studio projects, watch this how-to.