How do you do flow charts for progamming??? Visual Basic. NET?
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To be perfectly honest, I do not think anybody does the ANSI style flowcharts like they did in the 1960s anymore.  We did it in high school as an exercise, but it is rarely done professionally.\n\nThere is a neat program that works with the TeX and/or LaTeX tools called flow.  I think the specific filename is "flow.c".  It is located over at CTAN, if you are interested.\n\nThe original flow charts modeled control flow.  Once people stopped writing Spaghetti Code, interest in these kind of diagrams dramatically dropped off.  One could simply look at the code to discern the flow-of-control.  This turned out to be a major benefit of structured programming, despite being declaimed by nay-sayers in the 1970s and early 1980s.\n\nThree types of diagrams which are sort of popular at the moment are:\n1. ERD diagrams, for relational databases\n2. dataflow digrams, to simply decomposition of large information systems\n3. UML diagrams, a whole suite of standardized diagram types for documenting object-oriented programming systems\n\nInline documentation has become a very popular, effective form of documentation for Java and Ruby programs.  A tool like the "javadoc" or "RDoc" command runs in seconds, if that, and produces very nice, easily navigated hypertext documentation describing the system created in detail.  It helps kind of, if you actually include explanations of what thing are.\n\nThere is a nice diagram description language called "pic" that was invented back in the early days of Unix.  These days there is a free implementation called "gpic", from Project GNU.  It is declarative, pretty powerful, and pretty simple.\n\nA diagramming tool I really like a lot is GraphViz.  It comes with a command line tool called "dot" and a GUI program called "dotty".  The GraphViz language is as simple as a diagram description language could possibly be.\n\nThe dot command can output diagrams in a huge variety of formats: GIF, PNG, JPEG, SVG, etc.\n\nIt is very fun to work with and easy to learn.  I suggest trying it out, seeing if it works, and then moving on to try something else if it seems unsuitable - which is unlikely.\n\nThere is a free program for drawing diagrams by hand called Dia Draw.  It is pretty good, and comes with UML diagramming templates and others, or they are easily available.\n\nThere is a diagram drawing program that comes with the Professional version of MS Office for MS-Windows.  There is a very simple diagramming tool built into MS-Word, too.  Of course, these are very expensive - costing hundreds of dollars.\n\nWhile diagramming is probably more popular now than it was in the 1970s and 1980s, the old-fashioned flow-of-control "flow charts" are pretty much dead.\n\nPersonally, I greatly prefer the diagramming tools that let me "describe" the diagram - while the tool worries about the vagaries of laying it out.  It is easy to get it into the computer that way, and far easier once things start moving around.  Hand drawing diagrams is sometimes preferable.  But in my experience, not usually!\n\nLots of programmers generate their GraphViz diagram source files directly from metadata about their program, classes, or database.  Then they run the "dot" command on that, and "poof!" out comes a freshly-baked, up-to-date diagram.\n\nIn a VB.NET program, you could generate UML style diagrams of your modules, as well as a deployment diagram. I think VB has something like classes now, right?  You could generate class hierarchy diagrams UML style with GraphViz or draw them with Dia.\n\nI have included links to some other programs that might interest you too.  It would be cool if someone made a program like Doxygen for VB.NET, but so far I have not heard of one.
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Your question is worded and punctated a little akwardly so I'm not sure how well I can answer your question.  \n\nYou could try Microsoft Visio to draw a diagram, but that would depend on what kind of diagram you needed.  "hierarchy of data" is a little too broad a subject to answer this question effectively. \n\nI lead you to the Microsoft Visio 2003 homepage as my source.  Hopefully you can find what you need there.  Microsoft Visio can build all sorts of diagrams, such as a  networking lab, database relationship diagram, house floor plan, flowchart, electrical diagram, etc.\nIt is also compatibable with Microsoft Access, Visual Studio.NET and SQL Server so you should be able to link your diagram to a database easily.
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visual basic is not OOP so, you can't create objects, you create functions, procedures, as VB is a procedural language..or just insert controls...
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How about using Visual Basic Express or Visual C# Express.  They're "lite" versions of VB.NET and C#.NET.  You could mockup your screens without any associated code.  The advantage is that if you ever wanted to put functionality behind them, you could just start coding.
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vc++ is much more tougher to handle than it's compatriot : visual basic. As the saying goes: "vb is fun, vc++ is shit hard work!!".\n\nok..\ni'll give u da steps to create 2 edit boxes and to get the sum : )\n\nhere we go:\n\n1) open ms vc++\n2) go to file ->new and under the projects tab, select mfcappwizard (exe) , enter name and choose location to save project\n3) now, the wizard pops up.\nStep 1 : select dialog based  (since the addition thing is fairly simple, we'll go for this)\n4) press next for step 2 and once again for step 3 (which means u r accepting the default values in those steps).\n\nFinally, u get a dialog showing the summary of the application.\n\nif u have come till here..gooood!! u have created a "skeletal application" .. and this, buddy , is the true essence of MFC programming.\n\nok.. now that u have created the skeleton application , its time i teach u how to put two text boxes and if ya click a button, the sum would be displayed in another :::\n\n\n\n\n* now, on ur left, u should see a "workspace" window. its one containing a list of files in your application.\n\n* in that, select the resources tab (tab is found at bottom of workspace window)\n\n* open the tree listing. in that u would find a "dialog" sub tree\n\n* open that. and u would find a "IDD_..." thing . double click on that, and presto, u would get a blank dialog.\n\n* now, that blank dialog would be accompanied by a toolbox if u dont see the toolbox, right click on the toolbar on top of vc++ window, choose toolbox.\n\n* if u see the toolbox, good. now, choose the edit box (text box) and draw three text boxes on the dialog. now, choose the button and draw one button on the dialog.\n\n* the text boxes would have the name IDC_EDIT1 , IDC_EDIT2 and IDC_EDIT3 and button would be IDC_BUTTON1(u can see the names by right-clickin on the component and choosing properties.)\n\n* ok, now , go to view- > class wizard (a very very very important tool in vc++)\n\n* move to "member variables" tab. u can see the components that u have added.( if u have not, just try flickering with the drop down dialogs that u see there). \n\n* now, double click on IDC_EDIT1 and another small window appears , asking u the variable name it would ve already displayed "m_" DONOT remove the "m_" jus add something to it like : "m_number1" . repeat same for the other two edit boxes and make sure u remember the variable names.\n\n* u have come till here?? awesome!! ; )\n\n* now close the class wizard window.\n* double click on tha button and.. u get a prompt something like onbuttonclick (somethin like dat) ..whatever comes, press ok. and presto, u go into the coding wonderland.\n\n* remember the varible names ?? goood. and u kno how to put an addition statement?? awesome!! . jus do that.. eg: m_number3=m_number1+m_number2;\n\n*CAUTION : while giving variable names , make sure u <<CHOOSE THE int TYPE>>\n\n* phew.. take a break and come back cos u r gonna watch ur creation come to life ; )\n\n*goto project->build xyz.exe\n\n* wait till it completes compilation and shows the sweet words "0 errors 0 warnings" on the bottom window of the screen (watch window).\n\n* press ctrl+f5 and voila.. u get ur own summing application created using MFC and with help of appwizard,classwizard and moi, ANAND ; )\n\n\n\n\nIF u have encountered any problem anywhere enroute to success, worry - not. Send me a message Y! id: anand_87123\ny! mail : anand_87123@yahoo.com\nput the subject line as vc++ - Y! answer\n\nok??\n\nP.S : if ya feel i have helped ya, i dont mind my answer being voted as the best answer by u!!\n\nand also, i can prescribe 2 books for ya :\n1) MFC programming by JEFF PROSISE and \n2) David J Kruglinski, Scott Wingo :: "Programming Microsoft Vc++ Fifth edition"\n\nthey are available for download from da net (illegal ofcourse ... ; ) ) try searching
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Check out the site at http://www.pscode.com - I don't do C++ but I use that site all the time for Visual BASIC stuff I work on.
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you can find great visual basic resources at \nhttp://www.vbcode.com/\n\nand \nhttp://www.hotscripts.com/search/9892723.html
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Try the Visual Basic Bible.  It'll set you back around $50, but it's an awesome book.
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If you use VB.NET you can easily accomplish this with Managed Direct X.\n\nTry downloading the Direct X SDK:\n\nhttp://msdn.microsoft.com/directx/
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check out http://www.pscode.com for examples.  You would need to use ADO.NET in addition to VB.NET in order to obtain the required data.
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By the developers of visual studio themselves:\n\nhttp://www.gotdotnet.com
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http://www.glnd.k12.va.us/resources/graphicalorganizers/  don't know if that might help you?
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Here you go (requires VB.NET)\n\nhttp://www.codeproject.com/useritems/sudoku.asp
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Look at VB .NET.  The Visual Basic Express edition is free, and I started learning it on my own.  There's a lot to know, but if you're familiar with programming, you can get started quickly.
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Here's a pretty good one I wrote:\n\nhttp://www.planetsourcecode.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?txtCodeId=58476&lngWId=1\n\nYou'll need Visual Basic to compile it or you can e-mail me and I'll send it to you...
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Did you mean chart?\n\nHere's the steps:\n\nInsert Menu > Picture > Chart.
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sure u have \nand try crystal reports\n\ni dont have to tell u the steps .. cause i dont remember really .. but try with msdn