need help. please

please help me with these visual basic programs:

1. create a program that will show ten asterisk in increasing order.
ex.
*
**
***
****

2. create a program that will show five asterisk in this order.
ex.
*
**
***
****
*****
****
***
**
*

please help me. need this by thursday, nov. 19, 2009 by 8 in the morning. thanks