Mastering Visual Basic 6 Fundamentals-Course 1303
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MSD1303 |
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Developers
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Course 1303 teaches programmers the skills necessary to create Microsoft Visual Basic programming system desktop applications and satisfies the Visual Basic prerequisites for Course 1013, Mastering Visual Basic 6 Development.
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35 hours |
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EDITC & MMC Conference Center, 16 Imvrou Street, 1055 Nicosia |
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Greek |
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4-12 |
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Topics
Module 1: Introduction to Application Development Using Visual Basic
Features of Visual Basic
Module 2: Visual Basic Fundamentals
Module 3: Working with Code and Forms
Module 4: Variables and Procedures
Module 5: Controlling Program Execution
Module 6: Debugging
Using the Visual Basic debugging tools
Module 7: Working with Controls
Module 8: Data Access Using the ADO Data Control
Module 9: Input Validation
Module 10: Error Trapping
Module 11: Enhancing the User Interface
Module 12: Drag and Drop
Module 13: More About Controls
Module 14: Finishing Touches
Who Should Attend
Programmers
Purpose
This course teaches programmers the skills necessary to create Microsoft Visual Basic programming system desktop applications and satisfies the Visual Basic prerequisites for Course 1013, Mastering Visual Basic 6 Development.
Objectives
At the end of the course, students will be able to:
•Build custom, multiple-form applications.
•Incorporate dynamic menus, pop-up menus, status bars, and custom toolbars into applications.
•Implement form-level and field-level input validation.
•Debug applications using debugging tools provided in Visual Basic 6.
•Use standard controls, control arrays, and create controls dynamically.
•Execute centralized error-handling in applications.
•Use the data control for database access.
•Implement drag and drop in Visual Basic-based applications.
•Use Microsoft ActiveX controls in Visual Basic-based applications.
•Create setup programs to distribute applications.
Prerequisites
Working knowledge of programming concepts.
Methodology
1. Lecturing
2.Discusions
3. Labs
4.Exercises
Equipment
1.Microsoft Official training material in english language
2. Personal Computers
3.Video Projector
4. Printer
5. Whiteboard and flip charts
TimeTable
Module 1: Introduction to Application Development Using Visual Basic
•Features of Visual Basic
•Editions of Visual Basic
•Visual Basic terminology
•Working in the development environment
•Event-driven programming
•Creating a program in Visual Basic
•Project and executable files
•Visual Basic reference materials
•Self-check questions
Lab:Creating a simple application
Module 2: Visual Basic Fundamentals
•Introduction to objects
•Controlling objects
•Properties, methods, and events
•Working with forms
•Introduction to controls
•Basic controls
•Self-check questions
Lab:Creating a Visual Basic-based application
Module 3: Working with Code and Forms
•Understanding modules
•Using the code editor window
•Other code navigation features
•Code documentation and formatting
•Setting environment options
•Setting code formatting options
•Automatic code completion features
•Interacting with the user
•Using the MsgBox function
•Using the InputBox function
•Working with code statements
•Managing forms
•Self-check questions
Lab:Working with forms
Module 4: Variables and Procedures
•Overview of variables
•Declaring variables
•Variable scope
•Using arrays
•User-defined data types
•Converting data types
•Using constants
•Working with procedures
•Working with dates and times
•Using the Format function
•Manipulating text strings
•Self-check questions
Lab:Writing procedures
Module 5: Controlling Program Execution
•Comparison and logical operators
•Using If…Then statements
•Using Select Case statements
•Overview of looping structures
•Using Do…Loop structures
•For…Next statement
•Exiting a loop
•Self-check questions
Lab:Controlling program flow
•Module 6: Debugging
•Types of errors
•Break mode
•Using the Debug toolbar
•Using the Watch window
•Using the Immediate window
•Using the Locals window
•Tracing program flow with the Call Stack
•Self-check questions
Lab:Using the Visual Basic debugging tools
Module 7: Working with Controls
•Types of controls
•Overview of standard controls
•Using ComboBox and ListBox controls
•Using OptionButton and Frame controls
•Working with selected text
•Advanced standard controls
•ActiveX controls
•Insertable objects
•Self-check questions
Lab:Working with controls
Module 8: Data Access Using the ADO Data Control
•Overview of ActiveX data objects
•Visual Basic data access features
•Relational database concepts
•Using the ADO Data control to access data
•Structured query language (SQL)
•Manipulating data
•Using Data Form Wizard
•Self-check questions
Lab:Accessing databases
Module 9: Input Validation
•Field-level validation
•Using text box properties to restrict data entry
•Using the Masked Edit control
•Form-level validation
•Form events used when validating data
•Self-check questions
Lab:Input validation
Module 10: Error Trapping
•Overview of run-time errors
•Overview of the error handling process
•The Err object
•Errors and the calling chain
•Errors in an error-handling routine
•Inline error handling
•Error-handling styles
•General error-trapping options in Visual Basic
•Self-check questions
Lab:Error trapping
Module 11: Enhancing the User Interface
•Menus
•Status bars
•Toolbars
Lab:Adding menus
Module 12: Drag and Drop
•Overview of drag and drop
•Mouse events
•Drag-and-drop basics
•Self-check questions
Lab:Adding drag and drop
Module 13: More About Controls
•Collections
•Using control arrays
•Self-check questions
Lab:Using control arrays
•Module 14: Finishing Touches
•User interface design principles
•Distributing an application
•Creating a default project
•Review: Steps to creating a Visual Basic program
•Development resources
•Self-check questions
Lab:Using the Package and Deployment Wizard
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