Visual Basic 6.0 - An Introduction
Course Duration: 3 days
Course Number: VB6-1
Prerequisites: Extensive knowledge of Windows 95 and Access 7.0 or Access 97; knowledge of one other programming language
Writing Your First Program
Events
Properties and controls
Scroll bars, check boxes radio buttons, text boxes, labels
Creating an executable file
Programming Building Blocks
Select Case
Loops
Timer Control
Sub routines
Functions
The Mouse
Moving objects
Buttons
Dragging
Dropping
Menus
Writing Menus
Shortcut keys
Dialog Boxes
VB Constants
Predefined Dialog Boxes
Custom Dialog Boxes
Graphics Controls
Twips
Points, Lines, Circles
Control Arrays
Animation (optional)
QBColor and RGBColor
Other Controls
Grid Control
Common dialog boxes
Fonts, colors, printing, open, save
Formatting Text and Numbers
Interfacing with Windows 95
Cut, Copy, Paste, Undo
The Keyboard
Accessing Files
Random Access Files (Optional)
Sequential Access Files
DAO and ADO: Interfacing with Access
Building a database
Data Control
Structured Query Language
SELECT, FROM, WHERE, ORDER BY statements
LIKE operators
Crystal Reports
Writing reports
Attaching reports to a VB program
Writing filters and sorts