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