Visual Basic Training: Introduction to Visual Basic 6

Visual Basic Training Outline

• Your First Visual Basic Program
• Welcome to Visual Basic
• A Simple Project
• Using the Application Wizard
• Adding Controls to Forms
• Visual Basic Controls
• Creating and Manipulating New Controls
• Changing Design Time Control Properties
• Visual Basic Built-in Controls
• Control Design Tips
• Understanding Events
• Introducing Events
• Event Procedures
• The Form Load Event
• The Form Resize Event
• Command Button Click Event
• Text Box Change Event
• The Timer Control's Timer Event
• GotFocus/LostFocus Events
• Is There More?
• Working with Forms and Controls
• Setting Properties at Run Time
• Setting Form Properties
• Setting Control Properties
• Using ActiveX Controls
• Adding ActiveX Controls to a Project
• Using the MonthView ActiveX Control
• Extra ActiveX Samples (On Your Own)
• Creating and Using Menus
• Menus in Visual Basic
• Using the Menu Editor
• Working with Menus
• Manipulating Menus at Run Time
• Reusing Menus
• Creating Popup Menus (On Your Own)
• Compiling and Distributing Applications
• Finishing Touches
• Project Properties
• Native Code vs p-code
• Creating Your Executable
• Using the Package and Deployment Wizard
• Working with VBA
• Creating a Simple Procedure
• Variables and Parameters
• Data Types
• Using Constants
• Investigating Built-In Functions
• Branching Structures
• Looping Structures
• Handling Errors
• Handling Syntax Errors
• Handling Run-Time Errors
• The Error Handling Standard
• Taking a Closer Look
• Who Handles Errors?
• Debugging Applications
• Handling Logic Errors
• Watch Expressions
• The Call Stack
• The Debugging Process
• More VBA Issues
• Scope, Lifetime, and Precedence
• Passing by Value and by Reference
• Arrays
• Optional Arguments
• More Form and Control Issues
• Using Multiple Forms
• List Boxes Revisited
• Control Arrays
• Adding Simple Database Support
• Support for Data Access in Visual Basic 6.0
• Using the ADO Data Control
• Binding Controls to Data
• Writing Code for the Data Control
• An Introduction to Objects
• What Is an Object?
• The Object Browser
• System Objects
• Introducing Object Variables
• Classifying Objects
• Referring to Objects
• Using the Global Forms Collection
• Working with External Objects
• Managing Data with ADO
• What Is ADO?
• Getting Started with ADO
• The ADO Object Hierarchy
• The ADO Connection Object
• Working with Recordset Properties and Methods
• The Command Object
• Updating Recordset Data
• More Command Objects Examples (On Your Own)
• ADO and Unbound Forms Forms and ADO
• Displaying Data on the Form
• Changing Data on the Form
• Finding Data on the Form
• Using a Default Recordset
• Maintaining State Information
• Using User Interface Data Tools
• What Is Wrong with the ADO Data Control?
• Taking Advantage of the Data Environment
• The Hierarchical FlexGrid Control
• Creating Reports in Visual Basic
• More Advanced Uses for the Data Environment Designer (On Your Own)
• Using Form Modules
• What Is a Form? Adding Form Methods
• Adding Form Properties
• Implementing Dialog Boxes
• Creating Multiple Instances of a Form
• Life Cycle of a Form
• Creating Your Own Objects
• Introduction to Class Modules
• Starting and Stopping
• Properties Aren't Always So Simple
• A Simple, Useful Class
• TextFile: Working with Text Files
• Using the Class Builder
• Working with Collections
• Collection Overview
• Using the Collection Object
• Creating MDI Applications
• What Is MDI?
• Creating an MDI Application
• Working with MDI Applications
• Using Windows Common Controls
• Working with the Windows API
• What Is the Windows API?
• API Declarations
• Using the API Viewer/WIN32API.TXT
• A Few Simple Examples
• Declaring User-Defined Data Types
• Working with Strings
• Talking to Controls (Using SendMessage)
• Resources
• Optimizing Visual Basic Programs
• Getting Started with Optimization
• Testing Hypotheses
• Where Do You Look?
• Optimizing Code Speed
• Optimizing Display Speed
• Optimizing Apparent Speed
• Optimizing Size in Memory
• Adding Professional Touches
• Storing Program Options
• Using the Common Dialog Control
• Adding Standard Forms
• Creating Your Own Templates
• Conclusion