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Microsoft 1303 Mastering Microsoft Visual Basic 6 Fundamentals Length: 5 Days

Course Description: 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. Prerequisites: • Working knowledge of programming concepts Topics Covered: • Introduction to Application Development Using Visual Basic • Visual Basic Fundamentals • Working with Code and Forms • Variables and Procedures • Controlling Program Execution • Debugging • Working with Controls • Data Access Using the ADO Data Control • Input Validation • Error Trapping • Enhancing the User Interface • Drag and Drop • More about Controls • Finishing Touches

Course Outline

Module 1: Introduction to Application Development Using Visual Basic

Topics: • · 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 • · Explain the difference between design time and run time • · Explain the concept of event-driven programming • · Describe the purpose of a project file • · List the file types that can be included in a project.

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Module 2: Visual Basic Fundamentals

Topics: • · Introduction to objects • · Controlling objects • · Properties, methods, and events • · Working with forms • · Introduction to controls • · Basic controls • · Self-check questions

Module 3: Working with Code and Forms

Topics: • · 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

Module 4: Variables and Procedures

Topics: • · 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

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Module 5: Controlling Program Execution

Topics: • · 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

Module 6: Debugging

Topics: • · 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

Module 7: Working with Controls

Topics: • · 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

Module 8: Data Access Using the ADO Data Control

Topics: • · 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

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Module 9: Input Validation

Topics: • · 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

Module 10: Error Trapping

Topics: • · 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

Module 11: Enhancing the User Interface

Topics: • · Menus • · Status bars • · Toolbars

Module 12: Drag and Drop

Topics: • · Overview of drag and drop • · Mouse events • · Drag-and-drop basics • · Self-check questions • · Perform the steps required to add drag-and-drop features to an application • · Identify the source control and target form or control in a drag-and-drop operation • · Implement OLE drag-and-drop features.

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Module 13: More About Controls

Topics: • · Collections • · Using control arrays • · Self-check questions

Module 14: Finishing Touches

Topics: • · User interface design principles • · Distributing an application • · Creating a default project • · Review: Steps to creating a Visual Basic program • · Development resources • · Self-check questions