Who Should Attend

Programmers and designers who are familiar with Visual Basic and want to explore its possibilities as a full environment for Windows applications.

Prerequisites

Experience using Microsoft Windows 95 (or higher) Operating System.
Introduction to Visual Basic (ES0480) or equivalent knowledge.

What you will learn

This course provides a complete overview of the Visual Basic environment. Advanced topics like DDE and OLE are covered, as well as File I/O, custom controls and database features within Visual Basic. After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Develop Visual Basic applications
• Use graphics and animation
• Utilize the Visual Basic controls and understand their properties
• Test and debug Visual Basic applications
• Use files in Visual Basic applications
• Communicate with other Windows applications
• Manage data with Visual Basic
• Use custom controls

Course Outline

1. Introduction
• A review of the VB environment
• The help system
• Review of forms and controls
2. Data Representation
• Constants
• The variant type
• The array and record type
• Variable length arrays
3. Some Features of Basic
• Variable scoping
• Parameter passing
• Passing control and form information
• Referring to control data
• Invoking a method for a control
4. The Built-in Functions
• String functions
• Numeric functions
• Financial functions
5. Debugging
• The debug window
• Stepping, breakpoints and watched expressions
• Printing debug messages
6. Designing the Interface
• The toolbox
• Arrays of controls
• Menus and dialog boxes
• MDI forms
7. File I/O
• The file system controls
• Using DOS commands
• Basic file operations
8. Communication among Applications
• Using the clipboard
• Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE properties, DDE events, DDE methods)
• OLE 2
9. The Data Manager
• Using existing databases
• Creating databases
10. Using the Professional Edition of VB
• The help compiler
• Custom controls

Hands-on Workshops

• Graphics and Animation
• Communications
• Database Applications
• Linking

Course Duration

Three (3) days

Course Schedule

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Course Materials

• Comprehensive course workbook/summary
• Course certificate of completion