Sams Teach Yourself Visual Basic 6 in 24 Hours

By Greg Perry

• Table of Contents
  • Copyright
  • About the Author
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Who Should Read This Book
  • What This Book Will Do for You
  • Can This Book Really Teach Visual Basic in 24 Hours?
  • What You Need
  • Files on the Visual Basic Distribution CD-ROM
  • Conventions Used in This Book
  • Enough! Time Is Ticking!
  • Part I: Introducing Visual Basic
  • Hour 1. Visual Basic at Work
  • Hour 2.Analyzing Visual Basic Programs
  • Hour 3.Controls and Properties
  • Hour 4.Examining Labels, Buttons, and Text Boxes
  • Part II: Coding the Details
  • Hour 5.Putting Code into Visual Basic
  • Hour 6.Message and Input Boxes
  • Hour 7.Making Decisions
  • Hour 8.Visual Basic Looping
  • Part III:Putting Code to Work
  • Hour 9.Combining Code and Controls
  • Hour 10.List Boxes and Data Lists
  • Hour 11.Additional Controls
  • Hour 12.Dialog Box Basics
  • Part IV:Programming with Data
  • Hour 13.Modular Programming
  • Hour 14.Built-In Functions Save Time
  • Hour 15.Visual Basic Database Basics
  • Hour 16.Printing with Visual Basic
  • Part V:Sprucing Up Programs
  • Hour 17.Menus and Visual Basic
    • The Menu Editor
    • Adding an Application's Menu Bar
    • Naming Menu Options
    • Adding Pull-Down Menu Options
    • Menu Extras
    • Connecting Menus to Event Procedures
    • Copying Menus Between Projects
    • Summary
    • Q&A
    • Workshop
  • Hour 18.The Graphic Image Controls
  • Hour 19.Toolbars and More Graphics
  • Hour 20.Writing Correct Applications
  • Part VI:Advancing Visual Basic Applications
  • Hour 21.Visual Basic and ActiveX
  • Hour 22.Object Basics
  • Hour 23.Distributing Your Applications
  • Hour 24.Online Visual Basic
  • Part VII:Appendixes
  • Appendix A.Operator Precedence
  • Appendix B.Answers
  • Appendix C.Using the CD-ROM

Q&A

1. My application is simple, so do I now need a menu?

   Most applications require a menu, even if the only menu option is File | Exit. The simple applications you've seen throughout this tutorial have rarely had an Exit command button. To close them, you've had to click the application's window close button. You offer users a much more graceful exit if you give them the familiar File | Exit command.

2. How many levels can I use for submenus?

   The Menu Editor supports numerous submenu levels, but menus become much less manageable if you go past two levels of submenus. In other words, a submenu such as File | Open | Text is about as deep as you should go. Your users will find the menu structure too cumbersome to traverse if you add additional submenus. A better option is to create a dialog box if a menu option requires several settings. The dialog box can be a second form with buttons and controls. You can display that form (by assigning True to its Visible property) when the user clicks the menu option for that dialog box.

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