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
  • Hour 18.The Graphic Image Controls
  • Hour 19.Toolbars and More Graphics
    • Preparing for the Toolbar
    • The Image List Control
    • Finalizing the Toolbar
    • The Line and Shape Controls
    • Summary
    • Q&A
    • Workshop
  • 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

Workshop

The quiz questions and exercises are provided for your further understanding. See Appendix B for the answers.

Quiz

1. Why must you open the project's Components dialog box before using the Toolbar control?
2. Which control works with the toolbar to produce icon images on the buttons?
3. What does the Image control's Key method do?
4. Why does the toolbar's event procedure use an argument?
5. How many shapes can the Shape control produce?
6. Which property determines the pattern of drawn lines?
7. True or false: You should use the LoadPicture() function to initialize or change the value displayed with the Shape control.
8. What is the FillStyle property used for?
9. True or false: You can change a shape's interior and exterior color.

Exercises

1. Write an application that includes a large Shape control (originally placed as a square) in the middle of the form. Add a command button that reads Change Shape. Every time the user clicks the command button, change the shape to something different.
2. Create a Form window that contains a rectangle with a blue border, red diagonal lines, and a green interior.
3. Write an application that draws a yellow happy face in the center of the form. Don't use a graphic image file. Add two toolbar buttons, one with a happy face icon from an icon file and one with a sad face icon. When the user clicks the happy face toolbar button, wink the happy face's eye. When the user clicks the sad face toolbar button, draw a tear coming out of one eye.

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