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
  • 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
    • Compiling Your Application
    • Setting Project Properties
    • Setting Up Your Application
    • Starting the Package And Deployment Wizard
    • Running Setup
    • Uninstalling the Application
    • Summary
    • Q&A
    • Workshop
  • Hour 24.Online Visual Basic
  • Part VII:Appendixes
  • Appendix A.Operator Precedence
  • Appendix B.Answers
  • Appendix C.Using the CD-ROM

Setting Up Your Application

The Package And Deployment Wizard is a wizard that turns your compiled application into a complete installation disk set.

After you test and compile your application, you are ready to create the distribution set of files that your user uses to install the application. Visual Basic supplies the Package And Deployment Wizard to help you turn your application into distributable disks.

Not every application should be installed from disks, and the Package And Deployment Wizard creates a distribution set for just about any kind of installation, such as for CD-ROM installations and for networked computer users who want to install the application from a server. Actually, the Package And Deployment Wizard performs several tasks, including the following:

• Compresses files so your installation's disk files consume less space than the installed application
• Generates an uninstall configuration so that the users who install your application can remove your application and all its related files at a later date
• Creates a disk set of installation files, even spreading extra-large files over multiple disk volumes if needed
• Generates a setup program for users who install the application
• Generates a hard disk installation set so that you can copy the setup application onto a CD-ROM (if you have the appropriate hardware) or install the application over a network to other users
• Creates a special setup distribution so that you or other users can install the application across the Internet

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