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

Workshop

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

Quiz

1. What are three advantages to compiling an application?
2. True or false: You must run the File | Compile option to compile the program.
3. Why might you use version control?
4. How do you designate an icon for an application?
5. True or false: You can create the installation routine from Visual Basic's development environment.
6. What is a dependency file?
7. True or false: The Package And Deployment Wizard can create an installation routine for the Internet.
8. Why does the Package And Deployment Wizard offer two ways to store the setup routine on your hard disk (in a single folder or multiple folders)?
9. What happens if the installation routine finds a newer version of a file it's about to install?
10. How does the user uninstall the installed application?

Exercise

1. Change the form icon from Hour 18, "The Graphic Image Controls," to one of the happy face icons used in the project. Compile the project and make sure that the compiled application uses the icon for the project icon. Create an installation routine for Hour 18's animation application. Install the application using the setup routine. Run the application (look in the Program Files folder for the application) to make sure everything works well. If you need to change something, re-run the Package And Deployment Wizard. After you create a successful installation, open the Control Panel and uninstall the application.

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