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
    • Creating New Applications
    • Controls Provide the Interface
    • Giving Your Users Help
    • Named Literals
    • Take a Break!
    • Summary
    • Q&A
    • Workshop
  • 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
  • Hour 24.Online Visual Basic
  • Part VII:Appendixes
  • Appendix A.Operator Precedence
  • Appendix B.Answers
  • Appendix C.Using the CD-ROM

Q&A

1. When do I double-click a toolbox control to place the control on the Form window and when do I drag the control onto the Form window?

   When you double-click a toolbox control, that control appears on the Form window immediately. The double-click requires less work from you to place the control on the form. After the control appears, however, your rest period ends because you have to move and size the control properly. By first selecting a control and dragging the control onto the form, you select, size, and move the control in one step.

2. How do I know if a property value requires a value, a selection from a drop-down list box, or a dialog box selection?

   Just click the property. If nothing happens, type the new property value. If a drop-down list box arrow appears, click the arrow to see the selections in the list. If an ellipsis appear, click it to display the property's dialog box.

3. Can I create an initial application with the VB Application Wizard and then add extra controls to the form?

   Certainly! That's the true reason for using the wizard. The wizard creates the shell, and then you add to and modify the shell to generate a final application that meets your specific needs. The only potential problem right now is that the wizard does generate a fairly comprehensive shell, especially if you add Internet and database access to the shell. Until you master more of the Visual Basic environment and language, you might find that locating the correct spots to change is more difficult than creating the application from scratch.

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