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
    • A Function Preview
    • A MsgBox() and InputBox() Overview
    • Visual Basic's Code Window Help
    • A Short Detour: Remarks
    • Examining InputBox()
    • Summary
    • Q&A
    • Workshop
  • 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 use controls and when do I use message and input boxes?

   You use Form controls when the user is to interact with a form and enter values the form module will process. The Toolbox controls are extremely useful for guiding the user through a list of choices. The message box is a program feature you can use to display one-time notes and warnings to your users. The input box is a great one-time dialog box you can display to ask the user questions when needed during the execution of the program.

2. Why should I add remarks to my code?

   You'll modify your programs over time. The more you modify a program, the faster that modification (called maintenance) will go if you add ample remarks at the time you create the program. The remarks help you remember what a particular section of code is for. In addition to remarks, use named literals when available for options such as the message box button type because the named literal mnemonics are easier to remember than their numeric equivalents.

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