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

Workshop

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

Quiz

1. What is the difference between a message box and a text box?
2. Which stays on the user's screen during the majority of a program's execution: a text box or an input box?
3. Why do the named literals provide for better program maintenance?
4. What are the two kinds of remark statements?
5. Whom are remarks for?
6. What does modal mean?
7. How many icons can you display with message boxes?
8. True or false: You can pass multiple arguments and receive multiple return values from functions.
9. What role do default values play in input boxes?
10. True or false: The MsgBox() function can return one of seven values.

Exercises

1. Write three remarks for the top of a program that calculates sales tax. The first remark should hold your name, the second should hold the date that you write the remark, and the third should span at least two lines and should describe the purpose of the program.
2. Write an input box function that asks users for their ages. Display a default value of 25.

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