QBASIC with an Introduction to Visual BASIC 5.0, 4th Edition

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Features

NEW TO THIS EDITION

• NEW - Updates and improves all real-life data used in examples and exercises.

• NEW - The chapter on graphics has been modernized.

• NEW - Features an accompanying CD-ROM that contains all examples and case studies from the text and a copy of the Control Creation Edition of Visual Basic 5.0.

• NEW - An engineering applications supplement can now be packaged with the text.

• Integrates a wealth of examples and exercises that reflect actual data, allowing students to relate, appreciate, and feel comfortable with their content.

• Discusses problem solving techniques and structured programming early in the book, then integrates their use throughout the remaining chapters.

• Includes exercise sets for most sections to both reinforce the understanding of the key ideas of the section and challenge the student to explore applications.

• Offers a wealth of programming projects that not only reflect the variety of ways that computers are used in the business and engineering communities, but also present some games and general interest topics.

• Includes an Instructor's Diskette containing the solution to every exercise and programming project.

Description

This introduction to Basic language programming using QBasic and Visual Basic has—through three previous editions—successfully taught readers the fundamentals of programming from the ground up, using the simplicity and clarity of QBasic to illustrate problem-solving techniques and structured programming. KEY TOPICS: Designed for use with the IBM-PC and its compatibles, the book presents the fundamentals of computer programming, such as input, decision structures, and loop structures.

Sample Content

Table of Contents

 1. An Introduction to Computers and QBASIC.


 2. Problem Solving.


 3. Fundamentals of Programming in QBASIC.


 4. Procedures.


 5. Decisions.


 6. Repetition.


 7. Arrays.


 8. Sequential Files.


 9. Random-Access Files.


10. The Graphical Display of Data.


11. Random Numbers.


12. Visual Basic.


Appendix A: ASCII Values.


Appendix B: Using a Mouse.


Appendix C: QBASIC Statements, Functions, Operators, and Metacommands.


Appendix D: QBASIC Debugging Tools.


Appendix E: A Summary of QBASIC Editing Commands.


Appendix F: The QBASIC Environment.


Appendix G: HOW TO (QBASIC).


Appendix H: An Introduction to Windows.


Appendix I: HOW TO (Visual Basic).


Appendix J: Visual Basic Statements, Functions, Methods, Properties, Data Types, and Operators.


Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Exercises.


Index.

Updates

New To This Edition

• NEW—Updates and improves all real-life data used in examples and exercises.
• NEW—The chapter on graphics has been modernized.
• NEW—Features an accompanying CD-ROM that contains all examples and case studies from the text and a copy of the Control Creation Edition of Visual Basic 5.0.
• NEW—An engineering applications supplement can now be packaged with the text.

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