Visual Basic 6.0: Environment, Programming and Applications

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• NEW - The text has been organized so that object types, variables, and collections are presented next to class modules.

• NEW - A new chapter on ActiveX Data Objects has been added (Chapter 25).

• NEW - The Modular Design chapter has been revised—Includes more material on the design of the user interface and the Einstein University design has been added.

• NEW - Additional skill building exercises have been added to each chapter.

• NEW - Error-trapping has been expanded in working with sequential files.

• NEW - The Visual Basic Internet chapter has been expanded—Includes DHTML and IIS features.

• NEW - The New string functions provided by Visual Basic 6.0 are described.

• Step-by-step approach—Focuses on teaching students the practical side of programming with visual Basic.

• Demonstrates how VB applications are integrated with other types of software—Including database, spreadsheet, and word processing software.

• Two concluding chapters give students an introduction to ActiveX.

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Description

• Copyright 1999
• Dimensions: 8 X 10
• Pages: 784
• Edition: 1st

• Book
• ISBN-10: 1-58076-272-7
• ISBN-13: 978-1-58076-272-4

Eliason/Malarkey introduce students to the VB6 environment and basic programming concepts. The text emphasizes applications design and guides students through creating interactive Web pages. Three chapters are devoted to the development of database applications and one to Internet applications.

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Sample Content

Table of Contents

I. ENVIRONMENT.

 1. Running a Visual Basic Program.
 2. Writing and Running Your First Visual Basic Program.
 3. Adding Controls and Event Procedures to Form Modules.
 4. Learning to Think Visually.
 5. Introduction to the Graphic Controls and Graphic Methods of Visual Basic.

II. PROGRAMMING.

 6. Variables and Constants.
 7. Math Operators and Formulas.
 8. If…Then…Else Logic and the Select Case Statement.
 9. Inputting Values and Formatting Output.
10. Defining the Scope of Variables and Procedures.
11. Working with Loops.
12. Programming User Events.
13. Introduction to Debugging.
14. Lists and Arrays.
15. Multidimensional Arrays, Tables, Arrays of User-Defined Types, and the MSFlexGrid Control.
16. Numeric Functions.
17. String Functions.
18. Sequential File Processing and Error Trapping.
19. Object Types, Variables, and Collections.
20. Class Modules.

III. APPLICATIONS.

21. Modular Design.
22. Creating an ActiveX DLL.
23. Accessing and Manipulating Databases with Visual Basic.
24. Using Data Access Objects.
25. Using ActiveX Data Objects.
26. Working with Objects from Microsoft Office.
27. Visual Basic Internet Applications.

APPENDICES.

 A. The ANSI Character Set.
 B. Data Access Object Collections, Properties, and Methods.

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