About the Book
This book teaches beginners
how to program using Visual Basic 6.0. It assumes no prior programming
experience. Unlike most other books on Visual Basic that focus only on
language details and act more as language manuals than as texts, this book
teaches sound programming and problem-solving concepts that make it appropriate
for a CS1 level course for CS, CIS, MIS, Business, or Continuing Education
courses. Pedagogical features such as case studies, code analysis boxes,
key terms boxes, and warnings enhance the learning experience. The book
includes a CD of Visual Basic 6.0.
Features
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Emphasizes sound problem-solving and programming
skills with regard to the Visual Basic 6.0 language.
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Includes a CD of Visual Basic 6.0 and uses
Visual Basic 6.0 throughout so students have access to the latest features
of the language.
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Contains a chapter on databases—a hot topic
in Visual Basic—covering SQL, DDE, and ActiveX controls.
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Provides a full chapter on debugging.
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Presents a complete chapter on VBA (Visual
Basic for Applications).
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Includes numerous appendices on the user interface,
debugging, VB error codes, and more, making this an excellent language
reference.
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Covers advanced topics like OLE and Internet
programming, making it useful for accelerated courses on Visual Basic.
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Contains supplemental sections that allow
students to gradually build upon their knowledge with more advanced topics.
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Well thought-out pedagogy makes material accessible
to students, including: case studies in every chapter, code analysis boxes,
key terms and definitions boxes, design-tip boxes, and extensive end-of-chapter
material and exercises.
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Table of Contents
1. Computer Basics.
Types of Computers.
Components of a Typical Microcomputer
System.
Computer Fundamentals and Number Systems.
The Evolution of Computer Programming
Languages.
Machine Language.
Assembly Language.
High-level Languages.
Interpreters.
Compilers.
From BASIC to Visual Basic.
(Chapter 1 Supplement) Octal and Hexadecimal
Numbers.
2. The Visual Basic Development
Environment.
The Visual Basic Philosophy.
Using Visual Basic.
The Visual Basic Opening Screen.
Visual Basic Screen Layout.
Elementary Visual Basic Controls.
Label.
Text Box.
Picture Box.
Command Button.
Placing, Moving, and Sizing Controls.
Accessing Additional Toolbox Controls.
Control Naming Conventions.
Changing the Integrated Development
Environment.
Your First Program.
Saving Your Program.
Printing Your Program.
Compiling and Executing Your Program.
Visual Basic Help and Online Documentation.
3. Planning Your Program.
Problem Solving.
Flowcharts.
Pseudocode.
The Program Development Cycle.
4. Elements of Programming.
Variables.
Naming, Declaring, and Using Variables.
Constants.
Calculations.
Arithmetic Operators.
Precedence Rules.
Common Math Functions.
The Format Function.
Data Type Conversion Functions.
Strings.
The Concatenation Operator.
ASCII/ANSI Characters.
Common String Functions.
Scope and Lifetime.
Local and Global Scope.
Form-level and Public Variables.
Static vs. Dynamic Variables.
Advantages and Disadvantages of Global
Variables.
Program Readability.
Comments.
Indentation and White-space.
The Line-continuation Character.
Interactive Input and Output.
Picture Boxes and Text Boxes.
Input Boxes and Message Boxes.
Your Second Program.
5. Flow Control.
Comparisons.
Relational Operators.
Logical Operators.
Relational and Logical Operator Precedence.
DeMorgan's Laws.
Expanding and Reducing Logical Expressions.
Decisions.
If-blocks.
General Structures.
Sequential If-blocks.
Nested If-blocks.
Select-Case blocks.
Repetition.
For-Next Loops.
Do Loops.
Do While-Loop.
Do-Loop Until.
Ending a Program.
Programming Style.
6. Structured Programming.
The Modular Design Philosophy.
Subprograms.
Arguments and Parameters.
Defining and Using Subprograms.
Parameter Passing.
Passing by Reference.
Passing by Value.
Recursion.
7. Error Trapping and Debugging.
Bullet-proofing Your Programs.
Built-in Error Trapping.
The GoTo Statement.
Types of Programming Errors.
Standard Debugging Techniques.
The Data Dump.
Hand-execution of Code.
The Visual Basic Debugger.
Debugger Example.
8. Advanced Data Structures.
Static vs. Dynamic Data Structures.
Arrays.
One-dimensional Arrays.
Two-dimensional Arrays.
Multi-dimensional Arrays.
Dynamic Arrays.
Records and User-defined Data Types.
Stacks, Queues, Deques, and Lists.
Pointers and Linked Lists.
Object-oriented Programming.
Encapsulation, Inheritance, and Polymorphism.
Defining New Objects and Classes.
Defining New Methods.
9. File Input and Output.
Sequential Files.
Random-access Files.
Sorting and Searching (Supplement).
Sorting.
Bubble sort.
Shell sort.
Searching.
Sequential Search.
Binary Search.
10. Advanced Visual Basic.
Additional Visual Basic controls.
Check Boxes.
Option Buttons.
Frames.
List Boxes.
Combo Boxes.
Horizontal and Vertical Scroll Bars.
Drive, Directory, and File List Boxes.
Timer Controls.
Shape and Line Controls.
Image Controls.
Data Controls.
OLE Container Control.
Common Dialog Control.
Menu Control.
ActiveX Controls.
Collections (of objects).
Control Arrays.
Multiple Forms.
Programming with Multiple Forms.
Multiple Document Interface (MDI)
Forms.
Random Numbers.
Graphics.
Object Linking and Embedding (OLE).
Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE).
Internet Programming.
Visual Basic Compiler Directives.
11. Visual Basic for Applications
(VBA).
Using Macros.
An Example Macro in Microsoft Word.
An Example Macro in Microsoft Excel.
Using Macro Shortcuts.
Using Visual Basic Control Objects
in Microsoft Office Applications.
Differences between Visual Basic and
VBA
12. Databases.
Database Fundamentals.
Creating Database Files.
Using Data Controls and Data-Aware
Controls.
Structured Query Language (SQL).
Creating a Database through Visual
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