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Visual Basic 6.0 Introduction Course

Course Description

Students will learn how to use Visual Basic 6.0 to develop Windows applications.
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
* Identify and describe the purpose of various components of the Visual Basic programming environment.
* Build and run a small application.
* Use the code editing tools in the Code Editor window to write conditional statements and other code constructs.
* Isolate, identify, and correct logic, compile, and run-time errors in a Visual Basic application.
* Develop multiple-form applications.
* Declare variables and constants.
* Examine and discuss Sub and Function procedures, and pass arguments by value and by reference.
* Create application interfaces with standard and custom controls.
* Build common and pop-up menus into an application.
* Write an error-handling routine.
* Create an application by using the VB Application Wizard, and create, install, and remove a setup program.
*Use the data control to access a database table and discuss the features of an MDI environment.

Course pre-requisites:

Students enrolling in this course should be familiar with the Windows environment and have some programming experience.

Topics covered on the 3 day Visual Basic 6.0 Introduction course

Introduction to Visual Basic programming

  • What is Visual Basic?
  • Terminology
  • Steps to create an application
  • Modular environment


    • Building an application

  • Setting properties of objects
  • Forms
  • Introduction to controls
  • Object-based, event-driven programming


    • Coding

  • The Code Editor
  • Using the Object Browser to view properties and methods of objects
  • Statements and functions
  • Conditional statements
  • Looping statements
  • Native code


    • Debugging

  • Overview


    • Forms

  • Showing and hiding forms
  • Order of events
  • Multiple forms
  • Startup and end of applications


    • Variables

  • Data types
  • Scope and lifetime of variables
  • Constants
  • Arrays and user-defined types


    • Procedures

  • Introduction to procedures
  • Arguments and parameters
  • Named arguments and optional arguments


    • Controls

  • Control formatting
  • Standard controls
  • Custom controls


    • Menus

  • Creating and coding menus
  • Custom pop-up menus


    • Error handling

  • An introduction to error handlers


    • Wizards

  • The Package and Deployment Wizard
  • Application Wizard


    • The next step

  • Data access using the Data Form Wizard and the data control
  • MDI forms
  • Classes
  • An introduction to ActiveX controls within Visual Basic



    • Course Classification: 

    Course Fee = £855   (excl.VAT)

    Scheduled course dates

    March 2010April 2010May 2010June 2010July 2010

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    If you would prefer to run this course at your premises as you have several employees to place on the course perhaps, then we are also able to offer onsite Visual Basic Training and bespoke Visual Basic courses