Teach yourself Visual Basic

by Bride, Mac

• ISBN13: 9780071444309
• ISBN10: 0071444300
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-07-26
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Summary

In its new .net version, Visual Basic can be used to create stand-alone applications, ActiveX applets for Web pages, and libraries of functions that can be retrieved from other programs. Compatible with other languages in Microsoft's Visual Studio set, its programs can share data and functions with programs written in those languages.Teach Yourself Visual Basicuses jargon-free language to help new IT users focus on essential structures and techniques, and then move on to advanced features.

Author Biography

Mac Bride is a successful computer author who brings over 20 years of teaching experience to his writing.

Table of Contents

preface	viii
01 the visual studio	1	(19)
1.1 Visual Basic and the Visual Studio	2	(2)
1.2 Getting started	4	(3)
1.3 Arranging the windows	7	(4)
1.4 The Tools and Properties	11	(1)
1.5 The Help system	12	(5)
1.6 Online Resources	17	(1)
1.7 Options	18	(2)
02 the basics of visual basic	20	(26)
2.1 A first application	21	(3)
2.2 Object-oriented programming	24	(2)
2.3 The Code window	26	(2)
2.4 Controls and properties	28	(3)
2.5 Setting colours	31	(2)
2.6 Formatting text	33	(2)
2.7 Programming with properties	35	(3)
2.8 Tidy exits	38	(1)
2.9 MsgBox	39	(3)
2.10 InputBox	42	(1)
2.11 Comments	43	(3)
03 controls and events	46	(17)
3.1 Mouse events	47	(4)
3.2 Values and ScrollBars	51	(2)
3.3 Text controls	53	(3)
3.4 Toggle switches	56	(2)
3.5 Keyboard events	58	(1)
3.6 The Focus	59	(1)
3.7 Tablndex	59	(4)
04 variables and operations	63	(26)
4.1 Data types	64	(1)
4.2 Declaring variables	65	(1)
4.3 Assigning values to variables	66	(3)
4.4 The scope of variables	69	(3)
4.5 Constants	72	(2)
4.6 Arrays	74	(3)
4.7 Variables and files	77	(4)
4.8 Number operators	81	(2)
4.9 Assignment operators	83	(1)
4.10 Logical (bitwise) operators	83	(6)
05 program flow	89	(21)
5.1 Flow of execution	90	(1)
5.2 For...Next loops	90	(6)
5.3 Loops and arrays	96	(1)
5.4 For Each...Next	96	(1)
5.5 Making comparisons	97	(2)
5.6 Do... Loops	99	(2)
5.7 If...Then...	101	(3)
5.8 Loop and branch game	104	(1)
5.9 Early Exits	105	(1)
5.10 Select Case	106	(4)
06 subroutines and functions	110	(19)
6.1 Subroutines and functions	111	(3)
6.2 Passing arguments	114	(1)
6.3 Using subroutines	115	(7)
6.4 Using functions	122	(5)
6.5 Recursion	127	(2)
07 dealing with errors	129	(11)
7.1 Errors and error spotting	130	(3)
7.2 Debugging tools	133	(1)
7.3 Breakpoints	134	(1)
7.4 Keeping watch	135	(1)
7.5 Stepping through	136	(1)
7.6 Error-trapping	136	(4)
08 windows components	140	(21)
8.1 The Windows way	141	(1)
8.2 Menus	141	(3)
8.3 Context menus	144	(2)
8.4 Toolbars	146	(6)
8.5 Dialog boxes	152	(3)
8.6 Printing	155	(2)
8.7 Wordless: simple word processing	157	(4)
09 text processing	161	(22)
9.1 Editing	162	(2)
9.2 String manipulation	164	(4)
9.3 Find and Replace	168	(4)
9.4 The Font and Color dialog boxes	172	(1)
9.5 FontStyle formatting	173	(3)
9.6 Wordless word processing	176	(7)
10 graphics and animation	183	(17)
10.1 Basic concepts	184	(2)
10.2 The Drawing methods	186	(5)
10.3 DoodlePad - a drawing program	191	(3)
10.4 Timers	194	(1)
10.5 Animation	194	(6)
11 Multiple forms	200	(18)
11.1 The second form	201	(1)
11.2 Code for multiple forms	202	(2)
11.3 Modules and global variables	204	(1)
11.4 A two-form project	204	(5)
11.5 MDI forms	209	(4)
11.6 An MDI text editor	213	(5)
12 answers to exercises	218	(10)
taking it further	228	(1)
index	229