Visual Basic 6 Programming: Business Applications with a Design Perspective

Table of Contents

Chapter 2 Introduction to Visual Basic Programming

• 2.1 Navigating the Integrated Development Environment
  • Starting the VB IDE
  • The Menu bar and the Tool Bar
  • The Tool Box
  • The Form and Code Window
  • The Project Explorer
  • The Properties Window
  • The Form Layout window
  • Exiting the VB IDE
• 2.2 Your First Visual Basic Program
  • A Simple Program Walkthrough
  • Handling VB Program Files
• 2.3 Some Basic Concepts
  • Understanding the Integrated Development Environment
  • Coding Mechanics
  • Interfaces of VB Objects
  • Defaults
• 2.4 Exploring More Properties
  • Changing the Font for the Label: An Exercise
• 2.5 Getting Help from the Help Menu
  • The Index Tab
  • Help Text and Hyperlinks
  • Another Way to Explore
• 2.6 Naming Objects
  • Object Naming Convention
  • Changing the Object Names in the Project
• 2.7 Overview of the Code Structure
  • Statements That Bring Results and Execute Sequentially
  • Statements that Direct Flow of Execution Control
• 2.8 Revising the First Program
  • The Visual Interface
  • Coding the Revised Project
  • Completing the Development Cycle
• Summary
• Visual Basic Explorer
• Exercises
• Projects