Programming In Visual Basic 5'0

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Programming In Visual Basic 5.0

• Chapter 1

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Programming

• For most students, programming is the most
  difficult unit.
• Programming involves the use of logic and
  mathematical skills.
• Programming requires exceptional attention to
  detail and a great deal of patience.

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Programming

• It is essential that students follow directions
  closely and pay attention to all instructions.
• Programming can be very exciting and fun but it
  can also be very frustrating if directions are
  not followed.
• Be sure to create a VB folder on your student
  account and always save all files to this folder
  using proper naming conventions.
• Be sure to save your work often!

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Introduction to VB

• Visual Basic is a third generation programming
  language. What this means is that VB is much
  closer to English than it is to machine language.
• VB also includes a GUI ( Graphical User
  Interface) which allows users to see results
  immediately.
• These two factors make VB the perfect programming
  language for a CRS course.

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VB

• The IDE, development environment.
• Form Window
• Project Window
• Properties Window
• Toolbox

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VB

• Visual Basic is an Object Orientated language.
• In programming in VB, everything is an object and
  all objects have properties which describe them.
  Objects may also have methods which are actions
  that are associated with them.
• Example. A button on a form is an object, it has
  the properties size, text , color and the
  methods on click and on mouse over.

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Coding Projects in VB

• 3 Step Process
• Design the User Interface
• Plan the Properties
• Plan the Code- pseudocode

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Class 1

• Define form, control, design time , run time and
  break time.
• What is the difference between procedural and
  event driven programming languages? What is an
  example where you may want to use each?
• What is the file extension for a VB project and
  for a form?

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Class 2

• Describe what an event is.
• What is the syntax for an event procedure? Give
  an example.
• Why use comments? What is the syntax required for
  including comments?
• How does VB read assignment statements? Explain
  using an example.

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Class 3

• Describe and give examples of the three types of
  errors.
• What is debugging?
• What are the naming rules associated with an
  object?
• What is required in proper naming conventions?