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Visual Basic 6 For Dummies
Wallace Wang (Author)
9780764503702, Wiley
Paperback / softback, published 21 August 1998
512 pages
23.4 x 18.8 x 2.5 cm, 0.78 kg
Create your own custom Visual Basic programs fast for Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows NT! If you want to develop business applications for Windows, then Microsoft's Visual Basic 6 programming environment is for you. With its powerful and friendly object-oriented interface, Visual Basic 6 is the ideal tool for creating easy-to-use and attractive interfaces of your own. Whether you want to build original programs from the ground up or take advantage of existing wizards, Visual Basic 6 For Dummies will help you design and debug your work - and accomplish all your goals! From the fundamentals of writing BASIC code to the thrill of distributing your very own custom applications, Visual Basic 6 For Dummies brings a fresh perspective to programming in Visual Basic 6 that everyone can understand.
Introduction 1 Part I: Creating a Visual Basic 6 Program 7 Chapter 1: How Visual Basic Works 9 Chapter 2: Using the Visual Basic User Interface 15 Chapter 3: Designing Your First User Interface 23 Chapter 4: Writing BASIC Code 41 Part II: Creating User Interfaces 53 Chapter 5: User Interface Design 101 55 Chapter 6: Forms and Buttons 81 Chapter 7: Boxes and Buttons for Making Choices 103 Chapter 8: Text Boxes for Typing and Showing Words 123 Chapter 9: Scroll Bars and Labels 135 Chapter 10: Pretty Pictures and Objects from Geometry 145 Part III: Making Menus 161 Chapter 11: Creating and Editing Pull-Down Menus 163 Chapter 12: Submenus, Growing Menus, and Pop-Up Menus 181 Chapter 13: Dialog Boxes 191 Part IV: The Basics of Writing Code 207 Chapter 14: Event Procedures 209 Chapter 15: Using Variables 223 Chapter 16: Responding to the User 247 Chapter 17: Math 101: Arithmetic, Logical, and Comparison Operators 259 Chapter 18: Strings and Things 275 Chapter 19: Defining Constants and Using Comments 287 Chapter 20: Killing Bugs 299 Part V: Making Decisions (Something You Stop Doing When You Get Married) 309 Chapter 21: The If-Then and If-Then-Else Statements 311 Chapter 22: The Select Case Statement 321 Part VI: Getting Loopy 327 Chapter 23: The Do While and Do-Loop While Loops 329 Chapter 24: The Do Until and Do-Loop Until Loops 335 Chapter 25: For Next Loops That Can Count 341 Chapter 26: Nested Loops and Quick Exits 349 Part VII: Writing Subprograms (So You Don’t Go Crazy All at Once) 353 Chapter 27: General Procedures (Subprograms Tha Everyone Can Share) 355 Chapter 28: Passing Arguments 363 Chapter 29: Functions, a Unique Type of Subprogram 373 Chapter 30: Getting Some Class with Object-Oriented Programming 385 Chapter 31: Managing Files 403 Part VIII: Database Files and Printing 409 Chapter 32: Creating Database Files 411 Chapter 33: Using Files from Database Programs You’d Rather Not Use 417 Chapter 34: Making Your Program Print Stuff 433 Part IX: The Part of Tens 441 Chapter 35: The Ten Visual Basic Topics That Didn’t Fit Anywhere Else 443 Appendix A: About the CD 451 Index 459 End-User License Agreement 476
Subject Areas: Computer programming / software development [UM]
