Visual Basic 6 Course Training

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Includes roundtrip airfare and lodging (Georgia and Florida only) Hands-on instruction by a certified instructor Includes all course materials and practice exams Includes all certification exams Onsite Testing Breakfast and Lunch provided each day If airfare and lodging are not required, the price is $1,000 less for 2-week courses, $750 less for 10 day courses, and $500 less for one week courses. Our Remote Classroom Instruction is a live class with students observing the instructor and listening through your computer speakers. You will see the instructor's computer, slides, notes, etc., just like in the classroom. You will be following along, doing work, labs, and individual assignments. Can't travel or you want to stay with your family or business. No problem! Stay in your own city and save the additional expenses of roundtrip airfare, lodging, transportation, and meals and receive the same great instruction live from our instructors in our Live Instructor-Led Remote Classroom Instruction.

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This course teaches programmers the skills necessary to create Microsoft® Visual Basic® programming system desktop applications and satisfies the Visual Basic prerequisites for Mastering Visual Basic 6 Development.

Course Outline

Lesson 1: Introduction to Application Development Using Visual Basic

• Features of Visual Basic
• Editions of Visual Basic
• Visual Basic terminology
• Working in the development environment
• Event-driven programming
• Creating a program in Visual Basic
• Project and executable files
• Visual Basic reference materials
• Self-check questions

Lesson 2: Visual Basic Fundamentals

• Introduction to objects
• Controlling objects
• Properties, methods, and events
• Working with forms
• Introduction to controls
• Basic controls
• Self-check questions

Lesson 3: Working with Code and Forms

• Understanding modules
• Using the code editor window
• Other code navigation features
• Code documentation and formatting
• Setting environment options
• Setting code formatting options
• Automatic code completion features
• Interacting with the user
• Using the MsgBox function
• Using the InputBox function
• Working with code statements
• Managing forms
• Self-check questions

Lesson 4: Variables and Procedures

• Overview of variables
• Declaring variables
• Variable scope
• Using arrays
• User-defined data types
• Converting data types
• Using constants
• Working with procedures
• Working with dates and times
• Using the Format function
• Manipulating text strings
• Self-check questions

Lesson 5: Controlling Program Execution

• Comparison and logical operators
• Using If…Then statements
• Using Select Case statements
• Overview of looping structures
• Using Do…Loop structures
• For…Next statement
• Exiting a loop
• Self-check questions

Lesson 6: Debugging

• Types of errors
• Break mode
• Using the Debug toolbar
• Using the Watch window
• Using the Immediate window
• Using the Locals window
• Tracing program flow with the Call Stack
• Self-check questions

Lesson 7: Working with Controls

• Types of controls
• Overview of standard controls
• Using ComboBox and ListBox controls
• Using OptionButton and Frame controls
• Working with selected text
• Advanced standard controls
• ActiveX controls
• Insertable objects
• Self-check questions

Lesson 8: Data Access Using the ADO Data Control

• Overview of ActiveX data objects
• Visual Basic data access features
• Relational database concepts
• Using the ADO Data control to access data
• Structured query language (SQL)
• Manipulating data
• Using Data Form Wizard
• Self-check questions

Lesson 9: Input Validation

• Field-level validation
• Using text box properties to restrict data entry
• Using the Masked Edit control
• Form-level validation
• Form events used when validating data
• Self-check questions

Lesson 10: Error Trapping

• Overview of run-time errors
• Overview of the error handling process
• The Err object
• Errors and the calling chain
• Errors in an error-handling routine
• Inline error handling
• Error-handling styles
• General error-trapping options in Visual Basic
• Self-check questions

Lesson 11: Enhancing the User Interface

• Menus
• Status bars
• Toolbars

Lesson 12: Drag and Drop

• Overview of drag and drop
• Mouse events
• Drag-and-drop basics
• Self-check questions

Lesson 13: More About Controls

• Collections
• Using control arrays
• Self-check questions

Lesson 14: Finishing Touches

• User interface design principles
• Distributing an application
• Creating a default project
• Review: Steps to creating a Visual Basic program
• Development resources
• Self-check questions