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| Introducing Visual Basic | |
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| What is Visual Basic? | |
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| Events and Event Procedures | |
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| Object-Related Concepts | |
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| The Visual Basic Program Development Process | |
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| Required Computer Skills | |
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| Logical Program Organization | |
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| Visual Basic Program Components | |
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| The Visual Basic Environment | |
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| Opening an Existing Visual Basic Project | |
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| Saving a Visual Basic Project | |
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| Running a Visual Basic Project | |
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| Getting Help | |
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| A Sample Visual Basic Project | |
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| Visual Basic Fundamentals | |
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| Numeric Constants | |
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| String Constants | |
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| Variables | |
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| Data Types and Data Declarations | |
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| Operators and Expressions | |
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| Hierarchy of Operations | |
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| Inserting Parentheses | |
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| Special Rules Concerning Numeric Expressions | |
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| String Expressions | |
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| Assigning Values to Variables | |
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| Displaying Output--The Print Statement | |
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| Library Functions | |
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| Program Comments | |
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| Branching and Looping | |
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| Relational Operators and Logical Expressions | |
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| Logical Operators | |
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| Branching with the If-Then Block | |
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| Branching with If-Then-Else Blocks | |
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| Selection: Select Case | |
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| Looping with For-Next | |
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| Looping with Do-Loop | |
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| Looping with While-Wend | |
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| The Stop Statement | |
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| Visual Basic Control Fundamentals | |
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| Visual Basic Control Tools | |
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| Control Tool Categories | |
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| Working with Controls | |
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| Naming Forms and Controls | |
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| Assigning Property Values to Forms and Controls | |
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| Executing Commands (Event Procedures and Command Buttons) | |
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| Displaying Output Data (Labels and Text Boxes) | |
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| Entering Input Data (Text Boxes) | |
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| Selecting Multiple Features (Check Boxes) | |
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| Selecting Exclusive Alternatives (Option Buttons and Frames) | |
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| Selecting from a List (List Boxes and Combo Boxes) | |
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| Assigning Properties Collectively (The With Block) | |
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| Generating Error Messages (The MsgBox Function) | |
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| Creating Timed Events (The Timer Control) | |
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| Scroll Bars | |
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| Menus and Dialog Boxes | |
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| Building Drop-Down Menus | |
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| Accessing a Menu from the Keyboard | |
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| Menu Enhancements | |
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| Submenus | |
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| Pop-Up Menus | |
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| Dialog Boxes | |
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| More about the MsgBox Function | |
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| The InputBox Function | |
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| Executing and Debugging a New Project | |
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| Syntactic Errors | |
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| Logical Errors | |
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| Setting Breakpoints | |
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| Defining Watch Values | |
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| Stepping through a Program | |
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| User-Induced Errors | |
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| Error Handlers | |
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| Generating a Stand-Alone Executable Program | |
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| Procedures | |
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| Modules and Procedures | |
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| Sub Procedures (Subroutines) | |
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| Event Procedures | |
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| Function Procedures | |
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| Scope | |
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| Optional Arguments | |
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| Arrays | |
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| Array Characteristics | |
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| Array Declarations | |
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| Processing Array Elements (Subscripted Variables) | |
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| Passing Arrays to Procedures | |
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| Dynamic Arrays | |
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| Array-Related Functions | |
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| Control Arrays | |
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| Looping with For Each-Next | |
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| Data Files | |
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| Data File Characteristics | |
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| Accessing and Saving a File in Visual Basic: The Common Dialog Control | |
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| Processing a Data File | |
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| Sequential Data Files (Text Files) | |
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| Random Access (Direct) Data Files | |
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| Binary Files | |
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| The ASCII Character Set | |
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| Incompatibilities with Visual Basic.NET | |
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| Answers to Selected Problems | |
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| Index | |