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Introduction | |
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Creating a Visual Basic 6 Program | |
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How Visual Basic Works | |
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Using the Visual Basic User Interface | |
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Designing Your First User Interface | |
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Writing Basic Code | |
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Creating User Interfaces | |
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User Interface Design 101 | |
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Forms and Buttons | |
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Boxes and Buttons for Making Choices | |
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Text Boxes for Typing and Showing Words | |
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Scroll Bars and Labels | |
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Pretty Pictures and Objects from Geometry | |
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Making Menus | |
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Creating and Editing Pull-Down Menus | |
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Submenus, Growing Menus, and Pop-Up Menus | |
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Dialog Boxes | |
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The Basics of Writing Code | |
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Event Procedures | |
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Using Variables | |
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Responding to the User | |
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Math 101: Arithmetic, Logical, and Comparison Operators | |
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Strings and Things | |
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Defining Constants and Using Comments | |
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Killing Bugs | |
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Making Decisions (Something you Stop Doing When You Get Married) | |
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The If-Then and If-Then-Else Statements | |
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The Select Case Statement | |
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Getting Loopy | |
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The Do While and Do-Loop While Loops | |
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The Do Until and Do-Loop Until Loops | |
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For Next Loops That Can Count | |
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Nested Loops and Quick Exits | |
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Writing Subprograms (So You Don't Go Crazy All at Once) | |
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General Procedures (Subprograms Tha Everyone Can Share) | |
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Passing Arguments | |
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Functions, a Unique Type of Subprogram | |
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Getting Some Class with Object-Oriented Programming | |
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Managing Files | |
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Database Files and Printing | |
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Creating Database Files | |
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Using Files from Database Programs You'd Rather Not Use | |
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Making Your Program Print Stuff | |
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The Part of Tens | |
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The Ten Visual Basic Topics That Didn't Fit Anywhere Else | |
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About the CD | |
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Index | |
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Hungry Minds End-User License Agreement | |
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Installation Instructions | |
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Book Registration Information | |