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Visual Basic Hands-on Training Courses
Web Tech offers numerous VB training courses:

Visual Basic Programming Fundamentals (UK)
(outline below)
Other visual basic courses include

In the UK:
Visual Basic Power Programming
Visual Basic Advanced Development

Visual Basic Programming Fundamentals | UK Version
Cost / Duration Price: US $1,995, UK £1,499 + VAT | Duration: 5 days
Pre-requisites



A good working knowledge of MS Windows 95, 98 or NT Version 4 is essential. Previous programming experience in a high-level language, or with MS Office (eg Excel Macros) is expected.

Who Should Attend?


The course is intended for programmers and analysts who want to create business-orientated applications using Visual Basic.

Course Benefits




VB is the easiest Windows programming system to learn. Over 4 million copies have been sold, and many users are self-taught. So, why not teach yourself? Because it's too easy to miss fundamental concepts while concentrating on the bells and whistles! This intensive course will give you all the essential background information you need to get off to a good start in your Windows programming career. You will benefit from the experience of a tutor who is also an active Visual Basic developer.

You Will Learn How To:


 

Use the Windows event-driven programming model
Use the simple but powerful Visual Basic language
Create state of the art Windows applications
Select and use Windows controls to their best advantage
Use the powerful Debugger
Use the Data control to develop simple database applications

Course Content

 

 

 

 

 












 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Introducing Visual Basic
VB - a language & a programming environment| Event-driven programming | Which version should you choose? | Distributing applications

Building Your First VB Application
Understanding the Visual Basic IDE | Built-in & ActiveX controls | Properties, methods and events | The code editor | Working with projects

Visual Basic Fundamentals
Structure of a VB application| Numbers & constants | Data types, variable declarations | Operators and connectives

Constructing Visual Basic Code
Control structures | Subs & functions | Scoping & lifetime | Arrays & user-defined types | Built-in functions & statements

Working with Controls
Properties, events & methods | Focus, tab order & access keys | Command Button, Text Box, List Box | Status Bar, Toolbar, ImageList, Slider, Progress Bar, TabStrip, TreeView, ListView, Updown, Animation, Date/Time Picker | Rich Text Box, Chart, Masked Edit, Tabbed Dialog, OLE Drag & Drop

Menus
The Menu Design window | Pop-up menus

Dialogs
Modal & non-modal dialog boxes | InputBox & MsgBox | The Common Dialog control | File-system controls

Forms Properties, Events and Methods System Objects
App, Clipboard, Debug, Screen

Debugging VB Applications
Break mode | Inspecting code & variables | The Call Stack window | Setting up watches | The Immediate & Locals windows

Run-time Errors
Error-handling strategies | The Err object

Collections
Forms, Controls

Introducing MDI
Using the Applications Wizard
Graphics | Graphical methods | Shape & Line controls, Colors

Printing & Fonts
The Print method, Formatting text | Sending output to the printer

Interacting with Users
The Clipboard | Keyboard handlers | Shell, AppActivate

Working with Other Applications
Object linking & embedding (OLE) | The OLE control | Creating & using Automation objects (Word documents and Excel worksheets)

Program Optimization
Speeding up programs | Restricting memory usage

Calling the Windows API
Introducing VB Data Handling
Database concepts, The JET engine | Data Access Objects (DAO) and ActiveX | Data Objects (ADO), Data Control

Introduction to SQL
The SELECT statement | Action queries, Joins

Using VB's Data-bound Features
Databound Controls | The VB6 Data Environment Designer | Reporting

Practical Sessions


 

Experiment with VB's event-driven model
Construct dialog boxes using menus, and both built-in and ActiveX controls
Explore data validation techniques
Build a simple data maintenance application
Use VB to control Word and Excel

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