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3 day course

Visual Basic 6: Introduction to Programming

Introduction to Visual Basic programming

  • What is Visual Basic?
  • Terminology
  • Steps to create an application
  • Modular environment

Building an application

  • Setting properties of objects
  • Forms
  • Introduction to controls
  • Object-based, event-driven programming

Coding

  • The Code Editor
  • Using the Object Browser to view properties and methods of objects
  • Statements and functions
  • Conditional statements
  • Looping statements
  • Native code

Debugging

  • Overview

Forms

  • Showing and hiding forms
  • Order of events
  • Multiple forms
  • Startup and end of applications

Variables

  • Data types
  • Scope and lifetime of variables
  • Constants
  • Arrays and user-defined types

Procedures

  • Introduction to procedures
  • Arguments and parameters
  • Named arguments and optional arguments

Controls

  • Control formatting
  • Standard controls
  • Custom controls

Menus

  • Creating and coding menus
  • Custom pop-up menus

Error handling

  • An introduction to error handlers

Wizards

  • The Package and Deployment Wizard
  • Application Wizard

The next step

  • Data access using the Data Form Wizard and the data control
  • MDI forms
  • Classes
  • An introduction to ActiveX controls within Visual Basic

Overview

Students will learn how to use Visual Basic 6 to develop Windows applications.

Prerequisites

Windows Introduction or equivalent knowledge, and some programming experience.

Benefits

Students will learn how to create Windows applications by using Visual Basic 6.

Target student

Students attending this course should be familiar with the Windows environment and have some programming experience.

What's next

Visual Basic 6 Database Programming is the next course in this series.

Private Training Courses

We offer private training courses which may be delivered at our training centre or at your premises on dates to suit you and your delegates. Course content can follow the standard course material as listed in the course outline, or can be tailored to your specific requirements at no extra cost.

For a single company private course we normally recommend that any class does not exceed 8 delegates in order to ensure that the learning objectives are met.

Total price per day (ex-Vat)
Number of delegates 1 2 3 4 5 6 Extra Person
At our Reading Training Centre £695 £775 £855 £935 £1015 £1095 £80
On your premises £595 £665 £735 £805 £875 £945 £70

 

For on-site courses only:

  • Notebook computer hire is £40 per computer per day. Savings can be made for block bookings of 2 or more days, please ask for details.
  • Trainer travel and accomodation is charged at cost and we can give you a fixed price quote for this prior to booking.

Course fees are payable in advance and are listed exclusive of VAT.