Visual Basic 6: Designing and Implementing Desktop Applications

2 days

Overview

Students will learn how to develop desktop applications using Visual Basic 6.0 that conform to the Microsoft Solution Framework. They will plan the physical design, create user services, create and manage COM components, test, deploy, and maintain desktop applications.

Prerequisites

Visual Basic 6.0 Introduction or equivalent. Specifically, the student must be able to use Visual Basic 6.0 to develop a simple Windows application. Isolate, identify, and correct errors in a Visual Basic application. Develop and work with Microsoft Word, Excel, and Access files.

Benefits

Students will learn how to create complex desktop applications using Visual Basic 6.0.

Target student

Students enrolling in this course should understand Visual Basic terminology, the steps to create an application, modular environments, and the relationship between controls and events.

Debugging and Error Handling Review

Debugging Techniques and Tools
Error Trapping

Introduction to COM

Class Modules
Building Class Modules Manually
Using Class Builder

Using the Power Of COM

Creating COM Components
Threading Models
Testing Components

Using COM Components

Using COM Components from Other Applications
Creating Objects for Components Four Ways

Introduction to Data Access

Adding the Data Environment Designer
Retrieving Data from Connection
Data Services and ADO

Presenting Data

Shaping and Organizing Data
Presenting On-screen Data
Printed Reports

ActiveX Controls

ActiveX Controls and Constituent Controls
Using Layer of Automation To Provide Property And Method Visibility
Property Pages
Data Aware Controls

Implementing Help

Setting Help File Properties
Implementing Tool Tips

Package and Deployment Wizard

Preparing Your Application
Optimization and Deployment
Deploying Your Application

Visual SourceSafe

Adding Visual SourceSafe to Your Project
Using Visual SourceSafe

Using SQL

SQL Overview
SELECT Statements
Cursors
Record Locking
Stored Procedures

Internet Applications

WebBrowser Control
What Is an Active Document?