Visual Basic 5.0 Series

Visual Basic 5.0 Series explains the principles involved in developing robust applications. Users develop their programming skills while building a solid understanding of Visual Basic. Each program teaches a new concept in Visual Basic and shows users how to apply the concept to their programs.

This course is for Windows software developers new to Visual Basic.

Syllabus

BEGINNING SKILLS

Visual Basic 5.0: Beginning Skills explains the principles involved in developing robust applications. Users develop their programming skills while building a solid understanding of Visual Basic. Each program teaches a new concept in Visual Basic and shows users how to apply the concept to their programs.

• Properties and Controls
• Programming Building Blocks
• The Mouse
• Menus
• Dialog Boxes
• Graphics Controls

INTERMEDIATE SKILLS

Intermediate Skills explains some of the more powerful features of Visual Basic. You'll expand your programming skills while learning how to use Visual Basic to interface with the screen, the keyboard, Windows, and the file-system.

• Graphics Methods
• The Grid Control
• Displaying and Printing
• Interfacing with Windows
• The Keyboard
• File-System Controls
• Accessing Files

ADVANCED SKILLS

Visual Basic 5.0: Advanced Skills teaches the more advanced features of Visual Basic. Users hone their programming skills by developing advanced applications which employ the most sophisticated features of Visual Basic, such as interfacing with databases, creating multiple-document interface applications, and using OLE 2.0

• The Data Control and SQL
• Multiple-Document Interface
• Sending Keystrokes and the Spin Control
• Adding Your Own Custom Property to a Form

WINDOWS API AND ACTIVEX

Visual Basic 5.0: Windows API and ActiveX teaches how to extend the functionality of Visual Basic programs by using the Windows API and by creating and using OCX ActiveX controls.

• Adding Multimedia Controls
• Enhancing the MyUSAMap Program
• Using Windows API
• Building Your Own OCX ActiveX Controls
• Testing OCX ActiveX Controls
• Adding Procedures to OCX ActiveX Controls
• Adding Properties to OCX ActiveX Controls

Qualifications

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Requirements for Entry

There is no experience or previous qualifications required for enrolment on this course. It is available to all students, of all academic backgrounds.

Study Options

If you do not have Internet access, or would prefer to study this course via the traditional paper/postal based study method, you can find more information on the course by clicking on the link below.

Study Hours

This is only an approximate figure and is dependant upon how much time you can dedicate to your studies and how well you grasp the learning concepts in the course material. Furthermore, at the end of each lesson there is a question paper that needs to be completed and returned to your tutor. You should allow at least 1 - 2 hours of study to complete each question paper.

The approximate amount of time required to complete the course is: 40 hrs.