Learning Visual Basic Programming and Applications 1 Exploring Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Copyright © 1999 Prentice-Hall, Inc. By Carlotta Eaton Exploring MS Visual Basic 6 Copyright 1999 Prentice-Hall, Inc. 2 Objectives Machine language vs High-level language Procedure-oriented, object-oriented, and event-driven languages Background of Visual Basic VB Integrated Development Environment Online documentation and Help features Exploring MS Visual Basic 6 Copyright 1999 Prentice-Hall, Inc. 3 Application Programs Program - detailed set of instructions for a computer to execute Application programs (applications or apps) - self-contained collection of programs that perform a task for the end user Programming language - formal language used to give instructions to computers Exploring MS Visual Basic 6 Copyright 1999 Prentice-Hall, Inc. 4 History of Programming Languages Machine language Procedure-oriented languages Object-oriented languages Event-driven languages Natural languages Exploring MS Visual Basic 6 Copyright 1999 Prentice-Hall, Inc. 5 History of Programming Languages Machine Language different for each computer processor Procedure-Oriented Languages FORTRAN COBOL Pascal C Ada Exploring MS Visual Basic 6 Copyright 1999 Prentice-Hall, Inc. 6 History of Programming Languages Object-oriented languages Smalltalk C++ Ada 95 Event-driven languages Visual Basic most Visual languages Exploring MS Visual Basic 6 Copyright 1999 Prentice-Hall, Inc. 7 History of Programming Languages Natural languages computer will accept a user’s native or natural language, such as English Researchers continue to work in this area Exploring MS Visual Basic 6 Copyright 1999 Prentice-Hall, Inc. 8 Background of Visual Basic BASIC Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code By John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz Designed to teach programming to beginners BASIC language interpreter, one of Microsoft’s first products Exploring MS Visual Basic 6 Copyright 1999 Prentice-Hall, Inc. 9 Background of Visual Basic BASIC Included with DOS QBASIC - included with DOS Version 5 - subset of BASIC Visual Basic 1992 - Visual Basic 1 for Windows 3 Visual Basic 4 - for Windows 95 Visual Basic 5 - for Office 97 Visual Basic 6 - for Windows 98 & Office 2000 Exploring MS Visual Basic 6 Copyright 1999 Prentice-Hall, Inc. 10 Visual Basic Editions Learning Edition Professional Edition Enterprise Edition Included in Visual Studio suite (analogy Office for programmers) [...].. .Visual Basic Editions Other Visual Basic packaging options VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) Windows CE Toolkit for Visual Basic Visual Basic Scripting Edition Control Creation Edition Exploring MS Visual Basic 6 Copyright 1999 Prentice-Hall, Inc 11 Visual Basic 6 Interactive Development Environment Project Explorer Toolbox... Introduction to Visual Basic Hands-On Exercise 1 Start Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Open the Welcome Project Open the Welcome Form Run the Welcome Project End the Welcome Project Exit Visual Basic Exploring MS Visual Basic 6 Copyright 1999 Prentice-Hall, Inc 14 Get Help When You Need It MSDN Library Microsoft on the Web Learning Edition of Visual Basic 6.0 Visual Basic 6.0 in Action... Visual Basic Now multimedia tutorial Exploring MS Visual Basic 6 Copyright 1999 Prentice-Hall, Inc 15 MSDN Library Topic Pane Navigation Pane Exploring MS Visual Basic 6 Copyright 1999 Prentice-Hall, Inc 16 MSDN Library Visual Basic Documentation Documentation Map What’s New Programmer’s Guide Samples Reference Guidebooks Component Tools Guide Data Access Guide Exploring MS Visual Basic. .. tool for the job Visual Basic is the glue that binds Windows objects together Exploring MS Visual Basic 6 Copyright 1999 Prentice-Hall, Inc 23 Practice with Visual Basic 1 Automated Teller Machine 2 Personal News Service 3 Getting Assistance While You Work 4 Pricing Information Exploring MS Visual Basic 6 Copyright 1999 Prentice-Hall, Inc 24 Case Studies I Wish I Could Visual Basic Help on the... Help from the MSDN Library Add a Topic to the Favorites List Search for a Definition Exit Help and Visual Basic Exploring MS Visual Basic 6 Copyright 1999 Prentice-Hall, Inc 18 Help from the Web Pull down Help menu Select Help from the Web or www.microsoft.com/vbasic Exploring MS Visual Basic 6 Copyright 1999 Prentice-Hall, Inc 19 Get Help from the Web Hands-On Exercise 3 Use the Free Stuff... Questions Online Support Exploring MS Visual Basic 6 Copyright 1999 Prentice-Hall, Inc 20 Use the Right Tool for the Job Microsoft Office Suite Word - word processing Excel - spreadsheet PowerPoint - presentation Access - database OLE = Object Linking and Embedding Use Visual Basic to create a specialized, customized application Exploring MS Visual Basic 6 Copyright 1999 Prentice-Hall,... Visual Basic 6 Copyright 1999 Prentice-Hall, Inc 21 Summary Event-driven languages is a major improvement in programming languages Editions include Learning Edition, Professional Edition, and Enterprise Edition CD-ROM includes the MSDN Library, and many sample programs Exploring MS Visual Basic 6 Copyright 1999 Prentice-Hall, Inc 22 Summary Integrated Development Environment includes Form... Layout Window Exploring MS Visual Basic 6 Copyright 1999 Prentice-Hall, Inc 12 Elements of the Integrated Development Environment Application icon Major windows Form Designer Application name Form Layout Context menus Toolbox Controls Project Explorer Current project Object Browser Design view mode Properties Code Editor Title bar Exploring MS Visual Basic 6 Immediate, Locals,... Information Exploring MS Visual Basic 6 Copyright 1999 Prentice-Hall, Inc 24 Case Studies I Wish I Could Visual Basic Help on the Web Quick Reference Manual Planning for Disaster Exploring MS Visual Basic 6 Copyright 1999 Prentice-Hall, Inc 25 . DOS QBASIC - included with DOS Version 5 - subset of BASIC Visual Basic 1992 - Visual Basic 1 for Windows 3 Visual Basic 4 - for Windows 95 Visual Basic 5 - for Office 97 Visual Basic. MS Visual Basic 6 Copyright 1999 Prentice-Hall, Inc. 11 Visual Basic Editions Other Visual Basic packaging options VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) Windows CE Toolkit for Visual Basic Visual. Learning Visual Basic Programming and Applications 1 Exploring Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Copyright © 1999 Prentice-Hall, Inc. By Carlotta Eaton Exploring MS Visual Basic 6 Copyright