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