[...]... in whole or in part Preface xi Microsoft® Visual Basic® Programs to Accompany Programming Logic and Design, Sixth Edition (also known as, VB PAL) is designed to provide students with an opportunity to write Visual Basic programs as part of an Introductory Programming Logic course It is written to be a companion text to the student’s primary text, Programming Logic and Design, Sixth Edition, by Joyce... Organization and Coverage ® ® Microsoft Visual Basic Programs to Accompany Programming Logic and Design, Sixth Edition provides students with a review of the programming concepts they are introduced to in their primary textbook It also shows them how to use Visual Basic to transform their program logic and design into working programs The structure of a Visual Basic program, how to compile and run a Visual. .. program, and introductory object-oriented concepts are introduced in Chapter 1 Chapter 2 discusses Visual Basic’s data types, variables, constants, arithmetic and assignment operators, and using sequential statements to write a complete Visual Basic program In Chapter 3, students learn how to transform pseudocode and flowcharts into Visual Basic programs Chapters 4 and 5 introduce students to writing Visual. .. An Introduction to Visual Basic and the Visual Basic Programming Environment After studying this chapter, you will be able to: Discuss the Visual Basic programming language and its history Recognize the three types of Visual Basic programs Explain introductory concepts and terminology used in object-oriented programming Recognize the structure of a Visual Basic program Complete the Visual Basic development... Introduction to Visual Basic Exercise 1-1: Understanding How to Compile and Execute Visual Basic Programs In this exercise, you use what you have learned about compiling and executing Visual Basic programs to answer Questions 1–2 10 You have written a Visual Basic program and have stored your source code in a file named MyVBProgram.vb 1 What command would you use to compile the source code? 2 What command would... following: 1 Open a Command Prompt window To do this in Windows XP, click the Start button, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, and then click Command Prompt In Vista or Windows 7, click the Start button, point to All Programs, click Accessories, and then click Command Prompt Change to the file path containing your executable file, if necessary, and then enter the following command: HelloWorld 2 When... Visual Basic (VB) programming language and its history It explains some introductory object-oriented concepts, and describes the process of compiling and executing a Visual Basic program You begin writing Visual Basic programs in Chapter 2 of this book The Visual Basic Programming Language Visual Basic is a programming language that you can use to create interactive Web pages and to write Web-based... of Computers and Logic Chapter 2: Variables, Constants, Operators, and Writing Programs Using Sequential Statements Chapter 2: Working with Data, Creating Modules, and Designing High-Quality Programs Chapter 3: Understanding Structure Chapter 3: Writing Structured Visual Basic Programs Chapter 2: Working with Data, Creating Modules, and Designing High-Quality Programs Chapter 3: Understanding Structure... students are asked to complete partially pre-written Visual Basic programs Using partially pre-written programs allows students to focus on individual concepts rather than an entire program The labs also allow students to see their programs execute VB PAL, Sixth Edition is unique because: • It is written and designed to correspond to the topics in the primary textbook, Programming Language and Design, Sixth... following irrelevant and extraneous details The examples in VB PAL, Sixth Edition are often examples presented in the primary textbook, Programming Logic and Design, Sixth Edition The following table shows the correlation between topics in the two books VB PAL, Sixth Edition Programming Logic and Design, Sixth Edition Chapter 1: An Introduction to Visual Basic and the Visual Basic Programming Environment . part. Preface Microsoft® Visual Basic® Programs to Accompany Programming Logic and Design, Sixth Edition (also known as, VB PAL) is designed to provide students with an opportunity to write Visual. how to use Visual Basic to transform their program logic and design into working programs.  e structure of a Visual Basic program, how to compile and run a Visual Basic console program, and. Introduction to Visual Basic and the Visual Basic Programming EnvironmentProgramming Environment . . . . 11 The Visual Basic Programming Language . . . . . . . . . . 2 Three Types of Visual Basic Programs