 Visual Basic6 For Dummies
ISBN: 978-0-7645-0370-2
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504 pages
September 1998
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Introduction.
PART I: Creating a Visual Basic 6 Program.
Chapter 1: How Visual Basic Works.
Chapter 2: Using the Visual Basic User Interface.
Chapter 3: Designing Your First User Interface.
Chapter 4: Writing Basic Code.
PART II: Creating User Interfaces.
Chapter 5: User Interface Design 101.
Chapter 6: Forms and Buttons.
Chapter 7: Boxes and Buttons for Making Choices.
Chapter 8: Text Boxes for Typing and Showing Words.
Chapter 9: Scroll Bars and Labels.
Chapter 10: Pretty Pictures and Objects from Geometry.
PART III: Making Menus.
Chapter 11: Creating and Editing Pull-Down Menus.
Chapter 12: Submenus, Growing Menus, and Pop-Up Menus.
Chapter 13: Dialog Boxes.
PART IV: The Basics of Writing Code.
Chapter 14: Event Procedures.
Chapter 15: Using Variables.
Chapter 16: Responding to the User.
Chapter 17: Math 101: Arithmetic, Logical, and Comparison Operators.
Chapter 18: Strings and Things.
Chapter 19: Defining Constants and Using Comments.
Chapter 20: Killing Bugs.
PART V: Making Decisions (Something you Stop Doing When You Get Married).
Chapter 21: The If-Then and If-Then-Else Statements.
Chapter 22: The Select Case Statement.
PART VI: Getting Loopy.
Chapter 23: The Do While and Do-Loop While Loops.
Chapter 24: The Do Until and Do-Loop Until Loops.
Chapter 25: For Next Loops That Can Count.
Chapter 26: Nested Loops and Quick Exits.
PART VII: Writing Subprograms (So You Don't Go Crazy All at Once).
Chapter 27: General Procedures (Subprograms Tha Everyone Can Share).
Chapter 28: Passing Arguments.
Chapter 29: Functions, a Unique Type of Subprogram.
Chapter 30: Getting Some Class with Object-Oriented Programming.
Chapter 31: Managing Files.
PART VIII: Database Files and Printing.
Chapter 32: Creating Database Files.
Chapter 33: Using Files from Database Programs You'd Rather Not Use.
Chapter 34: Making Your Program Print Stuff.
PART IX: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 35: The Ten Visual Basic Topics That Didn't Fit Anywhere Else.
Appendix A: About the CD.
Index.
Hungry Minds End-User License Agreement.
Installation Instructions.
Book Registration Information.
PART I: Creating a Visual Basic 6 Program.
Chapter 1: How Visual Basic Works.
Chapter 2: Using the Visual Basic User Interface.
Chapter 3: Designing Your First User Interface.
Chapter 4: Writing Basic Code.
PART II: Creating User Interfaces.
Chapter 5: User Interface Design 101.
Chapter 6: Forms and Buttons.
Chapter 7: Boxes and Buttons for Making Choices.
Chapter 8: Text Boxes for Typing and Showing Words.
Chapter 9: Scroll Bars and Labels.
Chapter 10: Pretty Pictures and Objects from Geometry.
PART III: Making Menus.
Chapter 11: Creating and Editing Pull-Down Menus.
Chapter 12: Submenus, Growing Menus, and Pop-Up Menus.
Chapter 13: Dialog Boxes.
PART IV: The Basics of Writing Code.
Chapter 14: Event Procedures.
Chapter 15: Using Variables.
Chapter 16: Responding to the User.
Chapter 17: Math 101: Arithmetic, Logical, and Comparison Operators.
Chapter 18: Strings and Things.
Chapter 19: Defining Constants and Using Comments.
Chapter 20: Killing Bugs.
PART V: Making Decisions (Something you Stop Doing When You Get Married).
Chapter 21: The If-Then and If-Then-Else Statements.
Chapter 22: The Select Case Statement.
PART VI: Getting Loopy.
Chapter 23: The Do While and Do-Loop While Loops.
Chapter 24: The Do Until and Do-Loop Until Loops.
Chapter 25: For Next Loops That Can Count.
Chapter 26: Nested Loops and Quick Exits.
PART VII: Writing Subprograms (So You Don't Go Crazy All at Once).
Chapter 27: General Procedures (Subprograms Tha Everyone Can Share).
Chapter 28: Passing Arguments.
Chapter 29: Functions, a Unique Type of Subprogram.
Chapter 30: Getting Some Class with Object-Oriented Programming.
Chapter 31: Managing Files.
PART VIII: Database Files and Printing.
Chapter 32: Creating Database Files.
Chapter 33: Using Files from Database Programs You'd Rather Not Use.
Chapter 34: Making Your Program Print Stuff.
PART IX: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 35: The Ten Visual Basic Topics That Didn't Fit Anywhere Else.
Appendix A: About the CD.
Index.
Hungry Minds End-User License Agreement.
Installation Instructions.
Book Registration Information.
