Synopses & Reviews
Intro Programming course is estimated currently at 150-200,000 and growing. Visual Basic is taking over where BASIC, Qbasic, and QuickBasic once dominated, in the Introductory Business Programming course. That trend will continue as VB continues to encroach on other less progressive languages such as COBOL and the Basic variations listed above within CIS and Business departments. The courses that can be supported by this text are not specific to any one type of institution, since VB in a Business course is largely a functional topic needed by all types of students from 2-4 year, to Vo-Tech, to extended, to even adult education.
About the Author
Julia Case Bradley is professor emeritus at Mt. San Antonio College. From 1978 until her retirement, she taught courses in introductory and advanced Visual Basic, Access programming, and Microsoft Office in the department of Computer Information Systems. She began writing BASIC textbooks in 1984 using MS-BASIC (GW-BASIC), and has authored or co-authored texts in Macintosh Basic, QuickBasic, QBasic, Visual Basic, the Internet, and desktop publishing using PageMaker, Ventura Publisher, and Publish It.Anita Millspaugh teaches programming courses in Visual Basic, C++, and Java at Mt. San Antonio College and has served as chair of the department for 8 years. She received her MBA from California State Polytechnic University, with a bachelor's degree in Computer Information Systems. Anita has also led Great Teacher's Conferences for Mt. Sac and for California Vocational Faculty.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction to Visual Basic
Writing Windows Applications with Visual Basic
Programming Languages-Procedural, Object Oriented, and Event Driven
Writing Visual Basic Projects
The Visual Basic Environment
Writing Your First Visual Basic Project
Sample Printout
Finding and Fixing Errors
Visual Basic Help
2. More Controls
Introducing More Controls
Working with Multiple Controls
Designing Your Applications for User Convenience
Coding for the Controls
Programming Hints
3. Variables, Constants, and Calculations
Data-Variables and Constants
Calculations
Val Function
Arithmetic Operations
Formatting Data
A Calculation Programming Example
Counting and Accumulating Sums
Programming Hints
4. Decisions and Conditions
If Statements
Conditions
Nested If Statements
Using If Statements with Option Buttons and Check Boxes
Displaying Messages in Message Boxes
Input Validation
Calling Event Procedures
Debugging Visual Basic Projects
Debugging Step-by-Step Tutorial
(and more...)