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Synopsis
Visual Basic 6: Lists and More Controls explains how to add many of the finishing touches and extra controls and arrays for users interested in using Visual Basic to create applications.

Audience
This course is for anyone who wants to learn how to use Visual Basic 6 to create data arrays, option buttons, check boxes, and scroll bars.

Time
4 hours

Product Code: V6BC04
After completing Visual Basic 6: Lists and More Controls, the user should be able to:
 
Code a sample application for calculating interest
Use list and combo boxes
Create data arrays
Use option buttons
Use check boxes, scroll bars, and timers

Building an Interest Calculator Application
 
Creating the form
Focus and controls
Adding controls
Copying controls

Creating the Rest of the Application
 
Finishing the form
Adding code
The Unload statement

Putting on the Finishing Touches
 
Finishing touches
Error checking
Saving projects

List and Combo Boxes
 
The list box control
Combo boxes

Data Arrays
 
Defining data arrays
Array benefits

Option Buttons
 
Using option buttons
Option button properties
Frames and option buttons
Using named literals

Check Boxes, Scroll Bars, and Timers
 
Check boxes
Scroll bars
VB's clock: the timer control

This course is distributed with:
 
Exercises, with sample files, that allow users to practice in Visual Basic 6.
A file containing the text of the exercises
Simulations that allow users to practice course skills, even if they don't have access to the Visual Basic product
A Visual Basic glossary


 

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