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Synopsis
Visual Basic 6: Program Tuning explains how to add to an application some of the additional tools that Visual Basic offers.

Audience
This course is for anyone who wants to learn how to use Visual Basic 6 to add menus, images, and toolbars to applications.

Time
4 hours

Product Code: V6BC07
After completing Visual Basic 6: Program Tuning, the user should be able to:
 
Use the menu editor
Add pull-down menu options
Use menu options
Use images and pictures
Animate images
Create toolbars
Use line and shape controls

Creating Menus
 
Basic menu components
The Menu Editor
Adding an application's menu bar
Adding pull-down menu options

Filling in the Menus
 
Adding checked items
Adding submenus
Connecting menus to event procedures

Images and Pictures
 
The Image control
The Picture Box control

Creating an Animated Application
 
Timer control
Creating an animation
Improving the animation
Static variables

Toolbars
 
Preparing for the toolbar
The Image List control
Finalizing the toolbar

Line and Shape Controls
 
The Line control
The Shape control

This course is distributed with:
 
Exercises, with sample files, that allow users to practice in Visual Basic
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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