After completing Visual Basic 5.0: Beginning Skills, the user should be able to:
 

	Use properties and controls
	Create Visual Basic procedures, functions, statements, and variables by using the important programming language concepts
	Take full advantage of the mouse in Visual Basic programs
	Implement menus
	Implement Dialog Boxes
	Use graphic controls for drawing in Visual Basic

Writing Your First Program
Teaches how to write a simple Visual Basic program and shows why the package is called "Visual" Basic.

Creating and saving a new project
Working with the project window
Changing properties
Adding controls to a form
Attaching code to objects
Executing a program
Creating an executable file

Properties and Controls
Teaches about properties and controls, the building blocks for the visual implementation of programs.

Using the scroll bar control
Using the option button control
Using the check box control
Using the radio button control

Programming Building Blocks
Describes the programming building blocks of Visual Basic.

Using procedures, functions, and methods
Using conditional statements such as If and Select Case
Using loop statements such as Do While...Loop and For...Next

The Mouse
Shows how to use the mouse device from within a program.

Detecting mouse movements and using mouse events
Responding to mouse clicking
Dragging and dropping with the mouse

Menus
Describes how to implement menus in a program.

Creating menu controls
Using the menu editor
Adding shortcut keys to a menu item
Setting properties of menu items
Creating a menu control array

Dialog Boxes
Teaches how to implement dialog boxes, how to get users' input, and how to use Windows common dialog boxes.

Using predefined dialog boxes
Creating custom dialog boxes
Using Windows common dialog boxes

Graphics Controls
Explains how to use Visual Basic's graphics control to draw lines, circles, and other shapes.

Using colors
Drawing lines
Drawing shapes
Using pictures
Creating control arrays

This course is distributed with
 

	Exercises that allow users to practice in Visual Basic
	A file containing the text of the exercises
	sample Visual Basic project and form files
	sample Visual Basic executable programs
	A Visual Basic glossary