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

	Create arrays
	Use OLE 2.0 in Visual Basic programs
	Use the data control to interface with databases
	Create Multiple-Document Interface applications
	Use the Spin OLE control in Visual Basic programs
	Add a custom property to a form

Arrays, OLE, and Other Topics
Covers some of the miscellaneous topics in Visual Basic such as the format of the form files, arrays, and OLE 2.0.

Understanding the ASCII format of Visual Basic form files
Creating arrays
Understanding the Visual Basic data types
Passing arguments to procedures and functions
Using OLE 2.0 in Visual Basic programs

The Data Control and SQL
Shows how to use the data control and SQL statements to interact with a database in a Visual Basic program.

Creating a database
Adding, deleting, and modifying records in a database
Using SQL statements

Multiple-Document Interface
Teaches how to develop Multiple-Document Interface (MDI) programs.

Creating a parent form
Adding child forms to an MDI project
Using the menus of a parent and child form
Adding a Window list menu to the parent and child forms
Creating a toolbar and status bar

Sending Keystrokes and the Spin Control
Explains how to send keystrokes from within a Visual Basic program and how to use the Spin control.

Sending keystrokes to another application
Sending keystrokes to yourself
Using OLE controls
Using the Spin control

Adding Your Own Custom Property to a Form
Shows how to add your own custom property to a form and how to use that property as if it were a regular property.

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