Course VB :Programming in Visual Basic

Course VB :Programming in Visual Basic

This tutorial contains a beginner’s guide to Visual Basic , introducing the programming
environment, defining key terms and introducing exercises to demonstrate the five
control structures (sequence, selection: binary and multiway, iteration: pre and post
test).


Syllabus outcome
H5.3 A student selects and applies appropriate software to facilitate the design and
development of software solutions
Students learn to implement a fully tested and documented software solution in a methodical manner. (SDD syllabus, p.51)

The following headings may help you navigate:

• Activity 1: Welcome screen and menu editor
• Activity 2: Event handlers and scroll bars
• Naming conventions
• Data types, variables and functions
• Activity 3: Messages and input boxes
• Activity 4: Create a calculator and avoid division by zero
• Sequence
• Binary Selection
• Activity 5: Measurement converter
• Multiway selection
• Activity 6: Multiway selection
• Activity 7: Control arrays
• Iterations
• Activity 8: Pre-test loops
• Activity 9: Post-test loops
• Activity 10: Random number generator
• Activity 11: Using a counter in a pre-test loo

Organising your first project

The first step is to create a project template within VB, to organise and store your work.

This will consist of a menu structure with headings that will let you access the many exercises and examples you complete.

Activity 1

•   Open VisualBasic 6.0
•   Use the file menu to open a new project with a blank form.
•   Use the properties window to set

             – Main.frm as the form name.

                 – My programs as the caption.

                 – BackColor to White.

                 – BorderStyle to Fixed Single.

                 – WindowState to Maximised.

•  Find the Menu icon and click on it to select it. Enter the following menu..........

Course VB :Programming in Visual Basic