Course VB :Programming in Visual Basic

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..........







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