Introduction to Programming Using Visual Basic 2005, An (6th Edition)

3.1

Visual Basic Controls

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• Starting a New Visual Basic Program

• A Text Box Walkthrough

• A Button Walkthrough

• A Label Walkthrough

• A List Box Walkthrough

• The Name Property

• A Help Walkthrough

• Fonts

• Auto Hide

• Positioning and Aligning Controls

3.2

Visual Basic Events

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• An Event Procedure Walkthrough

• Properties and Event Procedures of the Form

• The Header of an Event Procedure

3.3

Numbers

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• Arithmetic Operations

• Variables

• Incrementing the Value of a Variable

• Built-In Functions: Math.Sqrt, Int, Math.Round

• The Integer Data Type

• Multiple Declarations

• Parentheses

• Three Types of Errors

3.4

Strings

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• Variables and Strings

• Using Text Boxes for Input and Output

• Concatenation

• String Properties and Methods: Length Property and ToUpper, ToLower, Trim, IndexOf, and Substring Methods

• The Empty String

• Initial Value of a String

• Option Strict

• Internal Documentation

• Line-Continuation Character

3.5

Input and Output

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• Formatting Output with Format Functions

• Formatting Output with Zones

• Reading Data from Files

• Getting Input from an Input Dialog Box

• Using a Message Dialog Box for Output

• Using a Masked Text Box for Input

Summary

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Programming Projects

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