FRONT END DESIGN TOOLS

  Programming Language Concepts (Procedural, Object Oriented, Event Driven),  

Introduction To Visual Basic: Graphical User Interface (GUI), VB Integrated Development Environment, Compilation and Debugging.

VB Controls and Their Properties:  Command Button, Label, Text Box, Checkbox, Option button, Frame, List box, Combo box, Scrollbars, Image Control, Pitcure box, Shape and Line Control, Timer       Control.

 Variables, Constants and Calculations: Public, Private & Static Variables, Constants, Data Types, Naming Rules/Conventions, Declaring and Scope Of Variables, Val Function, Arithmetic Operations, Formatting Data.

Decision & Conditions: If Statement, If -Then-Else Statement, Comparing Strings, Compound Conditions (And, Or, Not), Nested If Statements, Case Structure. Using If Statements With Option Buttons & Check Boxes, Displaying Message In Message Box, Input Validation.

Menus: Defining / Creating and Modifying a Menu, Using Common Dialog Box (Open, Color, Font).

 Arrays: Single-Dimension Arrays, Initializing An Array Using For Each, User-Defined Data Types, Accessing Information With User-Defined Data Types, Using List Boxes With Array, Declaring Fixed Size Array, Setting Its Lower Bound And Upper Bound, Two Dimensional Arrays.

Sub-Procedures and Sub-functions: Creating a New Sub-Procedure, Passing Variables to Procedures, Argument Passing Mechanisms, Writing a Function Procedure.

 List, Loops and Printing: List Boxes & Combo Boxes, Filling The List Using Property Window And Add Item Method, Clear Method, List Box Properties, Removing An Item From A List, List Box/ Combo Box, Do/Loops, For/Next Loops.

Library Functions: String Functions, Numeric Functions, Date & Time Functions.

Multiple Forms: Creating, Adding, Removing Forms In Project, Hide, Show Method, Load, Unload Statement, Me Keyword, Referring To Objects On A Different Forms. MDI Forms

Databases & ADO, OLE DB & ODBC: Data Concepts, Data Access Mechanisms, VB Data Control, Intrinsic Data Control, Bound Control, ADO And OLE DB, Database Access Using ADO DC, Extracting Select Data, Navigating the Recordset, Modifying Database Through Recordset, Other Recordset Method, ADO And ODBC.