Visual Basic 6 (VB6 Comprehensive) Course Overview

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1 Visual Basic 6 (VB6 Comprehensive) Course Overview Course Code: VB60010 Duration: 5 Days - custom / on-site options available - please call. Who should attend: Prerequisite Skills: IT professionals who are completely new to Visual Basic programming or those with elementary skills in VB who need to gain the skills and hands-on experience of developing commercial VB6 Programming skills gained in any language. This highly acclaimed Hands-On VB6 training course provides delegates who prefer a fast track learning route with intensive practical tuition in Visual Basic 6. Apart from helping on route to certification, the course should prove invaluable for anyone planning to gain the essential practical skills to develop commercial VB systems for the enterprise and web (internet & Intranet). Available as a public or closed course at our London training centre, or can be tailored to your team's requirements and delivered onsite as a bespoke, customised training course. Course Content What you will learn 1. Understand the Visual Basic development environment and language. 2. How to write an application that uses a database. 3. How to write an COM Client application. 4. How to write an COM Server application. 5. How to write an COM Add-in. 6. Understand Visual Basic's Internet and Networking capabilities. Hands-On Exercises The exercises during the course combine to create a currency converter application, a banking application, plus stand-alone modules, covering: 1. GUI front-end eg containing menus. 2. Validation of input and dialog windows. 3. Database handling. 4. Client-server / n-tier implementation. 5. Allow only one copy of the application to be started. 6. Pass data to Excel, build a graph and animate it. 7. Build an Activex add-in. 8. Build a chat line using peer-to-peer comms. 9. Convert a VB app to run in Internet Explorer. 10. Make an ActiveX add-in internet compatible. Visual Basic 6 (VB6 Comprehensive) Course Outline

2 Part 1 Introduction to the VB Environment Visual Basic Overview & Terminology Event driven programming VB Programming Environment Part 2 Creating the User Interface Building the User Interface Creating an Application Building Menus Part 3 VB Programming Language Event Handling Using Properties Methods Naming Conventions Variables Variable Scope Constants Arrays User Defined Types Comments Continuation Statements Assignment Statements Operators Loops & Decision structures If...Then...Else Do...Loop, For, While,Exiting a loop Message Boxes (Msgbox) Input Boxes (Inputbox) Sub-Routines and Procedures Part 4 Error handling and debugging Error Handling Introduction Trappable Errors On Error... Resume Error Handlers Err, Error and Error$() Techniques

3 Avoid Variable Name Errors Setting Your Own Error Codes Simulating A Visual Basic Error Catering for Unexpected Errors Delayed Error Handling Turning Off Error Handling Function Specific Error Procedures Debugging your code Using the Debug Window Passively Using the Debug Window Actively Interactive Debugging Tools Stepping Through Code Breakpoints Watches Instant Watch The Calls Window Set Next Part 5 Working with more advanced controls File management Timer ActiveX custom controls Tree view and List view Common dialog Masked edit Status Bars Toolbars Part 6 More About Controls Using Control Arrays Collections Using the Controls Collection Working with Object Variables Part 7 Database use in Visual Basic Database Use in VB Database Types Database connectivity styles

4 The ActiveX Data Control ADO Intro to ActiveX Data objects Database connection using ADO ADO Recordsets Disconnected Recordsets Data Bound Controls DataGrid DataList DataCombo The Data Form wizard Visual Data Access Tools Data Environment Designer Data View Window SQL Multiple-User Issues External Databases ODBC Databases MTS (Microsoft Transaction Server) and ADO Part 8 Using Dynamic-Link Libraries Introduction to DLLs Declaring DLLs Calling DLLs Providing Callback Procedures Part 9: ActiveX The Component Object Model (COM) ActiveX Clients Implementing Automation Characteristics of Servers Creating a Client Receiving Notifications from Servers Creating ActiveX Servers Introduction to ActiveX Components Creating Objects ActiveX Code Components Registering a Sever

5 Server Events Building Interfaces Additional Features of Code Components Creating ActiveX Controls Introduction to Controls Creating the Control's User Interface Testing Exposing Properties, Methods, and Events Creating Property Pages Data Binding Distributing Using ActiveX Components on a Web Page Overview Downloading Controls HTML Scripting Setting Initial Control Properties Creating and Using ActiveX Documents Introduction to ActiveX Documents ActiveX Document Projects Testing and Debugging Multiple Documents The User Interface and User Documents Creating Internet-Aware Applications Using Sockets (Winsock) Internet Transfer Control Web Browser Control Automation with Internet Explorer Personal Web Server IIS DHTML