After Completing This Goal, Students will be Able To

• Identify the elements in the Visual Basic development environment.
• Explain the difference between design time and run time.
• Explain the concept of event-driven programming.
• Describe the purpose of a project file.
• List the file types that can be included in a project.

After Completing This Goal, Students will be Able To

• Create a simple application using Visual Basic.
• Define and provide examples of each of the following: object, property, method, and event.
• Describe some of the properties and events associated with a form.
• Set properties for command buttons, text boxes, and labels.
• Use the With???End With statement to set multiple property values for a single object.
• Assign code to a control to respond to the Click event.

After Completing This Goal, Students will be Able To

• Use the editing tools in the Visual Basic Code Editor window to write organized and well-documented code.
• Control the Visual Basic environment and customize it to their needs.
• Display message boxes.
• Use Visual Basic constants and named arguments.
• Differentiate between the Load/Unload statements and use the Show/Hide methods.
• Set the startup form for an application.
• Control a program's closing routine.

After Completing This Goal, Students will be Able To

• Explain the various data types used when declaring variables.
• Declare private and public variables.
• Use public variables to use data in multiple forms.
• Describe the difference between a variable and a constant.
• Differentiate between a Sub procedure and a Function procedure.
• Create a Function procedure that accepts arguments and returns a value.
• Describe how a Standard module differs from a Form module.
• Add a Standard module to a project to store general procedures and variables.
• Use Visual Basic functions to manipulate text strings and return the current date and time.

After Completing This Goal, Students will be Able To

• List techniques for comparing variables and object properties using Visual Basic code.
• Explain the difference between If???Then and Select Case statements and describe the circumstances in which you use each statement.
• Explain the difference between the For???Next and Do???Loop statements.
• Choose the appropriate conditional or looping structure to control program flow.

After Completing This Goal, Students will be Able To

• Stop program execution using breakpoints and watch expressions.
• Monitor variable values in the Watch window.
• Test data and a procedure's results in the Immediate window.
• Evaluate variable values in the Locals window. Distinguish among Run, Design, and Debug modes in Visual Basic.
• Trace the program execution sequence using the Call Stack.

After Completing This Goal, Students will be Able To

• Identify and use the standard controls in Visual Basic.
• Define how an ActiveX control differs from a standard control.
• Add ActiveX controls to a project and use these controls in a program.

After Completing This Goal, Students will be Able To

• Define the following terms: database, table, field, record, and key.
• Use the ADO Data control to view records in a database.
• Use the ADO Data control to find, modify, delete, and add records.
• List the standard bound controls.
• Define Structured Query Language (SQL).
• Describe the purpose of the SELECT statement in SQL.
• Use Data Form Wizard to design a simple data-entry form.

After Completing This Goal, Students will be Able To

• Create an application that validates user data at the field level and at the form level.
• Create an application that uses the Masked Edit control.
• Create an application that enables or disables controls based on field values.

After Completing This Goal, Students will be Able To

• Trap run-time errors.
• Create error handlers.
• See how errors are handled in the calling chain.
• Handle errors in an error-handling routine.
• Handle inline errors.
• Describe some common error-handling styles.
• Describe error-trapping options in the Visual Basic development environment.

After Completing This Goal, Students will be Able To

• Create and edit custom menu bars, menus, submenus, and menu items using the Menu Editor.
• Identify the menu properties that can be set in the Menu Editor dialog box.
• Create a pop-up menu using the Menu Editor.
• Assign code to menu items that respond to the Click event.
• Create a status bar on a form that provides users with feedback.
• Create a toolbar using the Toolbar control.

After Completing This Goal, Students will be Able To

• Describe the role of mouse events in implementing drag-and-drop features.
• Perform the steps required to add drag-and-drop features to an application.
• Identify the source control and target form or control in a drag-and-drop operation.
• Implement OLE drag-and-drop features.

After Completing This Goal, Students will be Able To

• Define and describe the use of control arrays.
• Create an array of controls.
• Build an application for Visual Basic that dynamically adds and deletes controls.
• Use the Visual Basic Controls collection.
• Create and use object variables.

After Completing This Goal, Students will be Able To

• Create applications that incorporate basic principles of user interface design.
• Create a setup program for an application by using Package and Deployment Wizard.
• Create custom projects.