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A Story About Bill and Paul 1-1
Let’s Get Started 1-3
Starting Visual Basic 1-5
Opening a Visual Basic Project 1-9
Running a Visual Basic Project 1-13
Stopping a Visual Basic Project 1-18
Stopping Visual Basic 1-19
Summary 1-20

2. The Visual Basic Environment

Review and Preview 2-1
Parts of a Visual Basic Project 2-2
Parts of the Visual Basic Program 2-4
Main Window 2-4
Form Window 2-5
Toolbox Window 2-6
Properties Window 2-8
Project Window 2-10
Moving Around in Visual Basic 2-12
Project Window 2-12
Properties Window 2-13
Code Window 2-15
Summary 2-20

3. Your First Visual Basic Project

Review and Preview 3-1
Steps in Building a Visual Basic Project 3-2
Placing Controls on the Form 3-5
Example 3-6
Setting Control Properties (Design Mode) 3-8
Example 3-11
Naming Controls 3-13
Setting Properties in Run Mode 3-14
How Control Names are Used in Event Procedures 3-15
Writing Event Procedures 3-17
Example 3-18
Summary 3-23

4. Project Design, Forms, Command Buttons

Review and Preview 4-1
Project Design 4-2
Saving a Visual Basic Project 4-4
On-Line Help 4-6
The Form Control 4-8
Properties 4-8
Example 4-9
Events 4-9
Command Button Control 4-12
Properties 4-12
Example 4-13
Events 4-16
BASIC - The First Lesson 4-17
Event Procedure Structure 4-17
Assignment Statement 4-18
Property Types 4-19
Comments 4-22
Project - Form Fun 4-23
Project Design 4-23
Place Controls on Form 4-23
Set Control Properties 4-24
Write Event Procedures 4-26
Run the Project 4-31
Other Things to Try 4-32
Summary 4-33

5. Labels, Text Boxes, Variables

Review and Preview 5-1
Debugging a Visual Basic Project 5-2
Syntax Errors 5-3
Run-Time Errors 5-4
Logic Errors 5-7
Label Control 5-9
Properties 5-9
Example 5-10
Events 5-11
Text Box Control 5-12
Properties 5-12
Example 5-13
Events 5-14
BASIC - The Second Lesson 5-15
Variables 5-15
Variable Names 5-16
Variable Types 5-16
Declaring Variables 5-17
Arithmetic Operators 5-20
Val and Str Functions 5-24
String Concatenation 5-27
Project - Savings Account 5-28
Project Design 5-28
Place Controls on Form 5-28
Set Control Properties 5-29
Write Event Procedures 5-31
Run the Project 5-33
Other Things to Try 5-34
Summary 5-37

6. Scroll Bars, Decisions, Random Numbers

Review and Preview 6-1
Scroll Bar Control 6-2
Properties 6-3
Example 6-6
Events 6-7
BASIC - The Third Lesson 6-9
Logical Expressions 6-9
Comparison Operators 6-10
Logical Operators 6-13
Decisions - The If Statement 6-18
Random Number (Rnd) Function 6-23
Project - Guess the Number Game 6-27
Project Design 6-27
Place Controls on Form 6-28
Set Control Properties 6-28
Write Event Procedures 6-31
Run the Project 6-35
Other Things to Try 6-35
Summary 6-37

7. Icons, Frames, Check Boxes, Option Buttons

Review and Preview 7-1
Icons 7-2
Designing Your Own Icon with IconEdit 7-2
Assigning Icons to Forms 7-6
Frame Control 7-8
Properties 7-8
Placing Controls in a Frame 7-9
Example 7-10
Check Box Control 7-11
Properties 7-11
Example 7-12
Events 7-13
Option Button Control 7-14
Properties 7-15
Example 7-16
Events 7-17
BASIC - The Fourth Lesson 7-18
Decisions - Select Case 7-18
Project - Sandwich Maker 7-23
Project Design 7-23
Place Controls on Form 7-24
Set Control Properties 7-25
Write Event Procedures 7-30
Run the Project 7-37
Other Things to Try 7-38
Summary 7-40

8. Picture Boxes, Mouse Events, Colors

Review and Preview 8-1
Picture Box Control 8-2
Properties 8-2
Picture Property 8-4
Example 8-6
Graphics Methods 8-7
PSet Method 8-9
Example 8-9
Line Method 8-10
Example 8-12
Circle Method 8-14
Example 8-14
Cls Method 8-15
BASIC - The Fifth Lesson 8-16
Mouse Events 8-15
MouseDown Event 8-15
MouseUp Event 8-17
MouseMove Event 8-18
Colors 8-19
Symbolic Constants 8-19
QBColor Function 8-21
RGB Function 8-22
Project - Blackboard Fun 8-26
Project Design 8-26
Place Controls on Form 8-26
Set Control Properties 8-27
Write Event Procedures 8-30
Run the Project 8-35
Other Things to Try 8-35
Summary 8-37

9. Lines, Shapes, Images, Arrays

Review and Preview 9-1
Line Control 9-2
Properties 9-2
Example 9-3
Shape Control 9-4
Properties 9-4
Example 9-5
Image Control 9-6
Properties 9-6
Picture and Stretch Properties 9-7
Example 9-8
Events 9-8
Form Layers 9-9
BASIC - The Sixth Lesson 9-11
Variable Arrays 9-11
For/Next Loops 9-13
Procedure Level Variables 9-15
Shuffle Routine 9-16
Project - Card Wars 9-22
Project Design 9-22
Place Controls on Form 9-22
Set Control Properties 9-23
Write Event Procedures 9-28
Run the Project 9-36
Other Things to Try 9-36
Summary 9-38

10. Timers, Animation, Keyboard Events

Review and Preview 10-1
Timer Control 10-2
Properties 10-2
Events 10-3
Examples 10-3
BASIC - The Final Lesson 10-9
Animation - The Move Method 10-9
Control Disappearance 10-12
Border Crossing 10-14
Collision Detection 10-18
Keyboard Events 10-21
KeyDown Event 10-22
KeyPress Event 10-25
Project - Balloons 10-29
Project Design 10-29
Place Controls on Form 10-29
Set Control Properties 10-30
Write Event Procedures 10-35
Run the Project 10-47
Other Things to Try 10-47
Summary 10-50
Bonus Project - Pong! 10-52

Appendix. Other Projects To Try

Preview A-1
Project 1 - Computer Stopwatch A-2
Project 2 - Loan Calculator A-8
Project 3 - Checkbook Balancer A-13
Project 4 – Portfolio Manager A-24
Project 5 – Unit Conversions A-34
Project 6 – Times Tables A-44
Project 7 - Tic-Tac-Toe A-51
Project 8 – Decode A-62
Project 9 – Frown A-71

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