tutorial 1 an introduction to visual basic .

lesson a: creating a new project

starting visual basic

the visual basic startup screen

setting the project's name property

saving a visual basic project

starting and ending a visual basic project

opening a new project

opening an existing project

exiting visual basic

lesson b: working with controls

getting help in visual basic

adding a control to a form

sizing, moving, and deleting a control

adding label controls to the copyright screen

setting the properties of a label control

setting the left and top properties

changing the property for more than one control at a time

saving files under a different name

lesson c: writing code

.adding an image control to the form

adding a command button to the from

writing visual basic code

setting the borderstyle property

adding a frame control to a form

hiding and displaying controls

the options dialog box

adding a scroller control to the form

changing the code window display

printing a visual basic application

making an executable (.exe) file

tutorial 2 designing applications

lesson a: planning an ooed application in visual basic

creating an ooed application

planning an ooed application

lesson b: building the user interface

preparing to create the user interface

adding a text box control to the form

controlling the focus with the tabindex property

locking the controls on a form

assigning access keys

lesson c: coding, testing, debugging, and documenting the application

coding the application

code the print order button

coding the clear screen button

writing visual basic equations

coding the calculate order button

the val function

using the format function

the minbutton, maxbutton, controlbox, and borderstyle properties

testing and debugging the application

assembling the documentation

tutorial 3 using variables and constants

lesson a: creating variables and constants

using variables to store information

declaring a variable

storing data in a variable

the scope of a variable

the option explicit statement

creating a local variable

creating a form-level variable

creating a global variable

removing and adding a file

symbolic constants

lesson b: modifying the skate-away sales application

storing information using local and form-level variables

modifying the calculate order button's code

concatenating string

the inputbox function

the newline character

the object browser

making a command button the default button

lesson c: improving the appearance of the skate-away sales application

using a dialog box

adding an existing form to the application

loading and displaying a form

adding the copyright form to the project

tutorial 4 the selection structure

lesson a: more visual basic controls

the math application

using visual basic's icons

adding an option button control to the form

adding a check box control to the form

drawing a control in a frame

coding the level 1 and level 2 option buttons

creating a user-defined sub procedure

the call statement

coding the addition and subtraction option buttons

creating a default option button ..

lesson b: completing the math application

static variables

coding the verify answer button

the gotfocus event

coding the display summary information check box

tutorial 5 the repetition structure

lesson a: using control arrays

the grade application

creating a control array while adding controls to the form

make\ing existing controls into a control array

the enabled property

viewing the code window for a control array

coding the check box array

coding a control's array's gotfocus event

lesson b: completing the grade application

the change event

centering the contents of a label control

using the msgbox function to communicate with the user

the unload event

tutorial 6 sequential access files, menus, and reports

lesson a: sequential access data files and reports

creating the pao application

creating a list box

data files

sequential access data files

coding the enter information command button

opening a data file

writing to a sequential access file

coding the display totals button

reading a record from a sequential access file

lesson b: menus

creating the text editor

the multiline property and the scrollbars property

sizing a control along with the form

adding a menu control to the form

creating the edit menu

coding menu items

the clipboard object

coding the edit menu

coding the edit menu's copy command

coding the edite menu's cut command

coding the edit menu's paste command

lesson c: string manipulation

visual basic's string manipulation functions

the left and right functions

the mid function

the instr function

coding the edit menu's find command

coding the edit menu's find next command

tutorial 7 dialog boxes and error trapping

lesson a: dialog boxes

the common dialog control

displaying an open dialog box

displaying a save as dialog box

displaying a print dialog box

the flags property

displaying a font dialog box

displaying a color dialog box

lesson b: coding the text editor's file menu

opening the text editor application

coding the text editor application

coding the file menu's save as command

setting the cancelerror property

coding the file menu's new command 19

lesson c: completing the text editor application

coding the file menu's save command

coding the file menu's print command

coding the file menu's open command

coding the form's unload event

tutorial 8 variable arrays

lesson a: storing data in a variable array

variable arrays

creating a one-dimensional variable array

storing data in a one-dimensional variable array

the president application

coding the president application

the test score application

tutorial 9 what's new with visual basic.net?

lesson a: working with visual studio.net

the visual studio.net environment

modify your profile in the visual studio.net ide

using solution explorer

working with dynamic help

using the task list

the command window

lesson b: creating a windows forms application using visual basic.net

starting visual basic.net

using windows forms

setting appearance properties

adding activex calendar, date, and time controls

adding a menu and menu items

printing windows forms application code

saving and exiting a windows forms application ...