Visual Basic 6: Controls and Coding

Synopsis
Visual Basic 6: Controls and Coding explains how to use common controls and simple code to create applications in Visual Basic.

Audience
This course is for anyone who wants to learn how to use Visual Basic 6 to create buttons, labels, text boxes, and set form properties.

Time
4 hours

Product Code: V6BC02

After completing Visual Basic 6: Controls and Coding, the user should be able to:

Create buttons and labels

Create text boxes

Set form properties

Discuss basic code and datatypes

Store and calculate data within the application

Labels, Text Boxes and Buttons

Creating labels

Creating text boxes for user input

Creating command buttons

Setting form properties

Coding Basics

Controls and code

Datatypes

Literals and variables

Storing and Calculating Data

Assigning data to variables

Matching variables and datatypes

Assigning values to properties

Using expressions and operators

Using concatenation

This course is distributed with:

Exercises, with sample files, that allow users to practice in Visual Basic

A file containing the text of the exercises

Simulations that allow users to practice course skills, even if they don't have access to the Visual Basic product

A Visual Basic glossary