David I. Schneider, University of Maryland

Published August, 1997 by Prentice Hall Engineering/Science/Mathematics

Copyright 1998, 814 pp.
Paper
ISBN 0-13-875857-3

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For a one-semester Introductory Programming course in Visual Basic. Designed for students with no prior computer programming knowledge, this text uses Visual Basic 5.0 to explore the fundamentals of programming in general and to explain how to use Visual Basic as a front end to take control of major applications such as Microsoft Office. A broad range of examples, case studies, exercises, and programming projects gives students significant hand-on experience.




NEW—Updated to Visual Basic 5.0.
NEW—Discussion of object-oriented programming.
NEW—Coverage of Microsoft's Internet Transfer Control 5.0.
NEW—Standard naming conventions will be used in all examples and programs.
NEW—Discussion of creating Active X controls.
NEW—Increased discussion of debugging, on-line help and error-trapping.
NEW—Packaged with Microsoft's Visual Basic Control Creation edition software.
NEW—Discussion of VB Script 2.0. FEATURES
Teaches good programming practices that are in step with modern programming methodology.
Features four case studies that focus on important programming applications.

• The programs are available to students on a CD-ROM that is packaged with every book.

Includes an entire chapter on data control, database programming with Visual Basic, and an introduction to SQL.
Features a wealth of learning aids:

• Exercises (with answers).
• Practice problems (with solutions).
• Programming projects.
• Case studies.
• Summary.
• Detailed appendices.

Every book is packaged with a CD-ROM containing the Control Creation Version of Visual Basic 5.0 as well as all the source code for the case studies and examples in the book.
Introduces arrays gently in two sections.

• First presents the basic definitions—avoiding discussion of procedures.
• Then explains the techniques for manipulating arrays and shows how to pass arrays to procedures.
  
  

1. An Introduction to Computers and Visual Basic.
2. Problem Solving.
3. Fundamentals of Programming in Visual Basic.
4. Procedures.
5. Decisions.
6. Repetition.
7. Arrays.
8. Sequential Files.
9. Random-Access Files.
10. The Graphical Display of Data.
11. Additional Controls and Objects.
12. Database Management.
13. Object Oriented Programming.
14. Communicating with Other Applications.
Appendix A: ANSI Values.
Appendix B: How To.
Appendix C: Visual Basic Statements, Functions, Methods, Properties, Events, Data Types, and Operators.
Appendix D: Visual Basic Debugging Tools.
Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Exercises.
Index.

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