Course Aims/Description:

At the end of the course students will be able to build programs that use a modern "visual" programming environment. They will be able to write object oriented programs emphasizing object reusability and build state-of-the-art user interfaces for their programs. They will also be able to write programs with client/server capabilities using DDE and OLE, and that interact as clients and servers with respect to a database. Classroom exercises and additional exercises will demonstrate these concepts.

Prerequisites:

One year of a programming language and one course in BASIC

Required Materials:

Text: Visual Basic 5 from the Ground Up;
Gary Cornell,
Osborne McGraw-Hill, 1997

Attendance Policy:

You are permitted to be absent from class a maximum of three class sessions. This is in accordance with college policy that sets the maximum number of permissible absences at 10% of the number of class meetings scheduled for the semester.

Tests:
 

Final exam	31%
Midterm	19%
Other Quizzes	19%
CASE Assignments	31%

Course Grading Formula:
 

A	90-100%
B	80-89%
C	70-79%
D	60-69%
F	0-59%

Programming or other Application Software Assignments:

There will be five assignments to be completed outside the classroom using the Visual Basic Language taught in the Laboratory sessions.

Materials Fee:

Those enrolled in this course are required to pay a $5.00 fee to cover the cost of required materials that students will use in the course. Materials become the students' property. This fee is to be paid at the Bursar's Office as part of the registration fees.

Course Outline:
 

Session	Topic	Chapter
1	Visual Basic Introduction	1
2	Forms, objects, events & VB interface	2, 3
3	Command button, variable types, PictureBox	4, 5
4	Strings, formats, arithmetic operators	6
5	Files, InputBox, Do loops	7
6	Select...Case, If...Then...Else	7
7	For...Next, arrays, FormLoad()	8, 9
8	Control arrays	10
9	ListBox	11, 12
10	ComboBox	12
11	DriveListBox, DirListBox, FileListBox, Common Dialog Control	12, 17
12	Focus events, windows & forms	5
13	Frames, OptionBox, CheckBox	12
14	Scroll & timer controls	12
15	Midterm
16	Mouse events, Mouse_Down, Mouse_Up	15, 16
17	Key events, KeyUp, KeyDown and SendKeys	7, 8
18	Mouse events: DragDrop, DragOver	16
19	Mouse events: Move	16
20	Object variables	11
21	Menus	12
22	Grids	4
23	Multiple Document Interfaces	12
24	Multiple Document Interfaces	12
25	DataControl	20
26	DataControl	20
27	Dynamic Data Exchange	18
28	Object Linking and Embedding	18
29	Review
30	Final exam

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