Knowledge of programming, electronics, Visual Basic or the Visual Studio environment. Programming concepts are introduced and explained throughout the book. Each chapter is structured in a similar way: firstly a new concept to be learned is introduced, secondly there is a step-by-step tutorial on how to develop a simple example in. Output: Write First Program in Visual basic. How to Concat two string in Visual basic. + or the & operator is used to Concat two or more string in Visual basic. Below is the code to Concat two string in visual basic. Which contains 3 strings str1, str2,str3. 101 Code Samples for Visual Basic; for Database There is no Visual Basic Database, the sample gives you code how to access databases with Visual Basic for Net. Those databases have their own script mostly SQL transact code.
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| Tax Declaration Calci1.09 in Visual Basic |
| 'dancing mouse' -- randomly move the mouse pointer in visual basic |
| 'finicky': paint program in visual basic |
| 'lightweight' print preview dll in visual basic |
| 'smart' select case for decision-making in visual basic |
| 'xtreme player' -- mp3 player with skins in visual basic |
| .ini file reader and writer in visual basic |
| .net config file wrapper in visual basic |
| .net library to help manipulate/process text files in visual basic |
| .net scroll bar control in visual basic |
| .net system information class demo in visual basic |
| .net textdata provider demo in visual basic |
| 1-click customization of controls in visual basic |
| 1-click customization of controls v2 in visual basic |
| 10 seconds (simple game) in visual basic |
| 10 square tic-tac-toe in visual basic |
| 12 Image Transitions in Visual Basic |
| 2 Player Chess in Visual Basic |
| 216 color pallette in visual basic |
| 24-bit picture class w/ resize, crop, transregion and exposed bits in visual basic |
| 24-bit picture class w/ resize, crop, transregion and exposed bits part 2 in visual basic |
| 2d tileset creator (vb.net) |
| 3 Phase Short and Medium Transmission Lines in Visual Basic |
| 3-Layered Scrolling Background in Visual Basic |
| 30 classes for 40 instruments in visual basic |
| 3D Digital Reality Engine V1.00, PURE VB in Visual Basic |
| 3D Font (version 2) in Visual Basic |
| 3D Font in Visual Basic |
| 3d grid waves animation in visual basic |
| 3d label control in visual basic |
| 3d label control part 2 in visual basic |
| 3D Label in Visual Basic |
| 3d line control with 13 styles in visual basic |
| 3D Matrix Maths II (no openGL or DirectX required) in Visual Basic |
| 3d maze maker in visual basic |
| 3d mesh collision detection in visual basic |
| 3d mesh editor in visual basic |
| 3d sample applications in visual basic |
| 3d soccer field in visual basic |
| 3D Spinning Cube Demonstration in Visual Basic |
| 3d terrain without using any apis or external components in visual basic |
| 3D text in Visual Basic |
| 3D Tube Animation in Visual Basic |
| 3d world with a snowman in visual basic |
| 3dstudio files (3ds) viewer in visual basic |
| 52 card deck maker in visual basic |
| 6/49 lotto combination generator in visual basic |
| 6/49 Lotto Combination Generator Program in Visual Basic |
| 6/49 lotto game with dynamic html simulation in visual basic |
| 8Queens Game in Visual Basic |
| a .net class to calculate circles in visual basic |
| a .net drag-n-drop puzzle in visual basic |
| a .net-based directx sound capture and recording application in visual basic |
| a 3d demo w/o directx or opengl in visual basic |
| A 3D Label control in Visual Basic |
| A 8085 Simulator in Visual Basic |
| a barebones 24bit wave audio reader in visual basic |
| a base64 / mime encoding and decoding class. in visual basic |
| a basic c# console application sample in visual basic |
| a basic calculator application in visual basic |
| a basic dao connection method in visual basic |
| a basic database interaction sample in visual basic |
| a basic drag and drop sample in visual basic |
| a basic employee database system in visual basic |
| a basic pythagoras implementation in vb6 |
| a beautiful card game. in visual basic |
| a better app.path in visual basic |
| a better chr() function in visual basic |
| a binary search algorithm in visual basic |
| a c# overloaded method to calculate an md5 hash in visual basic |
| a c# rss feed retriever sample in visual basic |
| a calendar example similar to windows date and time properties in visual basic |
| a class for searching datagrids in visual basic |
| a class for system, logical drivers, memory, display drivers, etc. in visual basic |
| a class to preserve message boundaries using tcp and the vb winsock control |
| a class to resize the controls on the form as the form resizes in visual basic |
| A Code Library for Programmers in Visual Basic |
| a collection of bitmap routines in visual basic |
| A College Library Management Software in Visual Basic |
| a colorpicker that uses websafe colors. in visual basic |
| A Complete Calculator in Visual Basic |
| a complete mmorpg engine - vbgore v1.0.0 |
| A complete mmorpg engine - vbGORE v1.0.0 in Visual Basic |
| A Complete Simple Banking Application in Visual Basic |
| a cool calculator in visual basic |
| a custom color picker for easy integration in visual basic |
| a custom command line interpreter in visual basic |
| a daily alarm class in visual basic |
| a database toolkit for ms access in visual basic |
| a db-less personal expense management system in visual basic |
| a dbase iv module with an export function in visual basic |
| a demo on how to build a coolbar in visual basic |
| a demonstration of the circle draw method in vb6 |
| A Fast Fill FlexGrid by Recordset ADO in Visual Basic |
| a fast method for appending strings in visual basic |
| a fast syntax highlighting control in visual basic |
| a feature rich custom combobox in visual basic |
| a firebird 2.0 data access layer with vb.net |
| a fully featured winxp-styled lcd alarm clock in visual basic |
| a function that can calculate isbn checksums. in visual basic |
“Anybody who can master a telephone can certainly program.”
Bob Frankston
| Reference notes | Tutorials | Assignments | Downloads (inc. whole site) | Further reading | Internet resources |
| Reference Notes |
| Tutorials |
Core Skills
- Week 1 - Exploring the Visual Basic Environment
- Week 2 - Understanding Events
- Week 3 - Command Buttons, Option Buttons and Check Boxes
- Week 4 - List Boxes and Combo Boxes
- Week 5 - Menus and List manipulation
- Week 6 - Creating and Using Arrays of Controls
- Week 7 - Vertical & Horizontal Scroll Bars
- Week 8 - Animation and Graphics
- Week 9 - Working with Multiple Forms
- Week 10 - Using the Grid Control
- Week 11 - Working with Files
- Week 12 - Working with Access 97 Databases
Advanced
- Week 13 - Using Crystal Reports with VB
- Week 14 - Multiple Document Interface (MDI)
- Week 15 - Incorporating Sound
- Week 16 - Creating a Windows Help file
- Week 17 - The ActiveX Files
| Assignments |
- HND2 - 1st Tutorial
Visual Basic Source Code Examples Pdf
| Downloads |
You are free to download these files and use them ‘as is’ or alter them in any way (copyright free). To use these files with Visual Basic 5.0 you should click on the appropriate file title, specify a file name in the dialog box that appears and then exit the web browser and unzip the file. If you do not have any decompression software then jump to www.winzip.com.
Visual Basic 5.0 Projects:
Access 97 Databases (22K)
Writing a Visual Basic front-end to an Access 97 database.ActiveX (18K)
Code used in the ActiveX example from week 17.Animation (58K)
How to incorporate graphics on a form and to use animation.Crystal Report (24K)
Exactly the same example as ‘Access 97 Databases’ above but with the addition of a Crystal Report which lists book details sorted by publisher.Graphs (3K)
An example which shows how to alter the values of various points on a graph and how to control the type of graph (e.g. bar chart, line graph, polar, etc.).FlexGrid (4K)
An example which shows a spreadsheet-like computer inventory which allows products to be added or deleted.MDI Interface (3K)
A basic example of how to create an MDI text editor. This example also includes basic clipboard functionality to copy and paste text.Mensa Problem (2K)
The solution of a Mensa problem using the brute force of three nested loops.MMControl (259K)
An example demonstrating how wave and midi sounds can be played using the MMControl.Pocket Map of Europe (117K)
This example demonstrates how the PictureClip and Picture controls can be used together to scroll around a large image.Theatre Booking System (18K)
An example which uses two separate option button groups (using frames) and a spin button linked to a text box.Tic Tac Toe (3K)
This game is used to demonstrate drag & drop, control arrays and programmer-defined functons.
Other:
Visual Basic 5.0 Web Site (868K)
For those students who would like to utilise information from this site then a ZIP file of it can be downloaded. This can be useful for saving expensive connection charges and also for accessing the site even with no Internet access. All you need is an HTML browser (e.g. Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer) running locally on your home computer and the above file dezipped. Please note that all HTML pages and graphics from the site are included but the sample projects listed above must be downloaded separately.Windows Help File (3K)
The help file and RTF source code to complement the Tic Tac Toe example above.Icoholic 3 (788K)
A collection of 1,500 icons suitable for use in Windows and Visual Basic.
| Further Reading |
| Internet Resources |
VB Web Sites:
- Daniel Wiman’s Visual Basic page - questions & answers, files, code, news, mailing lists, etc.
- The Most Comprehensive VB List on the Net - links to a wide variety of VB sites
- Visual Basic Home at Microsoft
- Visual Basic Online - an online magazine for the Visual Basic programmer
- Visual Basic Web Directory - links to just about every web site concerned with VB programming
Other Web Sites:
- activex.com - a large online library of ActiveX components.
- CPSC 481: Foundations and Principles of Human Computer Interaction - An on-line HCI course run by The University of Calgary.
- Interface Hall of Shame by Isys Information Architects Inc.
Newsgroups:
- VB 3rdparty - comp.lang.basic.visual.3rdparty
- VB Announce - comp.lang.basic.visual.announce
- VB Database - comp.lang.basic.visual.database
- VB Misc - comp.land.basic.visual.misc
- Creating on-line help files - comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.winhelp
- Human-Factors - comp.human-factors