1. Projects, Forms, and Command Buttons. Starting a New Project. Setting Form Properties. Running a Project. Adding a Button. Adding Code to the Click Event.
2. Message Boxes and If Statements. . Message Boxes. Frames. Labels and TextBoxes. Option Buttons. If Statements. Wiring the Form. Evaluating the Response.
3. Forms and Modules.
Form Properties. BackColor and ForeColor Properties. BorderStyle Property. Font Property. Height and Width Properties. Icon and Picture Properties. Window Appearance Properties. StartUpPosition Property.
4. The Form Life Cycle: Events. Creating Form Events. Using the Immediate Pane. Using the Form Load Event. Unloading a Form.
5. Working with Forms and Modules. Using Code Modules. Opening and Closing Forms. Navigating Between Forms. Positioning Forms. Drawing on Forms. MDI Applications.
6. Controls: Designing the Form. What Is a Control?. A Learning Edition Controls Project. Adding and Removing Controls. Image Control. Shape Control. Line Control.
7. Controls that Accept User Input. Checkboxes. Option Buttons. Option Button Arrays. List Boxes. Combo Boxes.
8. Status Bars, Toolbars, and Tabbed Dialogs. Property Pages. Status Bars. Toolbars. Tab Controls.
9. The Common Dialog Control. The Common Dialog Control. The Color Dialog. The Font Dialog. The Save Dialog. The Open Dialog.
10. The OLE Container Control. Inserting Objects. Using the Paste Special Dialog.
11. The Timer Control. Understanding a Timer. Creating Simple Animation. Using a Subroutine. Turning the Timer On. Setting the Interval. Trapping Errors.
12. Visual Basic Add-Ins. Using the Add-In Manager. Starting Add-Ins. Using the Resource Editor. Using the Template Manager.
13. The Visual Basic. Application Wizard. Running the Wizard. Running the Application. Modifying the Application.
14. Menus. Adding Menus. Menu Items. Dynamic Menu Items. Pop-Up Menus.
15. Databases. Using the Data Control. Binding Controls. Using the Visual Data Manager.
16. Compiling and Distributing Programs. Compilation. Packaging. Deployment.
Appendix A. Getting Help. Using Web Resources.
Appendix B. Visual Basic Variable Types Appendix C. Operators, Keywords, and Commands. Operators. Keywords and Commands.
Index.