Visual Basic 6.0: Designing & Implementing Desktop Applications

Code:

 ZD79-921

Series:

 Computer Professional

Duration:

 2 days
Debugging and Error Handling Review
Debugging Techniques and Tools
Error Trapping

Introduction to COM
Class Modules
Building Class Modules Manually
Using Class Builder

Using the Power Of COM
Creating COM Components
Threading Models
Testing Components

Using COM Components
Using COM Components from Other Applications
Creating Objects for Components Four Ways

Introduction to Data Access
Adding the Data Environment Designer
Retrieving Data from Connection
Data Services and ADO

Presenting Data
Shaping and Organizing Data
Presenting On-screen Data
Printed Reports
ActiveX Controls
ActiveX Controls and Constituent Controls
Using Layer of Automation To Provide Property And Method Visibility
Property Pages
Data Aware Controls

Implementing Help
Setting Help File Properties
Implementing Tool Tips

Package and Deployment Wizard
Preparing Your Application
Optimization and Deployment
Deploying Your Application

Visual SourceSafe
Adding Visual SourceSafe to Your Project
Using Visual SourceSafe

Using SQL
SQL Overview
SELECT Statements
Cursors
Record Locking
Stored Procedures

Internet Applications
WebBrowser Control
What Is an Active Document?
Visual Basic 6.0: Designing & Implementing Desktop Applications

Course specifications
Course number: 079 921 Maps to: Microsoft
Software version number: 1.0 Course: 1013
Course length: 2 days Exam #: 70-176, 70-175

Course description

Overview:
Students will learn how to develop desktop applications using Visual Basic 6.0 that conform to the Microsoft Solution Framework. They will plan the physical design, create user services, create and manage COM components, test, deploy, and maintain desktop applications.

Prerequisites:
Visual Basic 6.0 Introduction (InterSkill Course ZD47-503) or equivalent.
Specifically, the student must be able to:
  • Use Visual Basic 6.0 to develop a simple Windows application.
  • Isolate, identify, and correct errors in a Visual Basic application.
  • Develop and work with Microsoft Word, Excel and Access files.

Delivery method:
Instructor-led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.

Benefits:
Students will learn how to create complex desktop applications using Visual Basic 6.0.

Target student:
Students enrolling in this course should understand Visual Basic terminology, the steps to create an application, modular environments, and the relationship between controls and events.

Visual Basic 6.0: Designing & Implementing Desktop Applications

Performance-based objectives
Lesson objectives help students become comfortable with the course, and also provide a means to evaluate learning. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  • Use Visual Basic 6.0's debugging and error handling tools.
  • Describe and create a Class Module.
  • Develop COM components and implement them in your project.
  • Use COM components developed by other authors, including Microsoft programs like Word and Internet Explorer.
  • Connect to a data source and retrieve data.
  • Display retrieved data on screen and in reports.
  • Create ActiveX controls using constituent controls.
  • Implement help files and other tools to make your application user friendly.
  • Prepare your application for Web deployment, optimize your application, and deploy it.
  • Add Visual SourceSafe to your project and use it to maintain control over your project's versions.
  • Construct SQL queries and explain the choices you have in cursor and record locking options.
  • Build applications using WebBrowser and Active documents.