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IT 236 User Interface Development

Lecture 4 ___________________________________
Eric J. Schwabe
School of CTI, DePaul University ___________________________________
Spring 2008

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Tonight:
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 Branching
 Conditions
 If-Else statement ___________________________________
 Input validation
 Check boxes and radio buttons (again…)
 Lab Session 2 (Room 819, 7:30pm-9:00pm) ___________________________________

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Branching
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 So far, all of our event procedures have
consisted of straight-line code
 The same sequence of statements is executed
each time it is run
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 Today, we will modify the flow of control in
our procedures by adding branching
 Choose among one or more sets of statements, ___________________________________
based on the result of some test (or condition)

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Logical Operators
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 Take two values as operands, do comparison,
and return a boolean (i.e., true/false) value
=
<>
is equal to
is not equal to
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< is less than
<= is less than or equal to
> is greater than ___________________________________
>= is greater than or equal to

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Dictionary (Lexicographic) Order
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 Compare the Strings one position at a time until you
find a character where they differ
 Compare the characters in that position – the String with
the character that occurs earlier comes earlier in the order
 If they never differ and you run out of characters:
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 If one String runs out first, the shorter String comes earlier
in the order
If both Strings run out at the same time with no
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differences, they are in fact the same String!

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Logical Operators
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 Take two boolean values as operands,
combine them, and return a boolean value
 cond1 And cond2
true if and only if both cond1 and cond2 are true ___________________________________
 cond1 Or cond2
true if and only if at least one of cond1 and cond2 is true
cond1 Xor cond2
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true if and only if exactly one of cond1 and cond2 is true

 Not cond1
true if and only if cond1 is false

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If Statement
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 Choose which of two actions to perform, depending
on the result of some test
 Syntax: If test Then
action1 ___________________________________
Else
action2
End If

 When the statement is reached:

1. Evaluate test
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2. If result is true, execute action1; if false, execute action2

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Repeated If-Elses
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 Can choose among more than two actions using a
sequence of several tests:
If test1 Then

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action1
ElseIf test2 Then
action2
ElseIf test3 Then
action3
Else
action4
End If

 Only the action corresponding to the first satisfied

condition will be executed
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Input Validation
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 Can use branching to make sure that user
input satisfies some requirements before
proceeding, e.g.:
 certain required fields are filled in
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 numerical values are in some range
 lengths of input Strings are correct
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Testing the Checked Property
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 Can branch based on whether or not check
boxes and radio buttons are checked:
If nameOfControl.Checked Then
action1 ___________________________________
Else
action2
EndIf

 The Checked property has a true/false value,

so it can be used by itself as a condition…
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Shared Event Procedures
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 One event procedure can be set to respond to
several different events
 Put list of events after the Handles keyword
in the procedure header
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... Handles contro11.Event1, control2.Event2, _

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control3.Event3

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Summarizing Example
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 Take burger orders at Wendy’s
 single, double, or triple burger (1.99, 2.99, 3.99)
other options: cheese (.50), ketchup, mustard
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 Keep track of current choices in labels

 Button to compute price and report order and
price in list box
 Button to clear current choices ___________________________________
 …How would we go about doing this?

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Lab Exercise 2
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 Text boxes to enter employee name and type
 Types: S(alaried), H(ourly), U(npaid)
 Button to compute monthly pay
 S: prompt for monthly salary with input box
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 H: prompt for hourly rate and hours worked with
two input boxes and compute monthly pay
 U: monthly pay is always zero
 Display name, type, and monthly pay on one
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line of a list box

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Next Time:
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 More branching
 Looping?
 Programming examples ___________________________________
 Review for Midterm Exam
(Please suggest particular topics…)

(Assignment 4 has been posted, due next week…)

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