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Visual Basic Intro

This document provides an introduction to Visual Basic 6 programming. It discusses the basic concepts of programming languages, how Visual Basic can be used to both interpret and compile code, the history of the BASIC programming language and Visual Basic, why Visual Basic is a good language to learn, the six steps involved in programming, and key Visual Basic concepts like forms, objects, properties, methods, and event handlers. The document uses examples to explain how a simple Visual Basic program works by setting properties and writing sub procedures that respond to events.

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Visual Basic Intro

This document provides an introduction to Visual Basic 6 programming. It discusses the basic concepts of programming languages, how Visual Basic can be used to both interpret and compile code, the history of the BASIC programming language and Visual Basic, why Visual Basic is a good language to learn, the six steps involved in programming, and key Visual Basic concepts like forms, objects, properties, methods, and event handlers. The document uses examples to explain how a simple Visual Basic program works by setting properties and writing sub procedures that respond to events.

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Visual Basic6 - Intro

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Thursday, Oct 9th, 7:30PM, C106
Lloyd Douglas (NSF)
Diversity in Science-Who needs it?
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About the extra credit


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Programming language
Programming is writing instructions
for a computer.
Level of programming languages
Machine language 0s and 1s
Intermediate languatge assambly
language.
High level language BASIC, C++

Interpreting or compiling
How do computers handle the high
level language?
Read and Interprete the code line by line
with an program called interpreter, e.g.
BASIC.
Translate the language to machine code
(executable files) with a program called
compiler and run the program, e.g.
C++.
Visual basic has both Interpreter and Compiler.

History of BASIC
Basic --- Beginners' All-purpose
Symbolic Instruction Code (May,
1964)
MS-BASIC 2.0 (July, 1975)
Visual Basic 1.0 (May,1991)
Visual Basic 6.0 (July 1998)

Why do we learn Visual Basic


It shares the same principles with
other programming languages.
It is good when developing small and
handy utility programs.
It is supported by Microsoft.
It is powerful when integrated with
Excel and Word.

Six Steps in Programming


Problem Identification
Solution Design
Coding
Compiling with compiler or running
with interpreter
Debugging
Testing

Step 1 and 2: Problem


Identification and Design
Identify what needs to be solved
Make diagrams, and equations, etc

Design: Analyze the problem and


develop an ALGORITHM and
FLOWCHART

Step 3: Source Code


Creating Source Code
Source Code is the instructions for the
computer written in Visual Basic
programming language
In VB, source code is linked to an object
on the form
Designing user interface is also part of
the coding.

Step 4a:Compiling
Compiling converts Visual Basic
source code to executable machine
language - instructions the processor
can understand (1s and 0s)
Creates .exe file
Advantage:
Fast and small

Disadvantage:
Debugging is inconvenient.

Step 4b: Interpreting


Interpreting reads and runs one line
of code each time.
You can find Grammar errors in this
stage.
Advantage:
Good for debugging
Interpreter is easy to program.

Disadvantage:
Slow

Interpreting and Compiling in VB

Step 5: Debugging
Debugging is removing the
functional errors from your program
Running tells you where there are
errors
Go back to source code and fix errors
Save and re-run
Repeat until errors are gone

Step 6: Testing and Running


Try to run the program by pressing
the start button
If it starts running, enter the answers
and/or click the buttons to test it
Test your program with boundary and
special cases.

Visual Basic Programming


VB is a programming language
that allows you to program in a
Windows environment
You create a Form with several
Objects
You set the properties of objects.
You write event handler to response
to users input.

VB programming
Project

Form 1

Text box

Picture box

Form 2

Form 3

Button

Button

Text box
Objects

Objects

Definitions
Form contains the Main Program
Controls are user interface elements
(text boxes, commands) in the Form
Forms and Controls are referred to as
OBJECTS
Objects have PROPERTIES (features
you can change)

Forms in Visual Basic


You create a form that is your
graphical user interface
Has places to input values
Has buttons to click
Has other user interface elements,
e.g. Menu, scroll bar

Objects in VB
Everything in VB is
objects, forms,
buttons,
Three elements of
objects.
Properties
Methods
Event handlers.

VB object

Properties (size,
Caption)

Methods (Print)
Event Handler
(Command1_Click())

Object: Dog
Properties
Height, weight, color, emotion (friendly,
hostile)

Methods
Barking, biting, wagging, singing

Event handlers
Owner coming in: call wagging, call singing,
emotion=friendly;
Intruder coming in: call barking, call biting,
emotion=hostile.

Important Controls
Text Boxes area where you enter
text

Command Buttons you click on


them to do something
Picture Boxes Output your results.

Text Boxes
Properties:
Name (of object)
Text (the words)
Alignment (left, right, middle)
Appearance
BackColor (background)
BorderStyle
Font
FontColor

Command Button
Properties:
Name
BackColor
Style (This controls the backcolor)
Caption

Picture Boxes
Properties
Name
Picture

Methods
Print

Definitions
Forms
properties
properties
properties
properties
Methods
properties
properties
properties
Handlers

Picture Box
properties
properties
properties
properties
properties
properties
properties
Methods
properties
properties

Command
Objects
Button
properties
properties
properties
Methods
properties
properties

Textbox
properties
properties
properties
properties
properties
properties
properties
Methods
properties

Label
properties
properties
properties
properties
properties
properties
properties
Methods
properties
properties

Design time and Run time


When you design you can use the
property window to set the property of
certain object.
When you run the program, you can
only use code to change the property
of that object.

Just a Bunch of Objects


Q: Now that you have a bunch of
objects, how do you make them react
to your command?
A: Sub Procedures

Sub Procedures are the instructions


Sub Procedures go with Events (Like
clicking a button)

How the test program works

How the test program works


You have got
letters.

Properties

Text box

Methods
Event Handler

User

Message
Dispatching
Block

Properties

Button

Methods
Event Handler
Properties

You have got


clicked.

Picture
Box

Methods
Event Handler

Making It Do Something
Want program to change on an
Event
Events:
MouseDown
MouseUp
Click

Need to create Sub Procedures


Sub Procedure handles Event and
changes Properties of an Object

Sub Procedure
Two Objects: Text1 and Command1
Sub Procedure:
Private Sub Command1_Click()
Text1.FontSize = 18
End Sub

When Command1 is clicked, the


FontSize property of Text1 is
changed to 18

Sub Procedure
Private Sub CommButt_Click()
Text1.FontSize = 18
Text1.BackColor = vbBlue
Command1.Caption = "Get Some Now"
End Sub

Homework
Read Chapters 1 & 2 in book

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