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Course Outline
Visual Basic 6 Objects
Series: Visual Basic 6
Weeks: 8
Cost: $200
CEU Credits: 3.0

Overview:

Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 is an industry tool of choice for software development and prototyping in today's corporate environment. This course is for people who have some experience with Visual Basic and would like to learn more about Visual Basic Objects, particularly how to create Objects of their own. This course will not cover ActiveX Controls or ActiveX Documents.

After successfully completing this course the student will:

Have a thorough understanding of Visual Basic System Objects

Have a thorough understanding of Visual Basic Collections
Have a thorough knowledge of Visual Basic Classes
Have an understanding of ActiveX Automation 
Know how to create their own Visual Basic Objects
Know how to create their own Visual Basic Collections
Know how to create their own Visual Basic Collection Objects
Know how to create their own ActiveX Component

Objectives:

  • To examine Classes
  • To examine Collections
  • To examine System collections
  • To learn how to create and work with Collections
  • To examine the Global Object
  • To examine the App Object
  • To examine the Clipboard Object
  • To examine Properties, Methods and Events of Objects
  • To learn how to create your own Objects
  • To learn how to create Methods and Events of your own
  • To learn how to create your own Collection Objects
  • To learn how to work with Excel and Word from within Visual Basic
  • To learn how to create your own ActiveX Components

Prerequisites:

  • Have basic understanding of the Microsoft Windows environment

  • Have programmed in Microsoft Visual Basic

Requirements:

TEXTBOOKS:

SOFTWARE:

  • A version of Visual Basic 6 that allows you to add a Class Module to a Standard.EXE Project (the heart of the course), and to create an ActiveX EXE and ActiveX DLL project (Week 8 topics). 


Table of Contents

Week 1:  The Return of the China Shop
Visual Basic 6 Objects in Action
  • A Brief History of the China Shop
  • The Return of the China Shop
  • Introducing Visual Basic Systems Objects
  • Collections
  • Working with System Collections in Code
  • Creating and Working with Collections
  • Collections in the China Shop Program
Week 2:  Visual Basic System Objects
  • Visual Basic System Objects
  • The Global Object
  • The App Object
  • The Clipboard Object
  • Working with Text and the Clipboard
  • Cutting, Copying and Pasting Graphic Data
  • More System Objects
Week 3:  Objects---the Inside Story
  • What is an Object
  • Inside the Object
  • Properties
  • Properties in Action
  • Methods
  • Events
  • Using Objects Dynamically
Week 4:  Creating Your Own Objects
  • Creating Your Own Objects
  • Class Modules
  • Class Properties
Week 5:  Adding Methods and Events
  • More on Objects
  • Creating our first Method
  • Creating Your Own Events
Week 6:  Collection Objects
  • Collection Objects are like System Collections
  • Collection Objects in the Student Grades Project
  • Creating a Collection Object in the Student Grades Project
Week 7:  Excel and Word - by Remote Control
  • ActiveX Components
  • The Macro Recorder
  • Finding Available ActiveX Components
  • ActiveX and an Excel Macro
  • Using Word from Visual Basic
Week 8:  Creating Your Own ActiveX Components
  • Out-Of-Process and In-Process Components
  • Testing the ActiveX.DLL Component
  • ActiveX.EXE Components
 
  John Smiley  
   
 

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