About the Author -- About the Book -- A Quick overview of the book chapters -- Table of Contents -- Chapter 1: Getting Started with Visual Basic 6.0 -- About This Notebook -- The "Do Nothing" Panel -- Data Input Ranges For Supplied Program -- Learning Visual Basic 6.0 -- "Text" in the Old Days Vs "Graphics" Today -- B.A.S.I.C. Definition -- Projects and Files in Visual Basic 6.0 -- Taking Visual Basic 6.0 Out For a Short Test Run -- The "IDE" Tour -- "SDI" and "MDI" Forms -- Chapter 2: The IDE -- (Integrated Development Environment) -- A. The Menu Bar -- B. The Tool Bar -- Form and Control Position and Sizes -- C. The Toolbox -- D. The Form Window -- Form Names and File Names -- Form Name Structure: -- Control Names -- Obtaining Controls from the IDE Toolbox -- Selecting two or more Controls at the same time (two ways) -- First Things To Consider on Forms -- E. The Form Layout Window -- F. The Project Window -- G. The Properties Window -- Properties -- H. The Code Window -- Changing Colors of Keywords and Text -- Chapter 3: My First Program -- Creating a Directory For "My First Program" -- Creating the GUI -- In Properties Window at right: -- In Properties Window at right: -- In Properties Window at right: -- In Properties Window at right: -- In Properties Window at right: -- In Properties Window at right: -- Saving the Form -- Creating the Code -- Saving the Project -- Chapter 4: Command Buttons, Labels and Text Boxes -- The Concept of Focus -- Command Buttons -- First Things To Consider on Command Buttons -- Labels -- First Things To Consider on Labels -- Text Boxes -- First Things To Consider on Text Boxes -- Chapter 5: Adding Code To Your Program -- Making the Connection Between the Graphics and the Program C -- EVENTS -- Adding an Event Procedure called a Sub -- Coding Controls for Events -- Coding Controls in General.

Saving Forms and Projects -- Click on Save Project As... -- On Subsequent Project Editing -- Variables in Computer Programming -- Variables that Cause Problems -- Data Types -- Numeric Operations -- Specifying Numeric Values in Scientific Notation -- Specifying Numeric Values in Engineering Notation -- Variable Declaration Shortcuts -- Numeric Assignments -- Raising a number to a Power - Arithmetic Operation -- Arithmetic Operational Order -- String Operations -- String Variable Declarations -- String Assignments -- Boolean Operations -- The 'Date' Data Type -- Chapter 6: The MsgBox() and InputBox() Functions -- The MsgBox() Function -- Setting up the Message to be Displayed -- MsgBox() Configuration Tables -- Obtaining the User's Response to the Message -- The Return Value - The Button Pushed by the User -- The InputBox() Function -- Setting up the Message to be Displayed -- Obtaining the User's Text Response to the Message -- Chapter 7: If Then Else and Select Case Statements -- The If Then Else Statements -- The Comparison Operators -- The If (...) Then ... End If statement -- The If (...) Then ... Else ... End If statement -- The If (...) Then ... ElseIf ... Else ... End If statement -- The Logical Operators -- The And Operator -- The Or Operator -- The Not Operator -- The Case Statements -- The Exact Match Case -- The Comparison Test Case -- The Range Test Case -- Decision Functions -- The IIF() Function -- The Switch() Function -- The Choose() Function -- Decision Making with Large and Small Numbers -- Chapter 8: Programming with Loops -- While/Wend, Do While, Do Until and For/Next Loops -- The While/Wend Loop - The simplest of all loops -- The Do While Loop -- The Do Until Loop -- The Do Loop While -- The Do Loop Until -- The Exit Do Statement -- The For Next Loop -- The Exit For Statement -- Chapter 9: Subs, Functions and Passing Data.

Programming Concept -- Modular Programming -- Subroutines -- Subroutine Description and Use -- The Sub's Header -- Functions -- Function Description and Use -- The Function's Header -- Calling(Invoking) a Function -- Another Function Example -- Declaring the Return Value of a Function-Two Methods -- Accessibility -- Accessing a Control from Another Module -- Passing Arrays -- Passing by Value and Passing by Reference -- Passing The Value - Known As Passing 'By Val' -- Passing The Address - Known As Passing 'By Ref' -- Coding Pass 'By Ref' - There are two ways: -- In Review -- Chapter 10: The Format() Function and String Functions -- Functions -- The Format() Function -- Visual Basic's Formats -- Examples of Visual Basic Format Printouts -- User Defined Formats -- Examples of User Defined Formats -- Strings and String Functions -- String Operations -- String Assignments -- Concatenating or Merging Strings -- Specifying the Length of a String Variable -- Truncating a String -- Visual Basic's String Functions -- Comparing Two Strings -- Examples of Visual Basic String Function Printouts -- The "Unload" Statement -- Setting a Control's Focus at Runtime -- Other Quick Exit Lines -- Adding Remarks to Programming Code -- Chapter 11: List Boxes, Combo Boxes and Arrays -- List Boxes -- List Box Properties and Methods -- Properties - (But not all) -- Methods -- Combo Boxes -- Dropdown Combo Box -- Simple Combo Box -- Drop-down List Box -- Combo Box Properties and Methods -- Arrays - Single Dimension -- Control Arrays -- Arrays - Two Dimension -- Chapter 12: Option Buttons, Frames, Check Boxes, Scrollbars -- Option Buttons and Frames -- Check Boxes -- Option Buttons use a Boolean Value -- Scrollbars -- The Visual Basic Timer -- Chapter 13: S D I - Single Document Interface -- Creation of a Single Document Interface -- A Startup Form.

The Startup Object(for a Sub Form_Load()) -- The Startup Process -- Another way to 'Startup' an SDI Program -- The Startup Object(for a Sub Main()) -- An Example Code for a Startup Form -- Chapter 14: Common Dialog Boxes -- Obtaining a Common Dialog Box Control -- The Show Method -- Accessing Common Dialog Box Property Data -- Other Dialog Box Coding Examples -- Common Dialog Box Properties -- Common Dialog Box Programming Discussion -- Chapter 15: Reading from, & Writing to a Sequential File -- Sequential Files -- The Basic File Scheme -- Opening a File -- Writing to a File -- Visual Basic "Writing" Rules -- Reading from a File -- Appending to a File -- Closing a File -- An Operating Sequential File Panel -- Notes on the Subroutines Provided -- Determining the Number of Items to Write from the List Box -- Determining the Number of Items to Read from the File -- Subs Using #1 for FileNumber -- Subs Using FreeFile() for FileNumber -- Other Subs Used for this Chapter -- Private Sub cmdRemoveName_Click() -- Chapter 16: IDE Help -- File Topics -- Starting a New Project -- Closing a New Project -- Saving the Form and the Code first -- Saving the Project next -- Editing an Existing Project -- Changing the File Name of an Existing Form -- To Save a Form Module to another File Name: -- To Add Another Form Module To a Project -- Closing an Existing Project -- Non-File Topics -- Obtaining Controls from the IDE Toolbox -- Selecting two or more Controls at the same time -- Changing Properties Common to Several Controls -- Finding a Given Control's Property List -- Finding a Given Control's Available Event Procedures -- Open Code Window if not already opened. -- Function Arguments -- Form Layout Window -- Fixing a Stuck, Horizontally Expanded Toolbox or Properties -- To Stop Program Execution -- Other Oddities -- Attaching a Set of Like Controls to a Frame.

Form and Control Position and Sizes -- Changing Colors of Keywords and Text -- A Tool Bar, Save Project Yellow Disk Warning -- Runtime Errors or Crashes -- Obtaining Common Dialog Box Control for Toolbox -- Chapter 17: Table 1 -- Prefixes, Data Types, Precedence, Shortcuts and Literals -- Data Types -- 3-Letter Prefixes For Control Names -- Shortcut Declaration Examples -- Order Of Precedence -- Conversion Routines -- Formatting -- The Format() Function: Format(Expression, "Format") -- Common Visual Basic Built-In String Functions -- Comparing Two Strings -- Chapter 18: Table 2: Controls and Related Functions -- MsgBox() Pop-Up Function -- MsgBox() Configuration Tables -- Obtaining the User's Response to the Message -- The Return Value - The Button Pushed by the User -- InputBox() Pop-Up Function -- Obtaining the User's Text Response to the Message -- Forms -- Form Properties to Think About -- Command Buttons -- Command Button Properties to Think About -- Labels -- Label Properties to Think About -- Text Boxes -- Text Box Properties to Think About -- MsgBox Pop-Up Info Screen -- List Boxes -- List Box Properties to Think About -- List Box Methods - Runtime Operations -- List Box Description -- List Box Appearance -- Loading a List Box at Runtime -- Obtaining the User's Selection -- Obtaining an Item at a Specific Array Location -- Adding one Item to the List Box -- Removing One Item from the List Box -- Clearing the List Box -- Some MsgBox Examples -- Combo Boxes -- Combo Box Properties to Think About -- Combo Box Methods - Runtime Operations -- Combo Box Description -- Drop-Down Combo -- Simple Combo -- Drop-Down List -- Combo Box Appearance -- Loading a Combo Box at Runtime -- Obtaining the User's Selection -- Obtaining an Item at a Specific Array Location -- Adding one Item to the Combo Box -- Removing One Item from the Combo Box.

Clearing the Combo Box.