Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 12:12:52 -0600 (CST)
   From: Mark Jacobson <jacobson@math-cs.cns.uni.edu>
     To: 810-030-01@uni.edu
Subject: [810-030-01] Database Movies assignment...

Hi VB students,

      You can take your movies database assignment in whatever direction
you wish.  I will try to have the minimum requirements for the project 
ready sometime late Thursday afternoon or early Thursday evening.

     1.  the encrypted movie name version was brand new this spring.
         if you do a guessing game, you can certainly do it the
         way it was in 2003 and before, OR you can do it
         where the encrypted movie name is displayed.

         Actually, you could combine BOTH of these, and give the player
         of the guess the name of the movie the OPTION of displaying or
         of hiding the encrypted movie name.  Perhaps a checkbox, or
         else two option buttons (radio buttons).


    2.   The bookmarks and save your favorite movie quote for later
         in a ListBox named lstFavorites via the lstFavorites.AddItem
         method is also an approach you can use.

         Clearing out the lstFavorites ListBox when you change from
         Dramas to Comedies or All Movies to Action/Adventure would
         be VERY SIMPLE, and I will give you the code for that on
         Friday.

    In any case, whether you have a guessing game OR have a browse
    and save favorite quotes option, I will require you have the:
                                            -------

      lstCategory_Click() event and the ability to switch to and from

               All Movies              <---- in the lstCategory
               Action/Adventure              ListBox control, at
               Comedy                        Design time....
               Drama.....

    So you can get started on the basic core no matter what, and after
    Friday make your decision on which direction to go with it that
    seems the easiest or the most fun to you.

    Hopefully some students will feel free to do ALL of the above,
    as you will not be penalized for doing BOTH approaches.

    Not that anyone has all that much extra time during the last two weeks
    of class!  :-)

    Mark