Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 13:42:51 -0500 (CDT)
   From: Mark Jacobson <jacobson@math-cs.cns.uni.edu>
     To: 810-030-01@uni.edu
Subject: [810-030-01] Readings for first 12 classes....

Hi Visual Basic students,

     Here are the reading we are covering or have covered from the
first two weeks and two days of Visual Basic class.

     Hour 1 - the IDE (Integrated Development Environment)
              toolbox, properties window, immediate window, code window,
              form window, etc.
     Hour 2 - Event Driven Programs, naming objects, P M E trio of
              categories of objects (Properties, Methods and Events).
     Hour 3 - Controls and Properties
     Hour 4 - Labels, Buttons and Textboxes
     Hour 5 - Code - the basics of Coding in Visual Basic
     Hour 6 - Message boxes and Input Boxes.  MsgBox (recall MSG)

     Hour 7 - If Statements and Else clauses and ElseIf and End If
              Comparison operators and Logical operators (And, Or, Not)

     Hour 8 - Do While loops
              For Next loops (For i = 1 to 20   ...   Next i)

     Hour 9 - Using Control Arrays

     Hour 10 - ListBox control - page 168
               Control Arrays - page 178

     Hour 11 - Check Box control - page 189
               Scrollbars - page 190
               VB's clock: The Timer Control - page 192

     Hour 13 - Page 218 Coding Subroutines
               Page 220 Coding Functions
               Page 223 Coding Arguments
               Page 224 ByRef and ByVal arguments (how to pass an argument).

     Hour 14 - String Functions ( Page 231 Left(), Right(), Mid(), Len(),
                                                        UCase(), LCase()  )
     Hour 16 - Printing - The Print Method pages 275-279

     Hour 17 - Menus and Visual Basic

     Hour 18 - Image control
               PictureBox control

     See you on Monday.  We will have a quiz or test on Wednesday.

     Mark