Mastering Microsoft Visual Basic 6 Development

Write a Microsoft Visual Basic-based application that accesses data from a database.

Write a Visual Basic-based application that uses component object model (COM) components.

Create an ActiveX control.

Create a COM component.

List the opportunities that Visual Basic developers have to incorporate Internet technologies into their applications.

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Create an application with multiple forms and add functionality for multiple events to the controls on those forms

Write a Function procedure and a Sub procedure, and invoke them from Event procedures

Declare variables and use conditional statements

Describe the purpose and use of each of the controls in the Toolbox

Add a simple menu interface to an application

Retrieve and validate information from a user

Add a custom control to a project

Describe the relationship between properties, methods, and objects

Add run-time error handling to an application

Run the application and use debug mode within the Visual Basic environment

Create an EXE file from the project files

Design and use a relational database

Use SQL syntax to create database queries

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Use Visual Basic to create a simple application and an executable file for users.

List the files that comprise a Visual Basic-based application.

Use the Visual Basic debugging tools.

Add run-time error handling to a procedure.

Describe the visual data access tools that come with Visual Basic.

Use the visual data access tools to create a connection to a data source and access data from the connection in an application.

View the structure of a database using the Data Environment designer and the Data View window.

Create database queries using Query Builder.

Create data-bound forms using the Data Environment designer, Data Form Wizard, and the ADO Data control.

Create a report using the Data Report designer.

Explain the benefits of using class modules in an application.

Use a class module to create a COM component within a Visual Basic project.

Create a COM component that exposes properties, methods, and events.

Create and use data-bound class modules.

Describe the benefits of using ActiveX controls.

Create an ActiveX control that exposes properties, methods, and events.

Use control events to save and load persistent properties.

Test and debug an ActiveX control.

Create and enable property pages for an ActiveX control.

Enable the data-binding capabilities of an ActiveX control.

Create an ActiveX control that is a data source.

List the major components of the ADO object model.

Explain how to handle errors using ADO.

Connect to a data source using ADO.

Use an ADO record-set object to retrieve and manipulate data.

Describe and use a disconnected record set.

Use an ADO record-set object to store nondatabase data.

Discuss SQL Server security implementations.

Describe different cursor locations and when to use a specific cursor type.

Use a stored procedure to execute a statement on a database.

Handle referential integrity errors.

Describe ways to enforce data integrity.

List the main steps required to use an external COM component in a Visual Basic-based application.

Create a Visual Basic-based client application that uses a COM component.

Create a Visual Basic-based application that handles events from a COM component.

Create a Visual Basic-based applica-tion that automates Internet Explorer.

Compile a project with class modules into a COM component.

Create an object model in a COM component.

Debug and test a COM component.

Describe a variety of techniques for optimizing the performance of an application.

Use the GetSetting and SaveSetting statements to save application-specific information to the registry.

Use resource files.

Create a Setup program using Package and Deployment Wizard.

Package an ActiveX control for use on a Web site.

List the ways Visual Basic can enhance a Web site.

Create applications that use the WebBrowser control.

Explain what Active Documents are.

Create an Active Document.

Use the DHTML Page designer to create client-side code components.

Use the Webclass designer to create server-side code components.