4.6 Visual Programming (Using Visual Basic) (Common in Computer Engineering and Information Technology)

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4.

6 VISUAL PROGRAMMING (USING VISUAL BASIC)


(Common in Computer Engineering and Information Technology)

L T P
2 - 6
RATIONALE

Visual programming is the programming technique to make the task easy. This type of
programming has become very helpful for designing window based applications. This
subject will give the students an in depth understanding of the functions used in Visual
Basic. The practical exercise of Visual Basic during the course of the study will reinforce
the understanding of the subject.

DETAILED CONTENTS

1. Overview of visual programming, advantages of visual programming (02


hrs)

2. Introduction to Visual Basic (08


hrs)

Features and applications of VB – concept of integrated development


environment (IDE) – project application like standard Exe, Active X EXE, Data
reports

3. VB Structure (04
hrs)

Variable declaration types – user defined data types – scope and life of a variable
– arrays – constructors – control flow statements – procedures and functions.

4. Designing the User Interface


(04hrs)

Design aspects of VB forms – Elements of user Interface – properties of controls


– textbox, label, command button, check box and list box – designing forms and
displaying messages using above controls – control arrays.

5. Menus and Common Dialogue Control (04


hrs)

Creating menus at design time using menu design window – control menus and
runtime – create shortest keys for pull down menus – common dialogue control.

6. Display date, time, string type conversion and printing Information (04
hrs)
Data reports and environments – display tabular data in report form – date and
time – fundamentals of printing – printing with print form method.

7. Data Base Programming (04


hrs)

Connecting with database, using DAO, and ADO, NET, Displaying data in grids,
generating data reports using SQL.

9) Working with inbuilt Active X, Windows common control, creating own Active
X through Active X Control, Active X EXE, difference between EXE and DLL
(02
hrs)

LIST OF PRACTICALS

10) Exercise on opening projects like standard Exe, Active-X EXE and Active-X control
11) Exercise on all the menus of opening window of VB
12) Exercise on all basic controls
13) Exercise on design form
14) Exercise on small application using appropriate command
15) Exercise on menus
16) Writing programs using arrays
17) Exercise on Data base connectivity
18) Exercise on creating reports

INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY

This subject deals with the programming concept of VB and the subject is having both
theory and practical. While imparting instructions to the students, the teacher should
stress on the usage of various built in Active-X Controls, DLL files so that with the help
of which the students can develop application packages of their own

RECOMMENDED BOOKS

1. Mastering VB, by Evangelous Petroustsos BPB Publications, New Delhi


2. Teach Yourself VB by Techmedia Publications, New Delhi
3. Microsoft VB Manual by MS Press
4. Visual Basic & .Net by Null Dale, Michael Mc Millan, Chip Weems, Mark
Headigton, Narosa Publishing House pvt Ltd, Darya Ganj, New Delhi 110 002

SUGGESTED DISTRIBUTION OF MARKS

Topic No. Time Allotted (Hrs) Marks Allotted (%)


1 2 5
2 8 10
3 4 15
4 4 20
5 4 10
6 4 10
7 4 20
8 2 10
Total 32 100

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