WVB (BCA 3rd)

SECTION-A

Introduction to Visual Basic :The Visual Basic Program Development Process; The Visual Basic

Environment; Opening a Visual Basic Project; Saving a Visual Basic Project; Running a Visual

Basic Project. Visual Basic Fundamentals: Constants; Variables; Data Types and Data

Declarations; Operators and Expressions; String Expressions; Library functions , Branching and

Looping Statements, Relational Operators and Logical Expressions; Branching with the if-Then

Block; Branching with if-Then -Else Blocks; Selection: Select-case; Looping with for-Next; Looping

With Do-Loop; Looping with While-Wend Visual Basic Control Fundamentals: Visual Basic

Control Tools; Control tool Categories; Working with controls; Naming Forms and Controls;

Assigning Property Values to Forms and Controls; Executing Commands(Event Procedures and

Command Buttons). Display Output Data (Labels and Text Boxes);Entering Input data(Text Boxes);

selecting Multiple Features(Check Boxes); selecting Exclusive Alternatives(Option Button and

Frames). Assigning Properties Collectively (The With Block); Generating Error Messages (The

MsgBox Function); Creating Times Events; Scrollbars

SECTION-B

Menus and Dialog Boxes :Building Drop-down Menus; accessing a Menu from the Keyboard;

Menu Enhancements; Submenus; Pop-up Menus; Dialog Boxes; Input Box. Executing and

Debugging a New Project : Syntax Errors; Logical Errors; Setting break Points; Defining Watch

Values; Stepping Through a Program; User- Induced Errors; Error Handlers. Procedures: Modules

and Procedures; Sub Procedure; Event Procedures; Function. Arrays: Array Characteristics; Array

declarations; Processing Array Elements; Passing Arrays to Procedures; Dynamic Arrays; ArrayRelated

Functions; Control Arrays 

SECTION-C

Using Class Modules: Object Oriented Principles; Creating Class Modules; Using Class Modules

Adding Properties and Events and Methods. Using COM Components : Introduction to ActiveX

Components and Component Object Model; Benefits of COM; Clients and Servers; Types of

ActiveX Components Available in Visual Basic; Creating user defines ActiveX Components;

Managing Components; The Visual Component Manager; Registering and Un Registering

Components. ActiveX Controls : Creating an ActiveX Control; Benefits of ActiveX Control; Adding

Properties; Methods and Events to the Control; Managing and Distribution of the Control; Built-in

Active X Controls. ActiveX EXE and ActiveX DLL: Introduction to ActiveX DLL and EXE; Creating

ActiveX EXE Component; Creating ActiveX DLL Component

SECTION-D

Data Access using ADO : Data Access Technology with VB ; The ActiveX Data Object Model;

Advantages of ADO and OLEDB; Connecting to a Data Source; Retrieving from a Data Source;

Sorting and Searching Data; Updating Data; Creating Dynamic Record Sets; Using Cursors; Cursor

Types; Locking; Accessing ADO Data Control. Data Environment and Data Report: Introduction;

Data Environment Designers; Working with Data Reports; Cut different types of Data Reports.