Introduction to Computing Dr. Nadeem A Khan

Lecture 4

Practice Problem A list has various items to be bought along with their quantities and rates. Items have to be bought in the same order and in complete quantities as they are listed. Available money for buying these items is Rs. 1000. Make a flow chart of a program to determine and display how many items can be bought and the remaining balance.

Editions of Visual Basic 6 Three editions: Learning Edition Professional Edition Enterprise Edition Learning Edition is enough Others can also be utilized

Integrated Development Environment Integrated Development Environment (IDE) is a place to create your applications. It is integrated because you can virtually access all of the development tools from one screen called the interface. The IDE is also called the design environment.

Components of IDE The visual basic is made up of a number of components Menu bar Tool bar Project explorer Properties window Form layout window Toolbox Form design Object browser

IDE Menu Bar Tool Bar Form Toolbox Form Designer Properties Window Form Layout Window Project Explorer

Properties Window

View Code Toggle Folders View Object Project Explorer

Toolbox Picture Box Label Control Text Box Frame Control Command Button Check Box Option Button Combo Box List Box Horizontal Scroll Bar Vertical Scroll Bar Drive List Timer Control File List Box Directory List Box Line Object Shape Object Image Object Data Control OLE Control Toolbox

Toolbar Project Wizard Dropdown List Project Explorer Window Open Project Cut Form Layout Window Add Module Drop-Down List Start Undo Toolbox End Paste Redo Add Standard Exe Project Data View Window Save Project Find Break Object Browser Add Form Copy Properties Window Menu Editor Toolbar

Remember Assignment 1 Send an email confirming that you have seen the course-outline and any other remark on the course outline (if any). Email to: Ehtisham Rasheed ( for Section 1) Mudassir Ali (for Section 2) Deadline: 5:00 p.m, 11 Sept. 2002 No credit after the deadline

Remember the Reading Assignment Chapter 1-4 of the book “Computer Concepts ” Second Edition by Parsons Oja You may be tested in Quizzes/Exams on this material

Material Covered David Schneider: Scott Warner: Chapter 1 & 2 Most of Chapter 1

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