VISUAL PROGRAMMING MADRAS UNIVERSITY SYLLABUS

Title of the Course/  Paper	VISUAL PROGRAMMING
Elective	III Year & Fifth Semester	Credit: 4
Objective of the course	To inculcate knowledge on Visual Basic concepts and Programming.
Course outline	Unit 1: Customizing a Form - Writing Simple Programs - Toolbox - Creating Controls - Name Property - Command Button - Access Keys - Image Controls - Text Boxes - Labels - Message Boxes - Grid - Editing Tools - Variables - Data Types - String - Numbers.
	Unit-2:  Displaying Information - Determinate Loops - Indeterminate Loops - Conditionals - Built-in Functions - Functions and Procedures.
	Unit 3: Lists - Arrays - Sorting and Searching - Records - Control Arrays - Combo Boxes - Grid Control - Projects with Multiple forms - DoEvents and Sub Main - Error Trapping.
	Unit-4:  VB Objects - Dialog Boxes - Common Controls - Menus - MDI Forms - Testing, Debugging and Optimization - Working with Graphics.
	Unit-5 : Monitoring Mouse activity - File Handling - File System Controls - File System Objects - COM/OLE - automation - DLL Servers - OLE Drag and Drop.

1. Recommended Texts

Gary Cornell - Visual Basic 6 from the Ground up - Tata McGraw Hill - 1999.

Noel Jerke - Visual Basic 6 (The Complete Reference) - Tata McGraw Hill – 1999