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Course: 1013
Exam #: 70-176, 70-175
Course description
Overview:
Students will learn how to develop desktop applications using Visual
Basic 6.0 that conform to the Microsoft Solution Framework. They will
plan the physical design, create user services, create and manage COM
components, test, deploy, and maintain desktop applications.
Prerequisites:
Visual Basic 6.0 Introduction or equivalent. Specifically, the student
must be able to:
Use Visual Basic 6.0 to develop a simple Windows
application. Isolate, identify, and correct errors in a Visual Basic
application. Develop and work with Microsoft Word, Excel and Access
files.
Delivery method:
Instructor-led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with
structured hands-on activities.
Benefits: Students
will learn how to create complex desktop applications using Visual Basic
6.0.
Target student:
Students enrolling in this course should understand Visual Basic
terminology, the steps to create an application, modular environments,
and the relationship between controls and events.
Performance-based objectives
Lesson objectives help students become comfortable
with the course, and also provide a means to evaluate learning. Upon
successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
§ Use
Visual Basic 6.0's debugging and error handling tools.
§ Describe
and create a Class Module.
§ Develop
COM components and implement them in your project.
§ Use
COM components developed by other authors, including Microsoft
programs like Word and Internet Explorer.
§ Connect
to a data source and retrieve data.
§ Display
retrieved data on screen and in reports.
§ Create
ActiveX controls using constituent controls.
§ Implement
help files and other tools to make your application user friendly.
§ Prepare
your application for Web deployment, optimize your application, and
deploy it.
§ Add
Visual SourceSafe to your project and use it to maintain control over
your project's versions.
§ Construct
SQL queries and explain the choices you have in cursor and record
locking options.
§ Build
applications using WebBrowser and Active documents.
Course content
Lesson 1: Debugging and Error Handling Review
Debugging Techniques and Tools
Error Trapping
Lesson 2: Introduction to COM
Class Modules
Building Class Modules Manually
Using Class Builder
Lesson 3: Using the Power Of COM
Creating COM Components
Threading Models
Testing Components
Lesson 4: Using COM Components
Using COM Components from Other Applications
Creating Objects for Components Four Ways
Lesson 5: Introduction to Data Access
Adding the Data Environment Designer
Retrieving Data from Connection
Data Services and ADO
Lesson 6: Presenting Data
Shaping and Organizing Data
Presenting On-screen Data
Printed Reports
Lesson 7: ActiveX Controls
ActiveX Controls and Constituent Controls
Using Layer of Automation To Provide Property And
Method Visibility
Property Pages
Data Aware Controls
Lesson 8: Implementing Help
Setting Help File Properties
Implementing Tool Tips
Lesson 9: Package and Deployment Wizard
Preparing Your Application
Optimization and Deployment
Deploying Your Application
Lesson 10: Visual SourceSafe
Adding Visual SourceSafe to Your Project
Using Visual SourceSafe
Lesson 11: Using SQL
SQL Overview
SELECT Statements
Cursors
Record Locking
Stored Procedures
Lesson 12: Internet Applications
WebBrowser Control
What Is an Active Document?
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