Includes index.

Contents: Overview: Starting visual basic -- Running visual basic -- Visual basic windows -- Getting help -- Leaving visual basic -- Exercises -- Forms: The First form -- Form properties -- Saving the form -- Adding new forms -- Saving and running -- Exercises -- Control: adding controls -- Control properties -- Common properties -- Standard controls -- Exercises -- Coding events: The Event-led environment -- Creating a procedure -- Using and changing properties -- Methods -- Lists -- Dealing with errors -- Executable files -- Exercises -- Coding events: The Event-led environment -- Creating a procedure -- Using and changing properties -- Methods -- Lists -- Dealing with errors -- Executable files -- Exercises -- Variables: Using variables -- Constants -- Expressions -- String variables and properties -- Functions -- String conversions -- Dates and times -- Arrars -- Exercises -- Basic instructions: Modules -- Creating modules and procedures -- Public and passed variables -- User-defined functions -- Conditional statements -- Case statements -- Loops -- Exercises -- Error handling: Debugging -- Trapping errors -- Exercises -- Menus: The Menu editor -- Menu properties -- Menu events -- Exercises -- Files: File selection -- File operations -- Sequential files -- Random access files -- Exercises -- Graphics: Pictures -- Lines and shapes -- Printing -- Exercises -- External databases: Accessing databases -- Internet access -- Exercises -- Solutions to exercises.