VISUAL BASIC

HOW TO START VISUAL BASIC ?

1. Click ‘Start’ Program Files. . .From next menu click ‘Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0’ >.

From next menu click ‘Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0’.

2. Visual Basic 6 will appear and will ask you to choice the form. Select ‘Standard EXE’ and

Click ‘Open’.

3. The standard blank form will appear. Now, you have to work on this form. The screen will

be looked like as below.

Newly opened Form.

4. Left side of the screen you can find the ‘General’ Tools Bar. There are tools like (a) Pointer (b) Picture

Box © Label (d) Text Box (e) Frame (f) Command Button (g) Check Box (h) Option Button (i) Combo Box (j) List Box (k) Hscroll Bar (l) Vscroll Bar (m) Timer (n) Drive List Box (o) Dir List Box

(p) File List Box (q) Shape ® Line (s) Image (t) Data (u) OLE .

You can find more and more Tools from . . . .

HOW TO FIND OUT MORE TOOLS ?

5. Click on pull down menu ‘Project’ from this menu click ‘Components’. From it’s next screen click

‘Controls’. A list of controls or tools will be displayed, from this list choice and click the check

boxes of the items which you need and click ‘OK’. The items have been chosen by you will

display in the ‘Tool Bar’.

WORK ON THE FORM

Here I am telling you about only your training project. Visual Basic is so large I can’t express

It briefly because it will take minimum 6 months time. So I suggest you to learn it your-self. It is

Very interesting software like magic.

The picture above is the designing screen.

HOW TO DESIGN THE FORM ?

The short descriptions have been given to design this simple form below of this Form.

This is a sample form. Study this form carefully. Details below :-

6. Now see the Form above.

(a) Click on the ‘Data’ in tool box (left on the screen), data is selected. Now click and drag the

the mouse pointer on the form (where you want to paste it), Data control will be pasted on

the form. Before setting it’s property, just create a ‘DSN’ (Data Source Name).

HOW TO CREATE A DSN ?

(i) Click on window’s ‘Start’ then click ‘Control Panel’.

Note : - If you are working with Windows 98 then Double click on “ODBC Data Source[32 bits]

If Windows 2000 then click ‘Control Panel’ on the next screen double click “Administrative

Tools” and then on next screen click “Data Source(ODBC)”.

(ii) Next screen (ODBC Data Source Administrator) screen. Click on menu ‘User DSN’ then click

On ‘Add’ button, from next screen choose ‘Microsoft ODBC for Oracle’ and click ‘Finish’

Button, it will display another screen. Here . . . . .

Data Source Name : Or as you like

Oracle Data

Description : Or you can type as you want

scott

User Name : User name scott

Bhel

Server : Server name (your server)

Then click ‘OK’ button. Your DSN name “XYZ” created.

7. Click on ‘Data1’ (Data Control), the item will be selected. Now press ‘F4’ key or click

On ‘Properties Window’ Icon on second line from top. Generally right side of the screen

Property window will appear.

Data1

SET IT’S PROPERTY :

(a) (Name) : It is default. You can set any name.

Data1

(b) Caption : You can set any name.

ODBC;DSN=XYZ;UID=SCOTT;PWD=TIGER;SERVER=bhel;

© Connect :

1 – Use ODBC

(d) Default Type :

1 – Dynaset

(e) RecordSet Type :

Abc_trng

(f) Record Source : Table name here

(g)

False

Visible :

8. From Tool Bar select ‘A’ or Label, drag it on the form, on top for headings.

Label1

PROPERTIES :

(a) (Name) : It is default. You can set ‘L1’ or any name.

STUDENT’S PROJECT

(b) Caption : Type as you like.

MS Sans Serif . . . .

© Font : Click here to set Fonts.

9. FORM’S PROPERTIES :

Form1

(a) (Name) : It is default name. Replace it with a name.

(b) You can set Back Color or Fore Color etc.

(d)

True

Visible :

(e)

2 – Maximized

Window State :

10. Click on Tool Bar, drag a Label on the Form.

L2

SET PROPERTIES :

(a) (Name) : Or any name

Roll_No. :

(b) Caption : Field Name

11. Take a TextBox from ToolBar , Drag it on the Form (just right to L2).

SET PROPERTIES :

t1

(a) (Name) : Or any name

Roll_No

(b) DataField : Click on down arrow and select field.

Data1

(c ) DataSource : Click on down arrow and select

(d) Text : keep it blank

12. Through this method create other Labels and TextBoxes for other fields up to last field.

13. Click on ToolsBar and drag a horizontal line on the form.

14. Click on ToolsBar and take a Button and drag it on the form, just below the horizontal line.

cmdInsert

SET PROPERTIES :

(a) (Name) : Or any name

(b)

Insert

Caption :

MS Sans Serif . . .

(c ) Font : Click here and set font’s size.

15. Through this way . . . . create other buttons on the form like . . . .

‘Save’ , ‘Modify’ , ‘Delete’ , ‘First’ , ‘Previous’ , ‘Next’ , ‘Last’ , ‘Refresh’ , ‘Exit’

and ‘Find’ .

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