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Getting Starting In Visual Basic

Your First Program - Revised 1/29/01 Newbie?  This tutorial teaches you where to start and what to do.  From here you can move on to the other tutorials.

Forms

Buttons Learn to use buttons.
Captions Learn what captions do.
Changing the Name of a Label, Button, Etc. Learn how to change the name of a label, button, etc.
Showing A New Form Learn how to show another form.
Using the close button.(the little X) Shows you how to know when someone pushes the little X at the top righthand corner of your form.
Using Timers Demostrates how to use a timer.
Using Option Buttons Option Buttons are those cool little circles that you can click and a dot appears in it.  This tutorial teaches you how to use these simple devices.
Using DirListBoxes, DriveListBoxes, and FileListBoxes It is about time someone on the internet explained these useful devices.   This is useful for saving purposes in programs.

Code

Declaring and Using Variables Declaring and Using Variables
Division - Operators '/' and '\' Division in Visual Basic
Do Loops Using Do Loops
For Next Loops Using For...Next Loops
Free Disk Space - New 1/25/01 Code to find the Free Disk Space (Author: Shuan C)
If...Then...Else Using the If...Then...Else Statement
Random Numbers Generating Random Numbers
String Parsing(zip) Parsing Strings
Using Passwords(zip) Using Passwords
Writing and Reading Files - New 2/1/01 Learn how to write and read files!

Programs

Ascii Character Chart Creator(zip) - New 1/31/01 Demonstrates how to create the Ascii Character Chart in a textbox by use of a For Loop.

Recommended Books

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Visual Basic 6 For Dummies:   Recommended for Beginners by Andy Trozan.  Click on the cover for more information or if you are interested in purchasing the book.
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Dummies 101: Visual Basic 5 Programming by Wallace Wang and John Mueller:  Recommended for Beginners by Andy Trozan.   Click on the cover for more information or if you are interested in purchasing this book.

Quizes

Beginner Quiz Test your skills with this beginner quiz.
Intermediate Quiz Test your skills with this intermediate quiz.
Advanced Quiz Test your skills with this advanced quiz.

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