UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS
B.Sc. DEGREE COURSE IN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
SEMESTER SYSTEM WITH CREDITS
(Effective from the Academic Year 2003-2004)

SYLLABUS

Semester V - BSE 305 - Visual Programming

Lecture Per Week: 6 hrs
Duration of Examination: 3 hrs
Maximum Marks: 100
Credits: 4

Unit I

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 II

Displaying Information - Determinate Loops - Indeterminate Loops Conditionals - Built in Functions - Functions and Procedures.

Unit III

Lists - Arrays - Sorting and Searching - Records - Control Arays - Combo Boxes - Grid Control - Projects with Multiple forms - Do Events and Sub Main - Error Trapping.

Unit IV

VB Objects - Dialog Boxes - Common Controls - Menus - MDI Forms - Testing, Debugging and Optimization - Working with Graphics.

Unit V

Monitoring Mouse activity - File Handling - File System Controls - File System Objects - COM / OLE - automation - DLL Servers - OLE Drag and Drop.

Books for Study:

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

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