Authored by:
Jay Robert C. Fernandez, M.Sc.
Department of Computer Studies
Xavier University - Ateneo de Cagayan

Preface

Microsoft Visual Basic or simply VB is an incarnation of the old BASIC language. It gives you a complete and powerful Windows application development system in one package. VB give you a wide array of software tools to create diverse applications like database systems, games, and mathematical programs.

This manual is for programmers and would-be programmers who want to learn Visual Basic. It contains a brief summary of the basic and more important VB topics. It provides explained concepts and actual application code that you can copy and run. It presents both the background and the theory that a new Visual Basic programmer needs. The author though assumes that the student already knows about basic programming concepts such as flowcharting and algorithm formulation.

This manual was designed as a supplement to the Visual Basic classes of Xavier University. Beginners might find this insufficient for a comprehensive programmer's reference book. Teacher's guidance is expected as students go through the lessons.

Acknowledgements

The author would like to thank the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) for funding this project.

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