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Information Management BAsics

Information Management Reviewer and notes

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Information Management Reviewer and notes

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Basics

Windows:
 Menu Bar
- Selection of menus to be used within Visual Studio.
 Toolbox
- Selection of tools and form controls to be dragged and
dropped on the form.
 Form View
- The form itself where you design the system/application
 Code View
- View of the form in lines of codes with the programming
language of Visual Basic
 Output Window
- Window that appears when you run and debug the
form.
 Properties Window
- Window to edit and manipulate the properties of each
form controls.

Toolbox Window
Pointer :
- an item in the toolbox that doesn’t draw a control.
- used to move and resize controls and forms.
Label :
- used to insert plain texts around the application
- allows you to have texts that you don’t want users to
change, such as captions, title, etc.
TextBox :
- holds texts that the user can either enter or change
- a control used for data input.
Button :
- a form control that does an action when accessed
- used for various purposes around an application.
CheckBox :
- used to display multiple choices that users can choose
more than one.
- a form control that has values of either true or false, on or
off, yes or no.
CheckedListBox :
- lists check box next to each item.
- used to display a list of items from which the user can
choose.
ComboBox :
- allows you to draw a combination list box and text box.
- users can either choose an item from the list or enter a
value in the text box.
DateTimePicker :
- displays a calendar picker to choose the date and day.
GroupBox :
- a container for other controls to be grouped
- for easier organization of elements on an application
Displaying a Message using Message Box.

MsgBox(“Text”) – older way of displaying a message box


Message.Box(“Text”) – an object-oriented approach

Declaring a Variable:
Dim (Dimension) – defines a variable’s specific location

Data Types:
Dim varName As String – initiates a String variable. (Any texts,
words, phrases)
Dim varName As Char – initiates a Char Variable. (Single
character)
Dim varName As Integer – initiates an Integer variable.
(Numerical numbers with whole numbers)
Dim varName As Decimal – initiates a Decimal variable.
(Numerical numbers with decimal values)
Dim varName As Boolean - initiates a Boolean variable. (values
of true or false)
Dim varName As Date - initiates a Date variable. (American
Format: #dd/mm/yyyy#)

Naming Convention:

String = st+Name ex: Dim stName As String


Char = c+Letter ex: Dim cLetter As Char
Integer = i+Age ex: Dim iAge As Integer
Decimal = dec+Price ex: Dim decPrice As Decimal
Boolean = b+Minor ex: Dim bMinor As Boolean
Date = dt+Birthdate ex: Dim btBirthdate As Date

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