Visual Basic for AVCE covers Edexcel Units 7 - Programming and Unit 22 - Programs: Specification to Production of the AVCE in Information and Communication Technology award. It also covers the AVCE Programming units for the other Examination Boards. Each Unit is divided into two parts: Part one teaches all the Visual Basic skills needed to produce a portfolio for the unit and Part two shows how to build this portfolio of practical work by using a sample case study and an assignment Visual Basic is used to teach programming concepts and each unit contains a sample project of an appropriate standard. (The projects require Visual Basic version 4 or higher.)

 

This book is part of a book series called Avce .

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 250 pages in this book. This book was published 2001 by Pearson Education Limited .

Derek Christopher is a lecturer in IT at Luton VI Form College.

This book has the following chapters: Introduction Unit 7 - Programming Part One - Visual Basic Skills Chapter 1 - Introducing Visual Basic 3 How to declare an array A Visual Basic Project The Visual Basic programming environment Naming objects Chapter 2 - Working with Controls Text Box List Box Combo Box Option Button Check Box Frame Timer Scroll Bars Chapter 3 - Working with Data Variables Data Types Declaring variables Scope of variables Constants Arithmetic operations on data Displaying output Chapter 4 - Selection What is selection? Types of selection in Visual Basic Testing multiple conditions Nested If structures Complex multiple conditions Select Case Extensions to Select Case Chapter 5 - Loops What is a loop? Types of loop in Visual Basic For Next Do While Loop Do Loop Until Chapter 6 - Handling Strings, Dates and Time Introduction Declaring strings ASCII Processing strings Handling dates Formatting date output Handling time Calculations with time Chapter 7 - Arrays What is an array? Static and Dynamic arrays Processing an array Two-dimensional arrays Control arrays Chapter 8 - Printing Printing to a form Printing to a printer Part Two - Building a Portfolio Chapter 9 - The Assignment: Gina's Groceries The case study The assignment tasks Meeting the Assessment Evidence Chapter 10 - Design What is design? Form design Printed report - the receipt Data storage Event procedures Processing Chapter 11 - Implementation The Form Form declarations Form's Load event Weighing, selecting and selling products Returning products Changing product details Other events Chapter 12 - Documentation Types of documentation User documentation User guide example Technical documentation Complete code listing Modular structure of Main form Modular structure of Players form Documenting general procedures Modular structure of Matches form Modular structure of Reports form Chapter 20 - Implementation: Main and Players Forms The Forms The Main form The Players form Chapter 21 - Implementation: Matches Standard module The Matches form Chapter 22 - Implementation: Reports Standard module The Reports form Printing the leagues Printing selected league results Printing all league results Chapter 23 - Documentation and Testing Documentation Testing Chapter 24 - Evaluation What you need to learn Assessment Evidence and the assignment An evaluation of TJ's Tennis Appendices Appendix A - Visual Basic's debugging tools Appendix B - Visual Basic skills used in the case studies Appendix C - Summary of the chapter programs Appendix D - Assessment Evidence for Unit 7 Appendix E - Assessment Evidence for Unit22 Index