Chapter 1 Microsoft Certification Exams 1
The Exam Situation 2
Exam Layout And Design 4
Recognizing Your Test Type:Fixed-Length Or Adaptive 6
Exam-Taking Basics 10
Question-Handling Strategies 10
Mastering The Inner Game 11
Additional Resources 12
Chapter 2 Visual Basic Data Types 15
Data Types Introduced 16
The Is Functions 26
User-Defined Types 27
Enurm 28
Constants 28
Visual Basic Defaults 29
Explicit Variable Declaration 30
Visual Basic Arrays 34
Practice Questions 40
Need To know More? 44
Chapter 3 Application Components 45
Visual Basic Development 46
Service, Please 58
The Visual Basic Project 61
Visual Basic Procedures 67
Practice Questions 70
Need To Know More? 74
Chapter 4 Interacting With The User 75
The Global Object 76
Forms And MDIForms 80
Menu Control 85
Methods, Properties, Events, And Controls 86
Controls 94
Practice Questions 110
Need To Know More? 113
Chapter 5 Visual Basic Coding 115
Visual Basic 6 Language Extensions 116
Review Of The Visual Basic Language 121
The Collection Class 127
The Dictionary Object 131
Creating Classes 133
Practice Questions 146
Need To Know More? 150
Chapter 6 Interapplication Communications 153
Interapplication Communications 154
Using API Functions 161
Communicating With Windows 164
Practice Questions 169
Need To Know More? 173
Chapter 7 Visual Basic ActiveX Components 175
ActiveX Exposed 176
Types Of ActiveX Components 178
More On ActiveX, COM, And DCOM 179
Compiling The ActiveX Component 182
Practice Questions 189
Need To Know More? 193
Chapter 8 Error Handling In Visual Basic 6 195
What Is An Error? 196
What Is Error Handling? 196
The Err Object 197
Preventing Errors 200
Handling Error Procedures 203
Practice Questions 207
Need To Know More? 213
Chapter 9 Data Access Models 215
Visual Basic Data Models 216
ABCs Of ADO 217
The Employee Maintenance Program 242
Practice Questions 246
Need To Know More? 250
Chapter 10 Data Access Tools, Objects, And Controls 253
The Adodc 254
Data Binding In Visual Basic 6 255
The DataEnvironment Object 261
Data-Aware Classes 265
The DataReport Object 267
The Format Object And Binding Collection 268
Practice Questions 271
Need To Know More? 274
Chapter 11 Implementing Online User Assistance 277
Overview Of User Help 278
Providing Help For Your ActiveX Components 282
Practice Questions 284
Need To Know More? 286
Chapter 12 Debugging The Visual Basic Application 287
Visual Basic Environment Modes 288
The Debug Toolbar 288
The Debugging Process 289
The Debug Object 293
Debugging ActiveX Components 294
Practice Questions 297
Need To Know More? 302
Chapter 13 Compiling With Visual Basic 6 303
The P-Word Vs.The M-Word 304
Compilation Basics(No Pun Intended) 304
Compiling Your VB Application 309
Conditional Compilation 310
Practice Questions 312
Need To Know More? 315
Chapter 14 Distributing The Visual Basic Application 317
The Setup Options 318
Creating The Package 318
Deploying The Package 325
The Setup Toolkit 327
Managing Scripts 327
Practice Questions 328
Need To Know More? 331
Chapter 15 Sample Test 333
Questions, Questions, Questions 333
Picking Proper Answers 334
Decoding Ambiguity 335
Working Within The Framework 336
Preparing For The Test 338
Taking The Test 338
Sample Test 340
Chapter 16 Answer Key 379
Glossary 399
Index 417