DEPARTMENT OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION

NDHRA PRADESH
Name of the faculty : G. Radha
Designation : Lecturer
Branch : CCP
Institute : SG Govt. Polytechnic, Adilabad
Year / Semester : V Semester
Subject : Visual Basic – I
Subject Code : CCP - 503
Topic : Understand the Basics of VisualBasic
Duration : 50 Mts.
Sub Topic : Know about the Help System in VB &
how to Save, Debug and
Distribute VB Application
Teaching Aids : Animations & Images
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Objectives:
On completion of this period, you would be able to
 Understand the Help System of Visual Basic
 Save, Debug and distribute VB application
Recap

In the previous period, we have discussed

about

 Browsing through various menus on the Menu

Bar

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Following points will be covered
in this Period

 Understand the Help System in Visual Basic

 Save, Debug and Distribute VB Application

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Help System in VB

 The setup program that installs VB

automatically installs huge volume of help
information
 VB comes with a large collection of help files
 On-line help system is one of the important
features in VB
 Help is last option of VB Menu Bar

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Help Menu

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Help Menu Options
It gives the user a detailed guide on how to
use the help system. The options are :
 Contents
 Index
 Search
 Technical Support
 Microsoft on the Web
 About Microsoft Visual Basic

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Contents Option

 It tells the user how

the VB help system
is organized

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Index Option

 This choice takes the

user to exactly the
same places as help
topics

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Search Option

 It helps the user to

search help on a
specific topic

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Technical Support Option

 It tells the user how to

get help from Microsoft
 This option also
contains hints on
advanced topics

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Microsoft on the Web Option

 It provides the URL for

Microsoft Web Pages
 It also includes the
Internet address of the
MS FTP sites for VB

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About Microsoft Visual Basic Option

 It displays the
System
Information button

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System Information

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To Save VB Application

 Select the File Option from the Menu Bar

 Click on the item SAVE PROJECT AS
 Specify a name to your application and click on
the button SAVE

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Saving VB Application

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Debugging an Application

 Debugging means removing errors in a program

 To debug an application we have 3 key windows
in VB. They are :
 Immediate Window
 Watch Window
 Local Window

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Debugging Options

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Immediate Window

 It opens automatically when your application is

in break mode
 We can then type or paste a line of code and
press Enter to run it

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Watch Windows

 It allows the user to watch the value of variables

in the application that we place in the window
 We can update the values of the variables at any
run time during a break to see the effect

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Local Window

 It automatically displays all the declared

variables in the current procedure and their
values

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Distribute VB Application

 The application setup wizard takes care of

packaging your application for distribution
 It creates exe file of the Main form of VB
Application
 It breaks the installation program into pieces to
distribute in diskettes
 It creates a new application whose purpose is to
install your application on the host computer

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Summary

We have discussed about :

 Help option of Menu Bar in VB and its

options. Menu option
 Saving, Debugging and Distributing the VB
Application Project

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Quiz

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1. Help option is available in ______
A. Menu Bar
B. Standard Tool Bar
C. Edit Tool Bar
D. Format Tool Bar

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2. Save Project option is available under
which option of Menu Bar ?
A. Project
B. View
C. File
D. Tools

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3. Debugging is
A. Running the Application
B. Removing errors
C. Compiling the Application
D. Editing the code

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Frequently Asked Questions

1. Explain in brief about Help System in Visual Basic.

2. Write the procedure to
a) Save
b) Debug
c) Distribute VB Application.

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