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For every assignment start another project (i.e. assignmentX, where X in assignment number). Attach ALL the files that are in that directory (sometimes there will be 3 files(xxx. frm , xxx.vbp , xxx.vbw), sometimes there will be more). Attach them to a single email message (so there will be 3 or more attachments), and do not ZIP them!
Naming conventions: Name all your files as follows: assig#-yourInitials. For example, John Brown would send the following 3 files as their assignment #3: A3-JB.frm, A3-JB.vbp, A3-JB.vbw). Note that there are 10 sequential assignments (A1..A10)
Also, there seems to be a confusion on what needs to be turned in. You do not need to turn in PC ACTIVITIES column projects. You do need to turn in assignments in ASSIGNMENT column.
One general comment regarding the homework assignments : I will help you with specific questions (i.e. When I do this, I get that compiler error - why?, however, there is nothing I can do if you tell me I don't understand Assignment xxx or I have trouble doing Assignment xxx .
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Activities Schedule for Visual Basic Students
Week start date	Topic Covered and Supplemental Links	Activities Projects (VB Book) or programming activities (direct link)	Assignments and Tests (homework is due on Friday of the given week)
8/25	Introduction to VB	Orientation	No assignments due
	Building a Simple Application	Introduction, Project 1	No assignments due
9/1	Simulating console IO Types, Assignment statements, Expressions, Formatting	Console Simulation Activity	*VB Conversion Assignment 1* *(Simple Output)* (4%) Additional requirements: Hint: Create a console application with following input fileds: Name, Experience and CS Major and one command button : Create Report When you click on Create Report, your console ouput should create a report equivalent to the one given in Simple Output assignments. In other words, this assignment (unlike the original) is interactive What are conversion assignments?
9/8	Intrinsic and ActiveX Controls	Project 2	*Equivalency Application* (VB1.64) (4%)
9/15	Decision statements	Decision Statement Activity	*VB Conversion Assignment 2 (Bill of Sales)* (5%) Hints: Instead of using statements like: `xxx.text="$"&price,`try `xxx.text=Format(price,"currency")` Make sure that you have input box for every item's quantity; however the item prices are constant and should not be entered by the user Report needs to be generated in ouput box just like we do it in console activitivities.
9/22	Forms, Dialogs, Executable files, Debugging	Project 3 (You do not need to create executable version of the project)	*Changing properties at runtime with checkbox control* (VB2.63) (5%) Additional notes /requirements : 1.When a box is checked the result has to show below the appropriate label, for example (numbers 3,7): Addition 10 2. When the checkbox is unchecked, the label has to revert to original title, without result, for example: Addition 3. If division by 0 is attempted, error message needs to appear, for example: Division Error! Hint: To accomplish this use if...then...else structure and label generation similar to what you have on page 2.53
9/29	Loop statements	Loop Activity	No assignments due
10/6	Menus, Controls, Dialogs, For Loops, Procedures	Project 4	*Creating and using a future value calculator* (VB3.76) (6%) Additional notes /requirements : 1. Replace Compute command button with About command button, which should produce a form very similar to one from the previous project 2. Calculate future value in "real time" – new future value should show as soon as you slide years or rate slide bar (therefore you don't need the Compute button) Hint 1 : look at your inches and centimeters project Hint 2:for calculating future value : instead PMT function that you used in the project, you will need FV function. FV is very similar to PMT ; if you don't have VBasic help files available, look it up under Excel help (Excel uses exact same PMT and FV functions). Test it on example given on figure 3-111
10/13	midterm		Midterm (25%)
10/20	Sub-programs	Sub-program Activity	*VB Conversion Assignment 3 (Grades)* (5%)
10/27	Drag and Drop Events and Coding	Project 5	*Writing a General Procedure* (VB4.58) (5%) (Notice that you need to do *Creating an Application Menu* first (VB4.56)
11/3	Arrays	Array1 Activity	No assignments due
11/10	More Array Algorithms	Array 2 (sorting) Activity	*VB Conversion Assignment 4 (Credit 1)* (5%) This should be an easy assignment - much more suited for visual then "standard" programming language. You need a couple of input boxes, one command button and the output box that will read either "Approved" or "Not approved". No validity check for your input data is necessary.
11/17	Records and Strings	Records Activity	*VB Conversion Assignment 5 (Credit 2)* (5%) You will need a loop in this program only if you use "pop-up" window approach (see Loop activities). If you use a form with input boxes for all input data (that are cleared after you click on "Approve" button), the only extra output is the "running" percentage of approved applications (that changes every time you approve/disprove another application. Make sure that you check the validity of data, before processing it.
11/24	Files	Files Activity	No assignments due
12/1	Study for final		*VB Conversion Assignment 6 (Grades 2)* (6%) In this assignment, you need two input boxes (for input and output file names - full directory path) and one command button (to create the file). You do not need an output box - I will check it by looking at output file that it produces. It is important that you do not "hardwire" the files (i.e. the user has to be able to enter something like this in input boxes : "c:\temp\myfile.txt"). Make sure that you use a separate subroutines for reading the file, sorting, assigning letter grade and writing the file.
12/8-12/10	take final	--	Final (25%)

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Activities Schedule for Visual Basic Students