~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~www.epublish-scotland.com~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ INTRODUCTION This is a tutorial for those wanting to learn how to program using Visual Basic. It can be used by teachers and lecturers as a resource for their students. It can also be used by independent learners. The Evaluation Copy is limited to roughly a quarter of the course and can be freely used - if it is distributed then that's fine, provided that this readme.txt file is included. The full version runs to about 190 pages in Word 97 format, and somewhat less in HTML format. Different versions are available to cover Visual Basic version 4 and also Visual Basic versions 5 and 6. It is distributed on a shareware basis for the modest sum of 12 UK Pounds Sterling (around US$20) - see below. The material has been developed over a period of time and aims to cover the basic principles by the use of structured examples to progressively build essential skills. Constructive comments and suggestions are welcome - free upgrades to those whose ideas are included in any future release! ********************************** SETUP: So that your system display is compatible with our screenshots, you may wish to setup your system in a similar way to ours. Here are the main steps: Visual Basic v4 1. Tools -> Options -> Editor tab click Identifier Text choose magenta for Foreground colour Visual Basic v5/6 1. Tools -> Options -> Docking tab uncheck Properties Window uncheck Project Explorer uncheck Toolbox 2. Tools -> Options -> Advanced tab check SDI Development Environment 3. Tools -> Options -> Editor Format tab click Identifier Text choose magenta for Foreground colour ********************************** ORDERING THE FULL VERSION We support the shareware principle and hope that you will appreciate the costs and work involved in producing the software that we offer. If you feel that you can make good use of it, then we're delighted and we hope you will accept that the modest cost will be worthwhile and that it will also allow us to continue producing a wider variety of material. We consider it fair to point out that, if you are ordering this for use in a school/college, then we are happy to supply the material on a one-per-establishment basis such that no site license is necessary. Anyone who distributes copies of the full product beyond this limit will have to live with that on their conscience and they are advised to consider whether that burden of guilt is tolerable... We can process orders which are accompanied by a UK Cheque or International Money Order for 12 UK Pounds Sterling. Alternatively, our secure online ordering system is available if that would be more convenient to you. You can find this facility on our website - it accepts most major credit cards and allows you to download the full version straight away. If you would like the software to be posted to you on a floppy disk in zipped format then please add 1 UK Pound Sterling handling charge. Alternatively, you can supply an email address and we will email you details of how to download the full version. You may wish to copy and paste the form below - please take care to complete all the relevant details: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HTML WEB PAGE DESIGN COURSE Name: _________________________________ Address: _________________________________ *** _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ Email: _________________________________ Format: ________________(HTML or Word 97) *** *** only necessary if you require delivery by post Please send the completed form to : ePublish Scotland 236 Magdala Terrace Galashiels Scotland TD1 2HT Cheques should be made payable to 'ePublish Scotland' Thank you for your custom - we hope you find the material useful! ePublish Scotland can also be contacted at: info@epublish-scotland.com and our website is at: www.epublish-scotland.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~