VISUAL PROGRAMMING

Table of Contents
Unit-I 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Objectives 1.2 Content 1.2.1 Traditional programming paradigm 1.2.2 Overview of Windows Program 1.2.3 Data Types 1.2.4 Resources 1.2.5 Windows Messages 1.2.6 Device Contexts 1.2.7 Document Interface 1.2.8 Dynamic Linking Libraries 1.2.9 SDK (Software Development Kit) Tools 1.2.10 Context Help 1.3 Revision Points 1.4 Intext Questions 1.5 Summary 1.6 Terminal Exercises 1.7 Supplementary Materials 1.8Assignments 1.9 Reference Books 1.10 Learning Activities 1.11 Keywords Unit II 2.0 Introduction 2.1 Objectives 2.2 Content 2.2.1 Goals of user Interface Design 2.2.2 Three Modules 2.2.3 Visual Interface Design 2.2.4 File System 2.2.5 Storage and retrieval System 2.2.6 Simultaneous Multiplatform development 2.2.7 Interoperability 2.2.8 Form Design 2.2.9 Overview 2.2.10 Programming Fundamentals 2.2.11 VBX contrles 2.2.12 Graphics application 2.2.13 Animation 47 47 48 48 53 53 55 57 58 58 59 61 61 69 70 71 Page.No 1 1 2 2 5 10 12 12 27 30 39 40 42 43 43 44 45 45 45 46 46 46

2.2.14 Interfacing 2.2.15 File System Controls 2.2.16 Data Control 2.2.17 Database applications 2.2.18 Report Generation 2.3 Revision points 2.4 Intext Questions 2.5 Summary 2.6 Terminal Exercises 2.7 Supplementary Material 2.8 Assignments 2.9 Reference Books 2.10 Learning Activity 2.11 Keywords Unit-III 3.0 Introduction 3.1 Objectives 3.2 Content 3.2.1 Frame work classes (MFC) 3.2.2 VC++ components 3.2.3 Resources 3.2.4 Event Handling 3.2.5 Message Dispatch system 3.2.6 Mode and Modeless Dialogs 3.2.7 Importing VBX Controls 3.2.8 Document View Architecture 3.2.9 Serialization 3.2.10 Mutiple Document Interface (MDI) 3.2.11 Splitter windows 3.2.12 Co-ordination between controls 3.2.13 Sub classing 3.3 Revision points. 3.4 Intext Questions 3.5 Summary 3.6 Terminal Exercises 3.7 Supplementary Material 3.8 Assignments 3.9 Reference Books 3.10 Learning Activity 3.11 Keywords Unit-IV 4.0 Introduction

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4.1 Objectives 4.2 Contents 4.2.1 Mini Data base Applications 4.2.2 Embedding Controls in view 4.2.3 Creating User defined DLLs 4.2.4 Dialog based applications 4.2.5 Dynamic Data transfer functions 4.2.6 User Interface Classes 4.2.7 Database Management with ODBC 4.2.8 Communicating with other applications 4.2.9 Object Linking and embedding 4.3 Revision points 4.4 Intext Questions 4.5 Summary 4.6 Terminal Exercises 4.7 Supplementary Material 4.8 Assignments 4.9 Reference Books 4.10 Learning Activity 4.11 Keywords Unit-V 5.0 Introduction 5.1 Objectives 5.2 Contents 5.2.1 Advanced topics 5.2.2 Active X controls 5.2.3 COM 5.2.4 DCOM 5.2.5 COM+ 5.2.6 Message Queuing 5.3 Revision points 5.4 Intext Questions 5.5 Summary 5.6 Terminal Exercises 5.7 Supplementary Material 5.8 Assignments 5.9 Reference Books 5.10 Learning Activity 5.11 Keywords

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