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Visual Basic Terms and Concepts

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Global Variablesaccessible by every procedure in a form module
Variable identifiermust begin with a letter
FallstrCov("fall,vbProperCase)
interpreterautomatically reads each line of program code as it is entered
constant declarationConst strFirstName As String="Mia"
text boxCan be used to obtain a value from a user
ThreeThe value of intStringPosition=InStr("poem","poe")
Captionchanges the text displayed in an object
Pseudocodean algoithm created using both English and VB code
MsgBox statementdisplays a VB predefined dialog box with a message and an OK button
Commentsused to explain and clarify program code for a human reader
variable declarationDim strFirstName As String
syntax errora statement that violates the rules of Visual Basic
Form Load event procedureis automatically executed when an applcation is running
doublea data type used to store a number with a decimal
Booleanevaluates to true or false
integera data type used to store whole numbers
stringa data type used to store all the characters on a keyboard
debuggingthe process of getting an application to run correctly
binarythe number system used by the computer
CPUa chip inside the computer that processes and controls the flow of data
event procedurea block of code that executes in response to an event
scopedetermines the accessibility of a variable
assignmentis used to change a property vaule at run time
propertiesdefine the appearance, behavior, position, and other attributes of an object
compilertranslates program code into a separate executable file
immediate windowdisplays the output of the Debug.Print statement


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