Lab 1.0 – CIS112 Textbook

Goals:

w Gain experience retrieving class material from the web

w Get the 112 textbook

Purpose:

In order to ensure that everyone has a uniform background in Visual Basic for the remainder of the course, we will start with an overview of the most important basics of computer science and of VB.

__1. Go to the web page containing the 112 textbook.

w Point your browser to:

http://faculty.kutztown.edu/rieksts/241/112Book/main.html

w Important point: This lab has only been tested using Internet

Explorer. It may work differently or not at all under other browsers.

w Notice that you can choose to have the book in either MS Word or

MS Works format. Since the book was originally done in Works,

that is the better choice, if you have access to Works for viewing

and/or printing the book.

w Notice also that the book is a zipped file.

__2. Download the zipped file.

w Click on your choice of format.

w In the dialogue window that opens up,

choose “Save this file to disk”.

w Choose a directory (folder) on your machine in which to place the

file. The Word format file is about 384 KB in size. The Works

format one is about 272 KB.

__3. Unzip the file.

w Note: The tools available for handling zipped files vary from one

version of Windows to another. The instructions below are based on

Windows ME. If they do not work for your machine, try to adapt

them. For instructions specific to your machine, bring up Windows

Help and type extract in the search window.

w Go to the directory on your machine in which you saved the

downloaded file. Single click on the icon for that folder.

w From the File menu choose Extract All . .

w Choose the location for the directory containing the book (or accept

the suggested location). Keep in mind that its extracted size will be

about 5.3 MB for the Word format and about 5.1 MB for the Works

format.

w Click on Next.

w Click on Finish.

__4. Examine the unzipped directory.

w How many chapters does the book have?

w What does it have in addition to chapters?

__5. Read Chapter One of the book, and answer the following questions.

w Note: Since the book has over 150 pages, you may want to keep it in

electronic form and just read it at your screen.

w Objects have _____, respond to _____, and are acted on by _____.

w What comes in the form <object-name>_<event> ?

w Which VB event occurs whenever a form comes to the forefront of

the screen?

w Which VB property determines whether or not an object can respond

to user initiated events?

w What provides a space for designing all of the forms of a project?

__6. Carry out the instructions for Labs 1.0, 1.1 and 1.2 of Chapter One.

w Note: You do not need to submit anything in writing for those labs.