IVY TECH COMMUNITY COLLEGE CINS 113 / Logic, Design & Programming / Internet Course Lab #4: Decisions

(Zak Chapters 8 and 9) Students name: Paul Inglis

INTRODUCTION: In the Resources section of Blackboard, there are links for installing Visual Basic 2010 Express Edition, and for downloading the data files you need for this course. Do those two things first before starting on this lab assignment. (Note: you can also use Visual Basic 2010 from Visual Studio 2010 for these assignments, although the interface might be slightly different.) There are videos in the Resources section of Blackboard for Chapters 8 and 9 that demonstrate all of the steps contained in the chapters. It is suggested that you view these videos, as well as read the chapters. ASSIGNMENT: 1) Read and work through Chapters 8 and 9 of the lab textbook, Clearly Visual Basic. 2) In Chapter 8 pages 115-138, you modify an application called the Bonus Solution. Modify the application as instructed, and make the following change: a. Near the bottom of the form, below the Bonus text box, add a label with the Text property, Designed by, followed by your name. In other words, if your name is Jane Doe, your label should have the Text property Designed by Jane Doe. b. On page 124, near the bottom, run the application in step 1 using the numbers in Figure 8-10. After you enter 500.25 for the sales and press Calculate, then take a screen shot of your form. Move to the end of this Word document and paste the screen shot. Then press ENTER. 3) In Chapter 9 pages 139-157, you modify an application called the AddSub Solution. Modify it as instructed, and make the following change: a. Near the bottom of the form, below the Answer text box, add a label with the Text property, Designed by, followed by your name. In other words, if your name is Jane Doe, your label should have the Text property Designed by Jane Doe. b. On page 149, after step 6, when you run the application with the numbers 5 and 12 and click Calculate, then take a screen shot of your form. Then press ENTER. 4) At the top of this page, replace the line after Students name with your name. 5) Click the Office Button, Prepare, and Properties, and type your name as the Author, and CINS 113 as the Subject. Close the Document Properties area by clicking the X at the right end of the yellow bar. 6) Save thisWord document. Close the document. 7) In Blackboard, go to the Lab #4 assignment, click on the View/Complete Assignment link. 8) Attach this file (CINS 113 VB Lab 04.doc) and click Submit. NOTES: 1) Any time you make changes to your Visual Basic program, you should use File / Save All to save all files associated with your program. Then use Build / Rebuild Solution to compile the program so that it can be run again. 2) In Blackboard, you can check to see if your file was submitted correctly. Go to My Grades, and in the column for this Lab, there should be a white exclamation mark on a green background. Click on the exclamation mark, and open up the submission page. Right-click on the link for your file, and see if it opens correctly. If not, contact your instructor immediately and ask for your attempt to be cleared. CHECKLIST FOR SUBMITTING THE ASSIGNMENT: You have entered your name at the top of this document after Students name In the Properties area, you have entered your name as the Author, and CINS 113 as the Subject The screen shots of the Bonus Solution form and the AddSub form should be pasted at the end of this document You have attached this file, CINS 113 VB Lab 04.doc, using the Blackboard View/Complete Assignment link You are ready to click Submit Check your file submission using the instructions in the Note section above