File Type           Description

FRM                 Form

BAS                  Module

FRX                  Automatically generated file for every graphic in your project

OCX                 ActiveX control

CLS                  Class module

VBP                  Visual Basic project

Detailed information about all your program’s files is stored in the project file. The project file lists all the files your program uses. Project files have the extension VBP.

You can keep track of all the files in your project with the Project Explorer. The Project Explorer provides a method to organize your project’s files and allows you to access them individually in form or code view.

Every time you run Visual Basic, you will see the New Project dialog. From this window, you can simply select the type of project you want to create. It is also possible to start a new project while Visual Basic is already running.

When you save your project, you actually save each individual part of your project as an individual file, and save the project file itself. When you save your project for the first time, Visual Basic automatically suggests a name for each file. This filename will be the same as the name of the form, with an appropriate extension for the type of file you are saving (refer to the Table). Thus, a module named modStart would be named modStart.bas because modules have the extension.bas.

Often, your programs will require more than one form or module. You can add new files to your project in two ways: by selecting the file type (such as form or module) that you want to add from the Project menu, or by adding files from the Project Explorer.

Visual Basic 6 allows you to work more than one project at a time. As you might imagine, working with multiple forms and modules that are used in different projects can get pretty confusing. To keep track of everything, you can use the Project Explorer and a project group, which is a collection of projects. Project groups can be saved as a file, just like a form, module, or project.

 

The words to the text:

conversational                            разговорный        

to consist of                               состоять из

to allow                                      позволять, разрешать

to edit                                         редактировать

to enable                                     позволять, давать возможность

to define                                     определять

screen                                         экран

extension                                   расширение, распространение

portable                                     переносной, передвижной    

to scheme                                  замышлять, планировать         

entity                                         реальное существование, реальность, сущность

flip                                             обратный

to intend                                    намереваться 

flaw                                           недостаток

keystroke                                  нажатие на клавиатуру

to contain                                 содержать

to create                                   создавать

to bake                                     печь

oven                                         духовка

application                               применение, метод, приложение

link                                           звено, связь

to attach                                   прикреплять, связывать

to store                                    накапливать

 access                                     доступ

to suggest                                предлагать, советовать

appropriate                              подходящий

to add                                      добавлять

multiple                                  многочисленный

to confuse                               смешивать, спутывать

 

Look through the text and find equivalents to the following terms.

 

которые позволяют редактировать

взаимодействовать с программой

во время ее выполнения

дан линейный номер

определяет логическую последовательность

печатает текст программы

не переносятся на другой тип

предоставлять (давать) указания

в форме программного обеспечения

смешиваете ингредиенты

которые составляют вашу программу

помнить (знать) о проекте

подробная информация

отслеживать все файлы

можете легко выбрать

как отдельный файл

будут требоваться

выбором типа файла

 

Choose the definitions to the following terms.

application generator                            A rectangle on the desktop that displays information.

 

user-friendly                                        A component of the CPU which coordinates all the other

                                                              parts of the computer system.

 

track                                                    To copy information from the RAM to a disk.

 

window                                                A tool that allows applications to be created interactively.

 

desktop                                                A program that darkens the screen after you have not

                                                             worked for several minutes.

 

screen saver                                          An expression used to describe computers which are designed

                                                              to be easy to use, by means of self-explanatory interaction

                                                              between users and computers.

 

save                                                       An area of work – the menu bar and other sections of the screen

 

control unit                                          An area marked on the surface of a disk.

 

Answer the questions.

1. What main parts does Basic consist of?

2. How does Basic enable the user?

3. What is your task as a programmer?

4. What is the main flaw?

5. What is the compiler? 

6. What is the operating system?

7. What are software objects?

8. What is a project?

9. What is the first thing that you should keep in mind about a project?

10. What is the project file?

11. What method does the Project Explorer provide?

12. In what ways can you add new files to your project?

 13. What is a project group?