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Project Goals

Below is a list of the goals that were set for my Visual Basic project.  All of my goals were accomplished.

Use the ConnectionString, specifically applying:
          Open, Close, ConnectionString, State
          Universal Data Link
Use the Recordset Object, specifically applying:
          Open, Close, GetRows, ActiveConnection, BOF, EOF
          CursorLocation, CursorType, Fields, LockType, Source, State
Use the Command Object, specifically applying:
         Execute, ActiveConnection, CommandText, and State
Use the Fields Collection
Use ADO to build an n-tier database application, specifically applying:
          Design patterns
          Business Object Data Transfer (BODT)
          Array function, variant array utilization
Handle user input error using 3-tier techniques
Use the Validate Event to communicate from the UI-tier to the business-tier
Use Err.Raise to communicate errors from the business-tier to the UI-tier
Discuss definitions and terminology, purpose, and advantages of ActiveX Components
Discover the differences between ActiveX DLL and ActiveX EXE components
Build an ActiveX DLL Component
Compile an ActiveX component
Compile an ActiveX component
Test an ActiveX component
Deploy an application on a client workstation:
          Use the Package and Deployment Wizard to create dependency files
          Use the Package and Deployment Wizard to create a setup program
          Use the setup program to install your application
          Verify that files are installed and registered
Discuss the advantages of Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS)
Use the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) and MTS Explorer to manage MTS activities such as creating, deleting, and exporting packages, and creating components
Observe components in action by watching the "spinning balls":
Create, delete, and export MTS packages
Create and successfully deploy MTS components
Discuss the evolution of Web-based development
Discuss Web-based architectures
Articulate ASP architecture
Articulate the difference between:
          HTML
         Client-side scripting
         ASP (Server-side scripting)
Establish/manage a Web site using IIS
         Establish a physical directory
         Establish a virtual directory
Create and run a basic ASP application
Apply objects within the Active Server Object model to Web development
Utilize the Request object
Utilize the Response object
Create a simple ASP application that receives information from a user and responds based on the user input
Test a simple ASP application
Use the ASP Server object to create ActiveX objects
Use ASP to manage ActiveX objects
Create a simple ASP application that accesses data through MTS business-tier components

     




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