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CHAPTER ONE

1.0 INTRODUCTION

Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) is an accepted program

for students skills training that are part of the minimum academic requirement in

different degree programs for all Nigerian Universities, Polytechnics, and

Technical colleges. It was introduced by the Federal Government of Nigerian and

coordinated in cooperation with Industrial Training Fund (ITF) and National

University Commission (NUC).

Among the goal of this scheme are to blend the theoretical and practical

aspect of Science, Engineering, Medical, Agriculture and other Educational

professional programs in Nigerian Universities. It is directed towards exposing

students to professional work, Machines, Equipments, ways to protect the work

environments and in different firm, and other establishments. It helps the student

to be self employed when he or she graduates from school. it also helps to

minimise unemployment when the students graduates.

These schemes also allow students to experience work procedures and

techniques in operating different machinery and equipment that may not be

provided in their institutions. This scheme makes it easy for students to move

from school to labour force it also improves students contacts for later job

opportunity.

Below are the body involved in the management of the SIWES and their roles:

The federal government

The industrial training fund (ITF)


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The supervising agenciesNational universities commission (NUC)

The national board for technical education (NBTE)

National commission for colleges of education (NCCE)

Employers and Institutions have particular roles designated to them in the

management of the SIWES Program. The roles include:

Operators - The ITF, the coordinating agencies (NUC, NCCE, NBTE), employers of

labor and the institutions.

Funding - The Federal Government of Nigeria.

Beneficiaries - Undergraduate students of the following: Agriculture, Engineering,

Technology, Environmental, Science, Education, Medical Science and Pure and

Applied Sciences.

Duration - Four months for Polytechnics and Colleges of Education, and Six

months for the Universities or as stipulated by the institution.

THE INSTITUTIONS

The Institutions are to:

Establish SIWES coordinating Units with a Separate Account, adequately

staffed and funded to ensure effective operation of the Scheme. The Unit

must meet the following minimum requirement.

Appoint SIWES coordinators, and supporting staff.

Prepare and submit six copies of Master Lists not later than 31st March and

six copies of Placement lists not later than 31st May of each SIWES year to

the ITF.


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Identify placement opportunities for students attachment with EmployersSupervise students at their places of attachment and sign their log-books;

Organize orientation courses in collaboration with the ITF for their students

THE SUPERVISING AGENCIES (NUC, NBTE AND NCCE)

These Agencies are to:

Ensure the establishment and accreditation of SIWES Units in institutions

under their jurisdiction.

Ensure adequate funding of the SIWES units in all the institutions.

Continuously monitor and review the job specifications of all the courses.

Direct the appointment of full-time SIWES coordinators.

THE EMPLOYERS

To collaborate with the institutions in the preparation of job specifications

for the approved courses for SIWES;

To provide welfare services e.g. medication and pay for hospitalization of

students while on attachment whenever the need arises.

To participate fully in the assessment of students by completing the

necessary instruments e.g. ITF form 8, logbooks etc.

To allow students have access to their facilities.

To appoint an Industry-based Supervisor for students on attachment.

THE INDUSTRIAL TRAINING FUND

The Fund is to:


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Regularly organize orientation program for students prior to theirattachment.

Receive and process Master and Placement Lists from the Institution and

Supervising Agencies, i.e. (NUC, NBTE, and NCCE)

Supervise students on Industrial Attachment

Disburse Supervisory and Students allowances

Provide insurance cover for students on attachment

THE STUDENTS

To attend institutions SIWES orientation program before going on

attachment.

To be obedient to constituted authorities and adhere strictly to all rules

and regulations of the Organization where the student is attached.

To be regular and punctual at respective places of attachment.

To avoid change of place of attachment, except in special circumstances

which must be determined and approved bytheir institutions supervisor,

the employer and the ITF

To complete SPE 1 form and get it endorsed by their employers who will

forward same to the ITF;

To record all training activities and other assignments in the log-book and

complete ITF Form-8 to ensure proper assessments.

To be diligent, honest, conscientious, take pride in the protection of

employers property throughout the attachment period.

Supervisors


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Delegates from the institution are assigned to various establishments where the

students are attached. Professional staff of the ITF; Institutions Supervisors are to

visit students at least two times during the industrial work experience.

Students Industrial Training Log-Books

The Log-books issued to students on attachment by Institutions must be filled by

the students and then properly checked and signed by Institution or Industry-

based supervisors and the ITF during supervision.

THE FIRM - KP TECHNOLOGIES LTD

1.1 A BREIF HISTORY OF KP TECHNOLOGIES LTD

What later turned to be KP TECHNOLOGIES LTD began in the year 1999 as a one-

man business. Then he-the present director was still a student of Nnamdi Azikiwe

University Awka. He trained about 200 students in computer appreciation which

they confessed and testified his ability in ICT. This triggered the incomining of

more people. In the year 2000 he started a mini computer firm called Power

Computers where he started training more students in computer appreciation, At

his graduation in the year 2006, After his National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in

the year 2007, he decided to incorporate the firm and there came the existence

of KP TECHNOLOGIES LTD which means Knowledge is Power Technologies ltd, we

had the first branch office at No 16 Oby Okoli Avenue, Unizik Temporary Site

Awka Anambra State and our second branch office at No 7 National Supply Rd,

Trans. Amadi Port-Harcourt Rivers State. As the company progressed, more work

force were employed to the following roles:

The Manager

Head of Training

Head of Marketing


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Head of Addim.The Sectary

The Receptionist and others.

1.2 WHO WE ARE

KP Technologies ltd is an Information Communication Technology Company

committed to capacity building and computer services. The fastest ICT Company

of the year (2009) in this part of the country. Her services range from professional

Training, Software Development, Data Recovery, Digital Electronics/Electricals,

Computer Networking, Web Development, Computer/Laptop Repairs, Corporate

Branding ant Consultancy.

1.3 MISSION

Our mission is to empower people with ICT skills and providing solution to

unsolved ICT challenge.

1.4 VISSION

Our vision is to have the world in which there no stresses as a result of the level of

ICT solution we have provided.

1.5 WE VALUE

Integrity, sincerity, personal excellence, commitment, continual self-

improvement, and humility. Our pride is in numerous ICT challenges we have

solved. Lastly we pride our self as unparalleled in the provision of the most


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professional and cost effective services and solution in terms of quality of

services.

1.6 WHAT WE DO

TRAINING

We train individual and corporate organization in many areas of computer

practices. Those areas include:

Application package e.g. Microsoft office, Peachtree Accounting a.t.c

Computer Graphics e.g. Coral Draw suits, Adobe Photoshop, Instant Artiste,

e.t.c

Computer Aided Design e.g. Arch CAD, 3D MAX, Switch MAX.

Web Design and Hosting

Certification Programs e.g. ORACLE 9i/10g (OCP, OCA), Cisco networking

e.t.c

Computer Programming e.g. C++, Java, VB.Net, C#, e.t.c

Database management System.

DATA RECOVERY

At KP Computers we the Technology that can recover data from

Formatted Hard Disk

Crashed Hard Disk

We have been the brain of the running of some higher institutions and banks in

these axes of the country with some of the information technology solution we

provided.


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NETWORKING/INTERCOM

At KP Computers we undertake many types of networking e.g.

Intercom installations (interconnecting computers (cyber caf, offices)

LAN networking (interconnecting phones (offices, homes)

WAL networking

Installation of VSAT e.t.c

We can install fixed phones on each table of staff to enable communication which

is a factor to effective communication and organization.

SOFTWARE/WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT

We are also into software and website development. We deploy software for

individuals, Banks, Hotels, Institutions, Hospitals, and other organizations.

Core banking solution

Hotel management solution

Hospital management solution

Deployment of portal

Deployment of result computation solution

SALES/ ACCESSORIES

We are dealers in computers and computer accessories. The systems available

include:

Different laptop makes and specification


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Desktop computer systemsPalmtops and notebooks

Laptops and desktops components.

DIGITAL ELECTRONICS/ELECTRICALS

We are into design and installation of electrical devices/electric devices e.g.

Digital display

Inverter

Heavy Duty Generators

Transformers

Surface and conduit wiring e.t.c

LAPTOP REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

Repair of laptops and desktop computers

Maintenance of Networks e.t.c

Water dispenser and any automated machine

CONSULTANCY

We have given professional advice to banks and institutions that desired to gain

from the wealth of our experience(s).

THE KP TECHNOLOGIES LTD CHART


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CHAPTER TWO

VISUAL BASIC .NET

2.1 INTRODUCTION


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Visual basic .Net is a third generation event-driven programming language version

of Microsofts visual basic that was designed, as part of the companys .Net

product group, to make web services, applications easier to develop. According to

Microsoft, vb.NET was re-engineered, rather than released as visual basic 6.0 with

added features. Visual basic.NET which was thought would be a sequel to visual

basic 6.0 has a totally different language core. Visual Basic was a language

designed primarily for developing Windows application. With visual basic.NET a

student can drag object from the toolbox in to the work area, specify the

properties and behaviour of each object and thereby create business applications

with introductory knowledge of the language.

2.2 USES OF VISUAL BASIC.NET

I will describe the major uses of visual basic.Net

Web Programming

ASP.Net is a great way of creating dynamic websites. What does this have to dowith VB.Net? It is simple. ASP.NET is a server-side programming structure for

websites. When a user interacts with an ASP.Net object, like a button, the page

send information back to the server, It then run program code on the web server

and sends back the result of that programming in web format to the user. A

function written in VB.Net can be used by an ASP.Net page such as an e-

commerce shopping cart program.

Database Programming

Visual basic.NET makes use of ADO.NET for database connectivity. I mean that

visual basic.NET can be used to interface databases. Using this, a programmer can


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access, read and alter database tables, store procedures and change other

aspects of the database just by executing SQL commands, therefore with visual

basic a programmer can design a user friendly application that connects to the

database instead of writing directly into the database.

Window Applications

Visual basic.Net is used to design applications, do not need to connect to the

internet. Applications like business applications, school applications and grade

point calculators etc. Visual Basic.Net has object-oriented programming features

which makes it possible to create application that is tailored to a particular

individual.

2.3 VISUAL BASIC.NET INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT

The integrated development environment is a type of computer software that

assists programmers to develop software. In case of visual basic.Net, the

development environment is visual studio. The IDE consist of various tools that

the developer uses while programming. Those tools include a form designer, an

editor, compiler, a debugger, an object browser. For example, to create a VB

project you would use VB IDE.

2.4 The New Project Dialog

For you to create a Visual Basic project, click on Microsoft Visual Studio .NET

shortcut icon and allow the application to open. There-in select File/New project

or click create project on the start Page, either of which opens the new project


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dialog. In the new project dialog, select Visual Basic and windows application,

then write the project name which also reflects on the solution.

2.5 The IDE Main Window

This shows the Visual studio environments main window and its various child

windows. Note that each window can be moved, resized, opened, close, and

customized. Some windows have tabs that allow you to display different contents.

The windows in the IDE are considered either document windows or tool

windows. The tool windows are listed under view menu; document windows are

generally docked together in the centre of the IDE, but the location and docking

are customizable.


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The Visual Basic.NET IDE

2.6 The document window

The largest window in the centre of the screen is thedocument window. The tabs

across the top of the window, which allows you to switch between open

document. The item that displays in the document window include the Form

designer, the code Editor, and the Object Browser.

2.7 The Form Designer

Button

GroupBox

ListBox

TextBox

CheckBox

Label

LinkLabel

ComboBox

ListView

DataGridVeiw

Pro

Solution

ToolBox


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The form designer is where you design a form that make up your user interface.

When you open up a new visual basic window project, a new form is added to the

with a default name Form1 and a designer. vb code window is added to the

project.

2.8 The Solution Explorer Window

The solution Explorer Window holds the filenames for the files included in project

and list of the classes it references. The windows title bar hold the name of your

solution(.sln)file, which is Windows Aplication1 by default unless you give it a new

value in the New project dialog box. It shows the files in the project.

2.9 The Properties Window

Properties are used to set the properties of the objects and controls on the form

and in your project. Even the files shown in the solution explorer has properties

and those properties can be set in the property window.

2.10 The Toolbox

The toolbox is the collection of many items or controls we place on the form. If

you are using a different version of visual basic, you may have more or less items

on the toolbox.

2.11 Help provider

It is greatly expanded for .NET Help include the Microsoft Developer Network

Library (MSDN), which contains reference materials for visual Basic, C++, C#, J#,

and visual studio; several books; technical articles; and Microsoft Knowledge

Base, a database of frequently asked question and answers. Help includes the


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entire references manual, index, how can I, search as well as many coding

examples.

2.12 DEFINITION OF TERMS

Inheritance

Inheritance is the process by which objects can acquire the properties of objects

of other class. In OOP inheritance provides reusability.

Encapsulation

Encapsulation is the exposure of properties and methods of an object while hiding

the actual implementation from the outside world.

2.13 AN ARRAY

Arrays are programming constructs that store data and allows us to access them

by numeric index or subscript. An array can hold a set or list of data of the same

data type. Each individual variable is called an ELEMENT of the array. Visual Basic

counts its index from zero. For example, the array that can store the name of 40

items can be written as: ArrayName(39)

DECLEARING ARRAY

SYNTAX:

Dim ArrayName (n) As Datatype Or

Dim ArrayName = New DataType(n) {data items separated by comma}

Where n is the number (an integer) of the array elements including zero.


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Dim names(9) As string

The array declared above has 10 elements.

Array index: this is an integer value use to refer to the elements of an Array.

2.14 INITIALIZING AN ARRAY

To initialize array, or assign value to different elements in array, you have to

specify the index of the array element and the value. Example,

Dim names (2) As integer

names (0)=nne

names (1) = nna

names (2) = mma

2.15 BOUND OF ARRAYS

The first element has index of 0, and this is the LOWER BOUND. THE UPPERBOUND is the integer value that appears in array declaration parenthesis. (n)

The upper bound is one less than the array capacity (total number of element).

Example,

Dim Workers (7) As string

Lower limit is = 0 and upper limit or bound is = 7.

The capacity is = 8.

In the above program when Button1 is clicked the answer comes out in TextBox1

as 134


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2.16 PROPERTIES

In vb.net properties are natural extension of data fields. They are usually known

as smart fields in vb.net community. So property is one of those structures in

which we declare SET and GET methods.

2.17 OBJECT

Objects are instances of a class. That is classes cannot be used without objects.

Examples of objects are forms and controls. controls are the components you

place inside a form, such as text-boxes, list-views, and list-boxes. They are the

basic runtime entities of an object oriented system.

2.18 METHOD

Methods we know are procedures built into a class. They are series of statements

that are executed when called or triggered, by events like click events, mouse

hover, hitting the return key. We have two types of methods: functions and sub-

procedures.

2.19 EVENTS

An event occurs when a user takes an action, such as clicking a button, pressing a

key, closing, hovering on controls on the window. Events also can be triggered by

state of the computer e.g. when the computer has low battery an action such as

standby can be triggered.

2.20 CLASSES

A class is a type definition of objects in object oriented programming. Classes

contain the definition of all available properties, methods and events. Once a


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class has been defined, any number of objects can be created to belong to that

class. Vb.net makes use of classes when creating objects and controls like textbox.

In vb.net, we create a class with the class statement and end it with the end class.

Look at the syntax below:

Public class nne

variables

Methods

Properties

Events

End class

2.21 FLOW CONTROL

Flow control science of making a program to test condition(s) and take action

according to the result of the test. This aids in creating flexible applications. To do

this, we use the flow control statements. I will discuss flow controls under the

following headings:

1. Test structures

2. Loop structures

1. TEST STRUCTURES: THIS is a decision making structures, it is of three types

namely

a. If then else statement


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b. Select case.

c. If then else

a) IF THEN STATEMENT: This tests a specific condition and executes the

statements) If the condition is true, if false, nothing is done. It can have single or

multiple lines

SYNTAX:

If Condition then

[Statement block]

End If.

b.) IF THEN ELSE STATEMENT: This statement executes one block of statement if

the condition is true and another block if the condition is false.

SYNTAX:

If condition then

Statement 1

Else

Statement 2

End if.

When the number of choice of statement to execute is more than two, we use

the Else If version of if then Else to control the flow of execution.


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SYNTAX:

If condition 1 then

[Statement block 1]

Else if condition 2 then

[Statement block 2]

Else if condition 3 then

[Statement block 3]

End If

2.) SELECT CASE STATEMENT: This statement compares one expression to

different values.

SYNTAX

Select case value

Case value state

Statement block

Case Else

Statement block N

End select.

3. LOOP STRUCTURES:


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This flow control structures is use to execute one or more line of code

repetitively.

Types of loop structures

a. For To Next

b. Do loop

c. While end while

FOR TO NEXT: This statement requires that you know how many time the

statement in the loop will be executed. It uses a variable called Counter that

increases or decreases in value during each repetition of the loop.

SYNTAX:

For [variableName] =0 To 3

Statement block

Next

Do Loop: this structure execute a block of statement as long as a condition is true.

Do loop has two variations. A loop can be executed either while the condition is

true or until the condition becomes true, these two (2) variations uses the

keyword while and until to specify how long the statements are executed.

SYNTAX:

Do while condition

Statement block


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Loop

Example:

Dim Age as integer

Age = Input box (Enter Age)

Do while Age > 20

Input box (Enter Class)

Loop

SYNTAX:

Do until condition

Statement block

Loop

The program above prompt you to enter the class a user belongs to (first class,

second class etc.) as long as the user age is above 20.

WHILE END WHILE: This loop also executes a block of statements as long as a

condition is true.

SYNTAX:

While condition statement block

End while

Example:


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Dim number as double

While number >= 0

Total = total + number

Number = Input box (please Enter another value)

End while

2.22 CONSTANT

A constantis a variable modifier that represents a constant value.

How to declare and assign values constants

Syntax:

Public Const identifier [As Data type] = Value

Public Class Form1

Public Const v As Integer=1, z As String=school, f As Double=2.3

End Class

2.23 VARIABLES

Variable is a programming unit or memory locations that hold changing data

during project execution. The locations that can holds data that cannot bechanged during project execution are called constants

How to declare and assign values to variables

Dim age as integer


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Dim name as string

Age = 25

Name = Edwin

Types Variable

1. Numeric variables are: a. Integer b. Decimal c. Single d. Double

2. String Variables: string variable stores only text.

3. Boolean variable: these stores True/False values

4. Date Variable: these stores both date and time.

Variable scope and Life time

A variable may exist and be visible for an entire project, for only one form, or for

only one procedure, the visibility of a variable is called its scope. Visibility means

that this variable can be used or seen at the location in question.

Variable Lifetime

The lifetime of a variable is the period of time that variable exists.

2.24 PROGRAMMING ERRORS

I can loosely categorize programming errors into three namelysyntax error, run

time error and logical error.


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1. Syntax Error and identification: This occurs when you break VBs rules forpunctuation, format, or spelling. the smart Editor finds most syntax error

and corrects them. The syntax error that smart Editor cannot identify are

found and reported by the compiler, and it is calledCompiler Error.

2. Run time Error: This occurs when the project halts during execution. VisualBasic displays a dialog box and highlights the statement causing the

problem.

3. Logical Error: this occurs when your project produces an incorrect result.For example, writing + where * is suppose to be written.

Project Debugging: Programs do have bugs in them. Finding and fixing these

bugs is called debugging.

2.25 VB.NET AND DATABASE SYSTEMS

Database is an application that manages data and allows fast storage and retrieval

of data. It is a collection of data for one or multiple uses.

DBMS: Are all the activities or processes that are involved toward the

organization or collection of data base file.

Data base applications are applications or programs that can be used to effect

database.

Examples of database applications

a. MS access

b. MySql

c. Oracle Paradox


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d. SqlServer

2.26 ACCESSING DATABASE FILE

Presently in VB. NET we talk about Ado.NET Data control (ADODC). Ado.NET is like

a gate way between database and the program you want to link to. It is used to

establish a connection to the database file or source that you want to access.

ADO.NET offers objects which is used to establish connection, retrieve data or

update database. Those objects are: DataConnection, DataAdapter, DataReader,

DataCommand, Dataset

Brief explanation

OledbDataConnection: it is the object that actually establishes an open

connection to a particular database file you want to access.

OledbDataCommamd: it is the object that represents an sql statement that

executes against a data source.

OledbDataAdapter: it is the objects that represent a set of command and

database connections that are used to fill the dataset and update the datasource.

OledbDataReader: it is the object that reads data rows from the dataset

DataAdapter: it doses all the work of passing data back and forth between a data

source and a program (dataset). The DataAdapter transfers data from the data

source to the dataset.

Dataset: A dataset is a temporary set of data stored in the memory of the

computer.


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2.27 CONNECTING AN APPLICATION TO DATABASE

To do this, one has to import system.Data and Oledb, declare and instantiate the

objects used for connection to the database, supply the connection string which

comprises of the provider of the data and the data source. In my case I used the

Microsoft.et.oledb.4.0 and Microsoft access 2003 which has the extension .mdb


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CHAPTER THREE

3.0 CREATING APPLICATIONS

Creating visual Basic application involves three-step. for planning the project and

repeating the steps for creating the actual project.

3.1 PLAN THE PROJECT

To plan the project, the programmer must have known what the project should

look like; the reason why the project is being created etc. With these things in

view, the programmer does the following:

1. Sketch the user interface. You first draw a sketch of the screens the userwill see when running the project. On the sketch, show the forms and all the

controls that will be present on the form. Write the names to be used on the

forms and each control on the form. Sketch the location of the controls on the

form to get the best appearance.

2. Specify the properties. For each control, write down the properties youplan to set or change during the design of the form.

3. Outline the code. In this step, you plan the classes and procedures that willbe executed when your project runs. Determine which event requires action to be

taken and then make a step-by-step plan for those actions. The next thing is write

pseudo code, which is English expression or comment that describes the action.

4. ProgrammingAfter the programmer have completed the planning steps and have approved

from prospective users, he now commences the real building of the application.

The same three-step process that was used during planning still applies.


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1. Creating the user interface. The user interface is created according to thesketch that was made during the planning process.

2. Setting the properties. When you set the properties of the object, you giveeach object a name and define such attributes as the text on the label, the size of

the text, and the word that appears on top of the control words that appear in

the forms title bar.

3. Coding. As the control have been created and the properties set, theprogrammer instructs on the click event, mouse move event etc to really make

actions take place when such event are triggered. If there are classes that have

been defined, the classes are put to good use by instantiating them usually with

the New keyword. I applied those steps in creating an application. The pages that

follows show my practical application of the step.


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CHAPTER FOUR

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION

SIWES is good and so it importance and impact on students can never be

undermined. This scheme enlightens students on work methods and techniques

in handling equipment and machinery even devices that may not be readily

available in their various institutions. This scheme makes it easy for students to

move from school to the work force and it enhances students contacts for later

job placement. That is from where they found themselves during IT. SIWES

provide students with opportunities to apply their knowledge in real work

situation thus blending theory and practice.

I found delight in learning visual basic.net as it can be used in creating windows

applications, interfacing database systems. Vb.net is also found useful in web

programming. My period of industrial training allowed me time to study this tool

and to apply it in creating a database application.

It is God that made all things possible however I would not fail to acknowledge

the efforts of the bodies that instituted SIWES funds SIWES and manages SIWES. I

thank you!

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