DEPARTMENT OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION

ANDHRA PRADESH
Name of the Faculty : NAND KISHORE SINGH

Designation : LECTURER

Branch : DCCP

Institute : SGMGPT, Abdullapurmet

Year/Semester : V

Subject : VISUAL BASIC-I

Subject Code : CCP-503

Topic : MDI Applications and Graphics

Duration : 100 min.

Sub-Topic : MDI Applications - Example

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Teaching Aids : PPT, Animations and Photographs
Objectives
After completion of this class, you will be
able to know:

 Creation of MDI Applications with the

help of an example

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MDI Applications

Practical Demonstration
Problem Statement:

Consider an Inventory application, which

uses the following master tables:
 Customer
 Item

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MDI Applications
Forms have to be designed to allow
data entry in these tables.
And also forms have to be designed that allows
Placing an order
Tracking an order

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MDI Applications

The forms that the users should

be able to access are:
 Customer Details Form
 Item Details Form
 Order Form
 Tracking Order Form

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MDI Applications

solution:
The following are the steps
I. Design the required interface.
II. Integrate the application.
III.Save and execute the application.

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MDI Applications

I. Design the Required Interface

The menus can be organized as given below:

Customer Item Order Exit

Customer
Item Details Order Form
Detail

Tracking
Order Form

Fig.1

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MDI Applications
I. Design the Required Integration
Main Menu
The menus can be organized as given below:

Customer Item Order Exit

Customer
Item Details Order Form
Detail

Tracking
Order Form Sub-Menu

Fig.2

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II. Integrate the application

1. Add MDI Form from the Project menu.

This will be the MDI parent form.
• Set the WindowState property of form
to Maximized as all the MDI child forms
are to be displayed.

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• The MDIForm requires a menu which helps us
access the child forms.
• Next step is to add four forms and change their
MDIChild property as true.

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• Design all the four MDI child forms according to
the desired fields.
• Write the Code for the Menus to access forms.

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III. Save and Run the application

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MDI Form at design time

Fig.3

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MDI Form with menus at run time

Fig.4

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MDI Form with sub-menu at run time

Fig.5

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MDI Form with sub-menu at run time

Fig.6

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MDI Form with sub-menus at run time

Fig.7
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Customer Details Form at run time

Fig.8
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Item Details Form at run
time

Fig.9
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Order Form at run time

Fig.10
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Tracking Order Form at run time

Fig.11
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Quiz

1. In an MDI application, MDI form contains

child forms (True/False).

True

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Assignment
1.Create an MDI application Model with child forms
to data entry of following data.
c) Student general details
d) Attendance details
e) Unit test Marks

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Frequently Asked Questions
1. Explain procedure for creation of an MDI form.

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