COMPUTER BASED MODELING FOR ENGINEERS USING EXCEL AND VBA
Many engineering curriculum around the country are re-evaluating their introductory computer programming requirement. At our university, several departments have been changing from the traditional Java or C++ course to something more applicable to their discipline. This paper will address the development of a joint course that was taught separately in both Industrial and Textile Engineering. Students from both departments were not using their programming knowledge in remaining courses or when they graduated. Furthermore, the introductory Java (C++) class was being taught as a service course to masses of students at one time in our university’s theater. The students were not enthusiastic about the course and certainly not developing the computer modeling skills that we felt were necessary (i.e., given a problem can they develop a method for solving the problem). Therefore, we decided drop the introductory course and develop a new course in Excel and Visual Basic for Applications to better address the needs of our industry and faculty colleagues. This new course was not intended to duplicate the traditional computer science method of presenting programming. Our goal was to educate students to model problems relevant to our disciplines, solve these problems using modeling tools, and then analyze these solutions through decision support (i.e., become “power users” and not programmers). This paper will address the critical development of a series of “InClassLabs” and their impact on student learning and our two curricula. Many of our homework and cases studies come from industrial sponsor data and represent real cases. The paper will discuss the fundamental issues that lead the two faculty members to develop this computer-intensive course. Of special interest is the classroom environment bolstered by the use of in-class teaching assistants and the use of Tablet PCs. Student evaluations are used to provide insight into the teaching strategies employed.
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Advanced VBScript for Microsoft Windows Administrators
There are two main types of remote scripting. The first type involves running a script that connects to a remote computer and then performs tasks on that remote computer. The second type involves deploying scripts to remote computers that then run on the remote computers. In this chapter, we’ll look at both kinds of remote scripting, including the security concerns and difficulties you can encounter, the techniques and technologies you’ll use, and the benefits you can expect to enjoy. One of the benefits of administrative scripting is having the ability to write scripts that perform tasks on other computers. Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) and Active Directory Services Interfaces (ADSI) are perhaps two of the best remote-scripting technologies currently available. WMI, for example, can be used to write scripts that obtain information about remote computers, or even modify the configuration of those computers. Remote scripting comes with certain difficulties and challenges, though, and we’ll help you understand and address them in this chapter.
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User Interface Programming in C# Basics and Events
Short Description
1. General GUI programming concepts
. GUI components, layouts
. Event-based programming
. Graphics
. Direct Manipulation, Animation
. MVC architectures
. Data-driven UIs
2. C#, .NET
. Windows Forms
. Events, delegates
. GDI+
. Threads
. ADO.net
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Using Visual Basic in Arc8 Raster Processing Form Example
This is a VERY simplistic introduction to customizing Arc8 with VB (or VBA) partly because I don’t fully understand what’s going on and partly because it seems like it’s going to be a steep learning curve if you’re not used to VB or COM programming.
We’re going to be using one of Arc8’s sample forms to play around with some grid processing and visualization. It uses a form with many different control objects to create this functionality. This should build upon Deanna’s presentation of using the various controls and changing their associated properties. Now, we will put the VB code “behind” these controls so that the events generated by clicking buttons, sliding bars, etc. do something.
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Rational Robot: Try it with Visual Basic
Use the sample Visual Basic applet with this Try it! to discover how easy it is to test the controls in your Visual Basic applications. In minutes, you’ll understand the power behind Rational Robot’s Object Testing® as you record tests for these and other Visual Basic controls:
Microsoft Chart control
Data Bound List control
MS FlexGrid control
Microsoft Windows common controls
Rich Text Box control
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