M&IS 24080
Computer Programming for Business I
Spring, 2001

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• There have been a few changes in grades. These have been posted to the grades page. And, comments have been uploaded.

Through an oversight, the update to show hw03 redo grades and final grades was not loaded to the web last night. My apologies. This is it.

• Final grades are shown.

• A few more comment files have been uploaded to the web for the homework 3 redos I just graded.

• Any questions? If so, the sooner you get them to me the better.

• Have an enjoyable summer.

• Grades and comments for homework 5 have been posted.

• If you were expecting a grade for homework 5 and do not see one, please contact me ASAP.

• If you have any questions, please let me know ASAP.

• I must turn in grades by 3:00 p.m. Monday afternoon. In the interim, I will respond to e-mails. And, I will be in the office Monday.

• Homework 3 redo scores are available. And homework 3 redo comments may be viewed by clicking this link.

• As promised, you can click here to download a zipped solution to the fourth homework. This is one of the homeworks that was turned in this semester. But I have erased the comment's with the individual's name.

• Soon after the end of the semester, the University is planning to permanently unplug the WebCT server. When that happens, you will not be able to get to any programs you uploaded to it or to my comments regarding your programs. If you want these, I recommend you download tem from WebCT as soon as possible.

• Yes, I have started homework 4. They will be up as soon as I can get them finished. Yes, I will complete them before I worry about the other class.

• Homework 4 grades are now posted to the web. You can see your comments by clicking this link

• Amazingly, it's been two days now and I'm still able to get to WebCT. If you follow this link, you should be able to get there to. Please don't use it for homework submission. But, do follow it if you want to look at homework 3 comments.

• WebCT is again up and down. There was at least one BlackJack redo submitted yesterday. But, I have not been able to get on this weekend. So, from now on, please send me everything as a Zip file attachment. It's not elegant. But, it is certainly working better than PKZip.

• Homework 5 has been posted to the web. This is the final homework of the semester.

• In case you are not on the ListServ, here's the message I just sent about submitting homework 4.

  Yes, WebCT was (and remains) down. It's been giving any number of people fits for the past two weeks. So, to get me the homework, here is the alternative.

  You can create a zip file which contains your project, form and class files. This zipped file can be attached to an e-mail and then sent.

  DO NOT SEND an e-mail with the project, form and class files attached to it individually. More often than not, such files are not correctly received on this end. (Specifically, the character sequence CrLf, becomes simply a Cr on my end. When such files are loaded into VB, all you see is red lines of code. And, it's not always possible to determine how the program should be reconstructed. If, you send a ZIP file, everything is correctly preserved.)

  I need these by Wednesday.

• All the homeworks are graded and comments posted to the web.

• Homework 3 scores and comments for most have been posted tot he web. The rest will be there soon. Check back tomorrow and you should see that all have been posted.

• Pay special attention to the material at the top of the grades page. It offeres an option for resubmitting it if you wish.

• Homework 4 has been posted to the web.

• The mistake in the MultipleChoice Class example put on the web last week has been corrected. You shold download and expand the new version makemultiplechoice.exe. Put it into its own directory and then run it to extract the following files:

  MultipleChoice.cls -- The code for the Class MultipleChoice
  
  multiplechoice.FRM -- The Form that allows you to create/edit/view surveys
  
  multiplechoice.vbp -- The Visual Basic project that you need to load to examine the class and how it can be accessed.
  
  reviewadminister.vbp -- A second project file that access the Class MultipleChoice
  
  reviewadmninister.frm -- A form file that allows you to complete a survey or see how respondents answered the questions.
  
  survey1.qes -- One of three identical sample surveys
  
  survey2.qes -- ditto
  
  survey3.qes -- ditto
  survey3a.qes -- ditto plus has some recorded responses.

• The web page on the Class LargeInteger is available by clicking here. I recommend you take a look at it between now and the next class. We will be talking about it and it is the basis for homework #4.

• I have uploaded a sample project that will create/edit/veiw/save multiple choice surveys. To get a copy you need to download makemultiplechoice.exe. This is a self-extracting PKZip file. I suggest you create a separate folder for this file before you download it. When executed, program will extract the following files.
  
  

  MultipleChoice.cls -- The code for the Class MultipleChoice
  
  multiplechoice.FRM -- The Form that allows you to create/edit/view surveys
  
  multiplechoice.vbp -- The Visual Basic project that you need to load to examine the class and how it can be accessed.
  
  survey1.qes -- One of three identical sample surveys
  survey2.qes -- ditto
  survey3.qes -- ditto

  
  We will continue to talk about this Class tomorrow.

• As mentioned in class, you may have more time to complete the BlackJack game. The new due date is Sunday March 4, 2001 at midnight.

• I hope, by the end of the day, to have homework 4 posted. So, stay tuned.

• Grades and comments have been posted for homework 2.

• If you would like to take a look at my solution, click here. This is not the same code as the sample you can download. That program does not correctly detect and report overflow errors. The following code does detect such errors. (To convince yourself that overflow is a problem, try the input string "1e200/1e-200" on the sample program I put together or on your own program.)

• The program discussed in class to day 240800130.zip can be downloaded by clicking its name. It needs to be unzipped to create the files 240800130.vbp and 240800130.frm. When you load this project into Visual Basic, you will most likely be told that Global.bas cannot be found. From the VB menu, choose Project then Add Module then existing and navigate to Global.bas on your system to add it. You should now be able to execute this program. Try making the suggested changes to see what happens. Try out some of the procedures and functions that were not discussed in class to see how they behave. Spend some time thinking about BlackJack and how you might implement the program. We will be talking about it for the next several class sessions.

• To download the form file for the simple calculator that was discussed in class click here. (If your browser displays the form as a text file, copy everything to a text editor or word processor and then save the file as an ASCII file whose extension is .frm.) You can load this directly into VB.

• Homework 3 has been posted to the web. Hope you enjoy it.

• Homework 1 grades are now posted.

• If you wish to remove yourself from the ListServe, send the one line message
  signoff mis24080
  to listserv@listserv.kent.edu

• Homeworks 1 and 2 are posted to the web. Click the View Homeworks link to the left to view them. Homework 1 is due on Friday January 19, 2001. Homework 2 is due Friday January 26, 2001.

• This section of the home page for M&IS 24080 will be used to convey announcements such as the availability of homework assignments, quiz dates, etc.

• You should check this page frequently. I will assume that you are aware of any announcement after it has been posted for 48 hours. 

• You will be submitting all homeworks using the WebCT server maintained by the University. In order to do this, you will need to know your user ID and password. These can be determined by following the List of User IDs link on the left hand side of this page. I strongly urge you to read Instructions on Using the WebCT Server to gain insights on how to go about submitting homeworks and reviewing any comments resutrned to you concerning your homeworks.