| Level | Undergraduate
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| ECTS Credits | 6
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| Duration | 1 semester (Autumn) |
| Language | Norwegian
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| Prerequisite(s) | General knowledge of programming and databases. |
| Aim | The course will give an introduction to basic GUI in Windows 98/NT by using Borland’s Delphi. |
| Content | Graphical User Interface (GUI):
- Design
- Visual communication
- Analogies, idioms and metaphors
Creating windows (forms):
- Panel, Notebooks, Drag-and-drop
- Multiple Document Interface (MDI)
- Message Handling
- User Interface in Delphi:
- Turbo Pascal
- Object Oriented Programming:
_ Events
_ Methods
_ Properties
_ The Visual Component Libarary (VCL) of Delphi:
_ Types of Components
_ Object hierarchies
_ Object Browser
_ Writing Custom Components in Delphi:
- Inheritance
- Reuse of Code
Communication with other Software:
- Dynamic Link Libraries (DLL)
- Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE)
- Object Linking and Embedding (OLE)
Database Applications:
- Structured Query Language (SQL)
- Quering Database and Reports
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| Study Methods | Lectures, Laboratory Work
Practical problem solving |
| Assessment | Home Exam, 12 hours |
| Grading System | Alphabetical Scale, A (best) - F (fail)
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| Course Requirements | Laboratory Exercises (75% must have been approved)
75 % of all lab exercises must be accepted |
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