SEQUENTIAL ACCESS AND FILES PROGRAMMING ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS

OVERVIEW

Ephesians $4$:$11$

$$So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors, and teachers, to

equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all

reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to

the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.$$

It is important to not only worship together but to serve Christ together in unity. You have been

asked to provide a program to your church which allow them to keep track of the members who

belong to different groups. To do this they need to have the ability to display files, add

members, and delete members. The information they have is stored in individual text files.

The application should open the Youth$\_$Members.txt file on the load. The menu item File

contains the second$-$level menu item Exit, which exits the application. The menu item Sort

contains the two second$-$level menu items Ascending and Descending. The menu item Edit

contains the two second$-$level menu items Create File, Add Member, Delete Member.

INSTRUCTIONS

$1.$ Form Setup

a$.$ You must save your project using your initials in the name$**$ This is required, and

the project will not be accepted otherwise.

b$.$ Design your screen to look like the one below.

c$.$ Update the backcolor to the color of your choice.

d$.$ Use appropriate naming conventions for controls and variables.

e$.$ Lock the controls on the form.

f$.$ The count text box must be set to read only and the user should not be able to tab

to the text box.

g$.$ Include shortcuts and access keys for each menu item $($such as Ctrl$-$X for Exit,

Ctrl$-$A for Ascending, etc.$)$

$2.$ Code

a$.$ Create a comment section at the beginning of the code with the name of the

assignment, purpose of the assignment, and your name. Comments must be

throughout each sub of the application.

b$.$ Create a comment section after your name to include the following statement: $$I

will not use code that was never covered in class or in our textbook. If you do you

must be able to explain your code when asked by the professor. Using code

outside of the resources provided, it can be flagged and reported as an academic

integrity violation if there is any suspicion of copying$/$cheating$.**$ This is

required for the assignment to be accepted.

c$.$ Remove any subs that are not utilized by the program

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d$.$ You will have one default file in the bin$/$debug folder. This file will have $10$

names including yours and the professor. You must name the file according to

the volunteers you are collecting names for. For example, if the volunteers are

for a mission trip you could call it Mission.txt$.$

e$.$ At the end you will show you have created four other files using your create that

have other volunteer names.

f$.$ The application opens with an inputbox to allow the user to tell what document to

load in$.$

$3.$ File Menu

a$.$ When the file menu is pressed the Exit submenu is displayed

b$.$ When the user clicks on the Exit menu, the application closes

$4.$ Edit Menu

a$.$ When the user clicks on the Edit menu, the following menus are presented: Create

File, Add Member, Delete Member

b$.$ When the user clicks on Create file, the user will be presented with an input box

to enter a name of a file. An if statement is utilized to make sure a name is

entered. If successful, the program creates a blank file and displays the blank file

in the textbox. The count is updated.

c$.$ When the user clicks on the Add Member, the user will be presented with an input

box to enter a new member name. Use an if statement to make sure the name is

not null. If successful, the application appends the name to the current file that is

loaded. The listbox is refreshed with the new file along with the count being

updated.

d$.$ When the user clicks on the Delete Member, the application will verify with an if

statement if a name is selected in the listbox. If a name is not selected the user is

presented with an error message and the will return the user to the form. If a

name is selected, the name is removed from the file and the listbox is refreshed

with the new file along with the count being updated.

$5.$ Sort Menu

a$.$ When the user clicks on the Sort menu, the Ascending and Descending menu are

displayed.

b$.$ When the user clicks the Ascending menu or Descending menu, the user sorts the

array in ascending or descending order based on what the user selects. The user

is not to sort using the listbox property sort.

$6.$ Update Sub

a$.$ This sub is called with every update including the add and delete of a person, and

creation of file.

b$.$ The sub will refresh the listbox

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c$.$ The sub will determine the count of the items in the listbox and refresh the count

text box.