Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham 2007 M.C.A Visual Programming Techniques - Question Paper

M.C.A. MAY 2007
Visual Programming Techniques
Time : 3 hours Maximum : 100 marks
ans any 5 ques..
All ques. carry equal marks.
(5 ? 20 = 100)
1. (a) How do you process files? (15)
(b) Compare and contrast the features of DOS with windows programming environment. (5)
2. Explain briefly :
(a) Adding a caret to your window. (15)
(b) The mouse and mouse events. (5)
3. (a) What do you mean by dialog boxes? How it can be created by VC++? (10)
(b) Describe the different member variables to update data using Visual C++. (10)
4. Write briefly notes on :
(a) MFC file handling. (10)
(b) Multiple Document Interface (MDI). (10)
5. (a) Define exception handling. How it can be implemented in VC++? (10)
(b) Give a briefy account of ODBC. (10)
6. (a) What are the ways to creating a simple calculator?
(10)
(b) To write a paint program. (10)
7. (a) How to customize serialization? (15)
(b) Write short notes on :
(i) Sequential Access files. (3)
(ii) Random Access files. (2)
8. (a) Explain the procedure for building a database application using ODBC with an example. (15)
(b) Write briefly notes on :
(i) Debugging. (3)
(ii) ActiveX.

Earning:   Approval pending.