From: no-one@nowhere.nil   
      
   On Thu, 5 Oct 2006 21:39:05 +0100, "Grey"    
   wrote:   
      
   >This question really involves creating and reading/writing files in VB6 Pro   
   >   
   >I am involved in business training and would like to develop a VB project   
   >which will enable testing of candidates and provide proof of competency.   
   >Each candidate will have their own laptop in training which they will use.   
   >   
   >I want a program which will read a editable textfile (sort of thing which   
   >could be copied into the computer via  a memstick), display the questions   
   >and identify which is the correct response. Questions are multichoice type   
   >with 1 correct answer. The candidate goes through ten questions until the   
   >end until they get to a commit box where the results are calculated,   
   >displayed and - more importantly - a file is generated recording the   
   >candidates name (they would need to log into the program) and the final   
   >result.   
   >   
   >To increase flexibility, it would be nice to have a survey form after the   
   >test and another textfile created from the response. Survey results may have   
   >to accommodate "comments" texts as well.   
   >   
   >These created files would be copied off to a memstick and taken to another   
   >"Lecturers" computer and preferably imported to an Excel sheet.   
   >   
   >The text file with the questions/answer must be easily editable (Security is   
   >not an issue with this project), an advancement of this would be to pick 10   
   >from a list of 20+ questions at random.   
   >   
   >It may be possible that this system could be used to cover many different   
   >subjects, so it may require separate Q & A files - or one where the   
   >questions are separated.   
   >   
   That's quite a mouthful, but just what is the question?????   
      
   Lyle   
      
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