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This comprehensive, hands-on guide to Visual Basic 5 teachesVisual Basic by showing you how to develop large, real-world applications, not just little practice exercises. Users will learn the environment, functions and controls, the latest Internet "hooks," and strategies for RAD (Rapid Application Development) and prototyping. The book covers VB from beginning to advanced concepts, and is perfect for all levels of readers. The CD includes source code, executables, pre-built Active X controls, bitmaps for new icons and forms, plus valuable utilities and commercial controls. Synopsis
Mastering Visual Basic 5 is the essential guide for programmers using Microsoft's most popular development tool. Designed for all levels of users, beginners will gain a firm footing in Visual Basic with a complete introduction to the language and IDE. Others will take their skills to the next level with coverage of a wide range of increasingly advanced topics presented through scores of practical examples. Whether you're using an earlier version of Visual Basic or starting with Version 5. this is the one book you can't afford to be without. Take Visual Basic to the limit. This book puts the entire spectrum of Visual Basic functionality at your fingertips. Detailed coverage includes:
Building custom, stand-alone applications
Using graphics methods effectively
Using OLE to make applications work together, and building OLE Servers
Programming databases
Processing images and audio
Creating and distributing ActiveX controls
Adding multimedia elements to your applications
Using VBScript and ActiveX documents to activate your Web pages
Deploying Internet controls in your VB applications
Master the newest features.
Learn how the new interface and built-in functions can improve the way you work and enhance your programs. This book teaches you how to apply your VB knowledge to the Web and use Web technologies in your desktop applications. Learn how to create your own ActiveX controls, publish your applications on the Web using ActiveX documents, and more. If you're making the move from VB 4=97this book will ease your transition. Tackle advanced topics.
Need tips on recursive programming? MDI applications? Advanced graphics techniques? It's all here. You'll also find detailed discussions of the most advanced ActiveX objects, such as the Rich TextBox and FlexGrid controls. Practical, ready-to-use applications illustrate every topic. Featured on the CD.
The enclosed CD comes with a new DemoShield interface that includes the DemoShield and InstallShield trial software, and features all of the example code from the book. In addition, you'll also find the code for over twenty ready-to-use commercial ActiveX controls, from leading software companies such as Sheridan, Quicksoff, and Dameware, ready for you to incorporate into your Web pages or desktop applications. 1074 pages. Includes CD-ROM. Synopsis
bled Visual Basic, this text includes VB 5's HTML tags and VBScript components, and introduces VB programmers to the new Web-related commands and properties included in VB5. The CD-ROM includes all of the example code used i the book, plus Active X control panel extensions and Visual Basic compatible Web utilities. Back to Visual Basic
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