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Learn Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Now (Learn Now)

Michael Halvorson

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Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 8 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Excellent Book 5 out of 5 stars.
19 of 21 people found this review helpful.

This was the first book I've ever read about programming and I was able to complete every single exercise in less than one month. This is an excellent book to start with for someone who has never taken any kind of programming. The CD ROM that accompanies the book permits you to create several types of programs from simple "hello world" programs to advanced programs using active X. This book has given me the confidence I need to move on to more advanced Visual Basic courses and other programming languages. I'm going to purchase the Visual Studio reference guides and the Visual Studio program before the end of the year and Ace every program in that package. This book has me thinking in code now and it's a great feeling.

Unoriginal Approach to Learning Visual Basic 3 out of 5 stars.
19 of 28 people found this review helpful.

This book is essentially a rephrasing of the VB Programmer's Guide supplied with the original software, except for some more detailed handling of Advanced Techniques in the last 5 chapters (100 out of 500 pp). The examples are verbatim from the Programmer's Guide, so if you have that you don't need this.

Not much new to gain from this if you've gone through Visual Basic Step by Step.

A Beginner's Guide to Developing Documentum® Desktop Applications: Techniques and Solutions Using Visual Basic® and the DFC

M. Scott Roth

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Total reviews: 4 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Editorial Review:

Would you like to design and build your own custom Documentum application, but don’t know where to start? A Beginner’s Guide to Developing Documentum Desktop Applications will help you understand what can be a confusing and intimidating process by focusing on the basic building blocks of Documentum development. Author Scott Roth, an accomplished Documentum application developer, uses his personal experience to guide you through your first application by answering such frequently asked questions as:

• How do I start a Documentum project?
• How do I implement basic document management functionality?
• Are there templates?
• Should I write a stand-alone application or a component?
• How do I find the Documentum Foundation Classes (DFC)?
• Do I have to learn the API?
• How do I log on to the server and establish a session?
• Can I use screen controls with Documentum?

Author Scott Roth has compiled the best information from numerous sources to create a hands-on guide filled with the basic information you need to get started. Why make building a custom Documentum component or application a mind-boggling experience? A Beginner’s Guide to Developing Documentum Desktop Applications is the concise, must-have reference for all beginning Documentum developers!

Learning to Program with Visual Basic 6.0, 2nd Edition

Patrick G. McKeown, Craig Piercy

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Total reviews: 6 Average rating: 2.5 of 5

Learning to Program with Visual Basic 2 out of 5 stars.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful.

I had to buy this book for a class and frankly it is not a good book. Lots of code errors that make it confusing. Every one of my classmates complained about the book. The professor eventually told us to not use the book and he gave handouts he had written instead.

Lots of information, but frustrating 3 out of 5 stars.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.

This book probably throws more information at you, page for page, than any other Visual Basic book I've seen. It covers everything from programming basics and general theory, all the way up to programming with databases. In that regard, it's an ideal book for the novice who wishes to explore deeper.

Unfortunately, what keeps this from being a truly great textbook is some really sloppy editing. Explanations of concepts and tools are thorough to a fault, but they are just way too verbose. Here, a long explanation is used where a short one would have sufficed. And most inexcusably, I have found numerous errors in the project code that is included. I made it a challenge to myself to find out why the code was wrong and correct it, but not everyone has a learning style that allows them to benefit from this. Apparently, some of these problems are corrected in a third edition of the book that is forthcoming. Until that time, proceed with caution.

Editorial Review:

Visual Basic has begun to replace COBOL as an introductory programming language due to its ease of use and the near universal move to the Windows operating system. McKeown and Piercy's text addresses the need for a text that offers an adequate balance between the demonstration of the Visual Basic interface and teaching programming logic that the reader must know regardless of the language. The goal of this book is "to achieve a balance between demonstrating the power and excitement of Visual Basic and the need to teach traditional programming logic."

Beginning Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition: From Novice to Professional (Beginning: From Novice to Professional)

Peter Wright

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An excellent guide to learning VB 2005 Express 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

Finally the right book to get me into the world of object oriented programming! (in addition to VB 2005 Express) The small examples are easy to digest and the writing style is down to the point. I especially appreciate the author's pointing out few things Microsoft did which make VB 2005 Express different from traditional OOP and advising the traditional alternatives. This will help me get into Java later. The only fault I can find is that I can't find errata webpage in Apress website. However, a 5-star book nonetheless. Thanks Mr. Wright.

Editorial Review:

Beginning Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition is the affordable, accessible route to learning the .NET programming languages. Author Peter Wright proved his ability to teach Visual Basic to over 100,000 aspiring programmers during the 1990s with his line of best–sellers. Now that Microsoft is launching its new Express products, Wright is repeating his mission to teach you how to program, providing a friendly, clear message along the way.

Wright helps you explore Visual Basic 2005 Express. You’ll learn about core programming principles that will enable you to move towards more complex and rewarding programming tasks.

This book guides you through every major aspect of Visual Basic 2005 Express, and guarantees that you’ll learn how everything fits together—from the first programming principles to Express Start Kits that advance you in your own programming. By the end of the book, you’ll be able to write your own programs.

Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 for Windows and Mobile Applications: Introductory

Gary B. Shelly, Thomas J. Cashman, Corinne Hoisington

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Definitely Introductory 1 out of 5 stars.
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The book is definitely introductory. It's basically teaching you how to program in VB. I was expecting something a "little more advanced" since it is Mobile applications. This book is like programming 101. The book contains instructions on how to do If/Then statements, Loops, etc. It's extremely basic. If you are a mobility programmer such as myself, there are not a lot of books out there to give you reference information on Mobile applications. This one is not worth your time unless you are just beginning to learn how to program in VB .Net.

Editorial Review:

Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 for Windows and Mobile Applications: Introductory is the first text of its kind to teach students the essentials of computer programming using the latest Visual Basic programming language, Visual Basic 2005. Six chapters introduce topics such as designing a Visual Basic user interface, creating a windows application, variables and arithmetic operations, and mobile applications using decision structures. Written in a straight-forward style, this text makes it easy for any novice programmer to understand the core capabilities and fundamental techniques for Visual Basic 2005.

Microsoft Office 2000: Visual Basic for Applications Fundamentals (Developer Learning Tools)

David Boctor

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Microsoft Visual Basic programming in Office provides an environment and language for you to build custom programs that extend Office's capabilities and integrate Office with other software applications and business processes. To help you develop custom programs with Office, this book provides information for the following types of developers: The beginning developer familiar with Office but not with Visual Basic programming; the experienced Visual Basic developer who wants to understand the services and objects provided by Office; and the experienced Office developer who needs a reference to the new programming functionality provided by Office 2000, including the new COM add-in and event model.

Among other things, this book describes how to do the following in any Office 2000 Professional application through Visual Basic programming: insert and manipulate content such as text, tables, shapes, and cells; retrieve and set the window selection; create and manipulate documents; start one application from another; manipulate menus and toolbars; set up event procedures; and develop COM add-ins so that you can redistribute solutions to your customers.

Beginning Visual Basic 6 Objects

Peter Wright

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Beginning Visual Basic 6 Objects 4 out of 5 stars.
9 of 9 people found this review helpful.

SYNOPSIS: I recommend this book for it's presentation of the OOP architecture and the code samples of ActiveX objects and Business Objects. Explanations are easy to read and grasp. There are plenty of simple diagrams that help visualize many of the abstract concepts of OOP. In the step-by-step instructions, there are actual screen shots of what a programmer will see when they write the sample code. DETAILED EXPLANATION OF RECOMMENDATION: I have several Visual Basic books. However, none of them give a simple, complete example of the code needed to construct an ActiveX control that stores it's state values in a property bag. I spent two days trying to write code that would store the values in a persistent property bag. Examples that I downloaded from the Web were complex, and had little or no explanation as to HOW they worked. And explanations that I found were either terse or did not give enough detail for me to successfully construct a Control with persistent state values that a user could alter during run mode then have them save to the property bag object. At Barnes & Nobles I reviewed 40 or more books on Visual Basic. In this book in Chapter 8 "Object Persistence" the author Peter Wright provides step-by-step instructions with the full code for creating an ActiveX control that maintain state information in a property bag object. There are screen shots of how the control and message boxes will appear. The explanations of what, when, where, why, and how the code executes are to the point, easy to read and understand. I only needed one chapter, 23 pages, from this book. Yet I was glad to spend the money to purchase it. Why? It is well written, easy read, has lots of diagrams and screen shots that makes it easy to visualize concepts and control objects, and gave me EXACTLY what I was looking for. I could have used a book of this quality 3 years ago when I began learning OOP on a Java platform. Bravo!

Editorial Review:

This book is for Visual Basic programmers who have a grasp of the fundamentals of Visual Basic and want to learn how to do object-oriented development. This book is ideal for aspiring programmers with intermediate ability who wish to tackle ideas that are more complex.

Visual Basic 2008 for Windows and Mobile Applications: Introductory (Shelly Cashman Series)

Gary B. Shelly, Corinne Hoisington

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Microsoft Visual Basic 2008 for Windows and Mobile Applications: Introductory teaches students the essentials of computer programming using the latest Visual Basic programming language, Visual Basic 2008.

Microsoft Mastering: Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Development (Dv-Dlt Mastering)

Microsoft Corporation, Microsoft

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Very Good 5 out of 5 stars.
8 of 10 people found this review helpful.

I have a MCP certification thanks to this book and practice. This book teach you to create components and database application. This book assume you have experience application development with previous version of Visual Basic or have knowledge in Visual Basic. Im instructor of Visual Basic for beeginer and expert and any question about this book or Visual Basic comcepts, please don't waiting to contact me at carchie@prtc.net.

Editorial Review:

MICROSOFT MASTERING: MICROSOFT VISUAL BASIC 6.0 DEVELOPMENT offers skills-focused instruction for creating database applications using components. Intermediate-level developers work through the curriculum in print and on line. As they progress through essential development topics-including visual data access tools, class modules, ActiveX(r) controls, ActiveX Data Objects, COM components, Internet programming, and application deployment-the hands-on lab exercises reinforce learning and provide practical experience with programming tasks. By the end of the course, students have created a full-featured database solution.

Learning Visual Basic.NET 2008 (with line-by-line explanation of the source code)

Sham Tickoo, Meenu Bhat

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Learning Visual Basic.NET 2008 is an application-based textbook with line-by-line explanation of the source code, written to cater to the needs of the users who are learning VB.NET for the first time as well as the programmers who want to develop applications using Visual Basic 2008. In this textbook, the latest concepts of Visual Basic 2008 (with .NET Framework 3.5) have been explained in a simple and lucid manner.

The chapters in the textbooks are structured in a pedagogical sequence, covering the basic as well as advanced concepts of Visual Basic.NET 2008 such as variables, operators, control structures, arrays, subprocedures, functions, and web forms to name only a few. All concepts have been explained with the help of suitable applications to ensure that the users can use them with ease while writing their own applications.

Salient Features of the Textbook

This textbook introduces the key ideas of the Windows and Web applications in an innovative way. The concepts are illustrated through best programming examples, covering the basic aspects.

Each new concept introduced has been explained with the help of applications, making it an ideal guide for the novice as well as the advanced users of Visual Basic.NET 2008.

Additional information is provided to the users in the form of notes.

There is an extensive use of examples, schematic representations, tables, screen capture images, and applications.

The first page of every chapter summarizes the topics that are covered in it.

Each chapter ends with a Self-Evaluation test so that the users can assess their knowledge. The answers of the Self-Evaluation test are given at the end of the chapter. Also, the Review Questions and Exercises are given at the end of each chapter that can be used by the Instructors as test questions and exercises.

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