Visual Basic 6 from the Ground Up

Gary Cornell hat in Forschungseinrichtungen von IBM gearbeitet. Autor und Co-Autor zahlreicher Bücher und Fachartikel, derzeit Leitung des Programms Modern Visual Programming an der University Connecticut.

Build Bulletproof Programs for Windows and the Internet!Visual Basic 6 has a lot to offer, from its new file handling objects and advanced Internet programming capabilities to its new database features. Learn to build your own commercial-quality application - not just toy apps - using this comprehensive, hands-on tutorial from expert author Gary Cornell, winner of the prestigious Readers' Choice Award from Visual Basic Programmer's journal. This best-selling guide for the beginning and intermediate programmer has been thoroughly revised and updated to cover the newest version of the world's no. 1 visual programming tool.Using modular, step-by-step instructions, you will:Progress from elementary programming skills to marketable expertise.Learn object-oriented programming.Create VB Forms for use in Internet Explorer.Discover Visual Basic's newest database features.Create sophisticated event-driven programs.Build you own special-purpose Internet Browser.Use the Visual Basic environment to develop programs.Discover how to distribute your programs.Unleash the power of graphics programming , OLE, and ActiveX.

Learn to build your own commercial-quality application using this comprehensive, hands-on tutorial from Gary Cornell, winner of the Readers' Choice Award from Visual Basic Programmer's journal.

Getting started; the visual basic environment; customizing a form -writing a simple programme; first steps in building the user interface; first steps in programming; displaying information; controlling programme flow; built-in functions; building larger projects - projects, procedures and error trapping; organizing information; objects; the interface revisited; finishing the interface; tools and techniques for testing and debugging; an introduction to graphics; monitoring mouse activity; working with files; file system objects and advanced file handling; communicating with other Windows applications; recursion; a survey of database features; building your own database features; visual basic and the Internet - building a special purpose browser; Active-X on the Internet; distributing your application - the setup wizard; working with VBA.