Visual Basic 6 Developer S Handbook

A high-end, hardcover programming book for the experienced Visual Basic programmer, this title helps developers extend their VB5 skills. The book focuses focuses on the most significant advances in Visual Basic 5.0--including hot Internet add-ins. The CD-ROM includes over a dozen custom applications compiled with VB5's new "p-code" compiler (no DLLs required).

This follow-up to the successful "VBA Developer's Handbook" is a significant revision because it targets a much broader audience and focuses on all the new, improved programming techniques that aren't available from any other source. The book and CD include hundreds of reusable functions and classes that readers can use in their own programming projects with little or no modification.

WRITE BULLETPROOF VBA CODE FOR ANY SITUATION This book is the essential resource for developers working withany of the more than 300 products that employ the Visual Basic forApplications programming language. Written by recognized VBAexperts, it provides detailed coverage of a wide range of specificVBA programming challenges. Its careful, step-by-step instructionsand thousands of lines of code offer answers, while teaching you todevise new and creative solutions. The instruction applies equallyto all VBA environments, whether you are building standaloneapplications or customizing commercial products using theirbuilt-in VBA programmability. Coverage Includes Manipulating text, numbers, and dates Using automation to control other applications Creating objects using VBA class modules Using standard search and sort algorithms from within VBA Creating standard dynamic data structures, including linkedlists, binary trees, stacks, and queues Working with Windows system information, including memorystatus, screen info, mouse, keyboard, and power status Working with Windows Registry data Retrieving and setting Windows networking information Working with the Windows file system, iterating throughfolders, creating and deleting files Adding sound and movies to VBA apps using Windows multimediaextensions Tapping the system capabilities provided by the WindowsScripting Runtime library Writing add-ins for the Visual Basic environment Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials arenot included as part of eBook file.

Your expert guide to building modern applications with Visual Basic 2010 Take control of Visual Basic 2010—for everything from basic Windows and web development to advanced multithreaded applications. Written by Visual Basic experts, this handbook provides an in-depth reference on language concepts and features, as well as scenario-based guidance for putting Visual Basic to work. It's ideal whether you’re creating new applications with Visual Basic 2010 or upgrading projects built with an earlier version of the language. Discover how to: Use Visual Basic 2010 for Windows Forms and Windows Presentation Foundation projects Build robust code using object-oriented programming techniques, such as classes and types Work with events and delegates—and add your own events to custom classes Program arrays, collections, and other data structures in the Microsoft .NET Framework Solve problems quickly and easily using My namespace in Visual Basic Dive into Microsoft LINQ, including LINQ to XML and LINQ to Entities Tackle threading, multitasking, and multiprocessor development and debugging

Perhaps you've had a taste of .NET programming and are hungry for more advanced coverage of the new Visual Basic. Or perhaps you've mastered VB-6 and are ready to move to the .NET framework and the capabilities of Visual Basic .NET. Either way, Visual Basic .NET Developer's Handbook gives you what you want, and need. If your goals involve web programming, this book offers detailed instruction that will help you achieve them. You'll learn to use Visual Basic .NET to build and deploy XML-based Web services, create ASP.NET-based web applications, and implement support for mobile devices. As you progress, you'll master some of the trickier aspects of form design, solve tough database connectivity challenges, and secure your applications with built-in .NET features. If you're a Windows programmer who knows VB-6 inside and out, you'll find many compelling reasons for making the shift to VB.NET. This book provides the specialized coverage you need to do it quickly and effectively. You'll learn how the newest Visual Basic lets you build dramatically better Windows applications. You may cringe at the thought of mastering a new file I/O methodology, for example, but wait until you see all that streams has to offer, beginning with faster data access. And, you'll also learn new, more -effective approaches to building custom Windows services and controls. Visual Basic .NET is at the forefront of the convergence of Windows and web programming. Whatever your focus, whatever your career path, Visual Basic .NET Developer's Handbook is the resource best suited to helping you navigate this convergence--skillfully and successfully.

This title is aimed at current VB developers who want to learn C#, and want a tutorial that is focused squarely on their needs, in particular on building and deploying Windows Forms applications, and data access and manipulation. This book is light on theory, but big on real-world, usable code, and full of practical examples.

Visual Basic 6 lets programmers create everything from simple programs to advanced, enterprise-wide client/server and three-tier applications. New features in Visual Basic 6 include VB-to-web applications using Active Server Pages, an optimized p-code .EXE compiler, Visual Interdev object support, SQL, COM, and ActiveX support, and the capability to build powerful Windows interfaces. Visual Basic 6 enables an intermediate VB programmer to link Access, SQL, and larger databases to ActiveX and CGI controls on Intranets and the Internet.