Product DescriptionThis comprehensive guide contains 1,000 pages of everything Visual Basic 6, from programming with radio buttons and checkboxes to XOR drawings, OLE automation, DHTML page design, graphics, and Internet Explorer support. Over 800 projects are included covering Visual Basic from the Internet to the Windows Registry. The book Includes a Quick Reference at the end of each chapter, making it fast and easy to look up the most common, and uncommon, Visual Basic problems.
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Rating: - Excellent book
This is a GREAT book that goes into detail on how to use all the major controls and components. It does NOT go into detail about the fundamentals of the language, like functions, routines etc. If you're brand new to the language, this book will show you everything you want to know about controls, but you won't be able to write a program with it. Excellent as a supplemental book.
Rating: - Comprehensive
If you are new to VB6, don't let the size and wide coverage of topics scare you. Between this and google, you can tackle most problems and understand most VB6 code that you read. (Except maybe, very object oriented or API-laden code).
If you are just learning, get this and read it cover to cover even if you don't understand everything. You'll remember that there was an example to do just want you wanted. His examples, while usually VERY simple, usually give you enough to get a good ... Read More
Rating: - THE BOOK YOU SHOULD'NT BUY FOR VB 6.0 by Steven Holzner
When buying this book I had assumed it to a pure form of Visual Basic, I have found other "Black Book" titles to be a great reference and also a great starting point. However this book, well how can I say, lacked a point. I found myself half way through the cut, copied, and edited version of msdn's reference manual, that Steven Holzner happened to call a "Black Book" around chapter 7 I found that he was just starting to mention a simple checkbox. I don't believe that anyone needs a book this dull ... Read More
Rating: - THE BOOK YOU SHOULD'NT BUY FOR VB 6.0 by Steven Holzner
When buying this book I had assumed it to a pure form of Visual Basic, I have found other "Black Book" titles to be a great reference and also a great starting point. However this book, well how can I say, lacked a point. I found myself half way through the cut, copied, and edited version of msdn's reference manual, that Steven Holzner happened to call a "Black Book" around chapter 7 I found that he was just starting to mention a simple checkbox. I don't believe that anyone needs a book this dull ... Read More
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- THE BOOK YOU SHOULD'NT BUY FOR VB 6.0 by Steven Holzner
