Discover Visual Basic� 5

ByJames D. Foxall

Pages: 456
ISBN: 0-7645-3126-3
Price: $24.99 U.S. (Paid for : S$56.99)
Reader level: Beginner-Intermediate
Publication date: 29/09/1997

          Thanks to Microsoft's Visual Basic programming language -- and Discover Visual Basic 5 -- creating your own customized software has never been easier. Even if you've never written a line of code, author and Windows application developer James D. Foxall will have you building your own forms, objects, and controls in no time at all.

          Discover Visual Basic 5 introduces you to the latest Visual Basic release, showing you step-by-step how to install it and customize it for your needs. Then Foxall explains all the essential Visual Basic programming concepts and techniques, including

• Thinking in terms of objects, collections, events, and projects
• Creating and using forms and basic and advanced controls
• Adding menus to forms and drawing and printing on a form or picturebox
• Creating and calling code procedures
• Using constants, data types, variables, and arrays
• Performing arithmetic and string manipulation
• Incorporating decisions and loops in your code
• Debugging your Visual Basic programs
• Interfacing with Access databases
• Reading and writing files

          Discover Visual Basic 5 also covers one of Microsoft's most exciting new technologies -- ActiveX controls -- showing you how to add them to your projects for greater interactivity and functionality.

          Plus, Discover Visual Basic 5 comes complete with a companion CD-ROM containing source code for all the examples presented in the book as well as valuable resources such as

• Evaluation copies of ActiveX controls from AddSoft, Apex, Data Dynamics, and VideoSoft
• Demos of Pursuit and Service & Repair
• A shareware versions of the WinZip 95 compression utility
• A working demo of WISE

          Like all the titles in our Discover series, Discover Visual Basic 5 features the 6-Point Advantage…

• Color Tear-Out Card -- Key information and shortcuts that get you up to speed fast
• Discovery Center -- Quick summaries of the chapters' major points collected at the back of the book
• Real-Life Vignettes -- Winning stories on how real people use technology to improve their lives
• Visual Index -- Convenient picture maps direct you to the features you're looking for
• Web Path -- Handy references to feature- or topic-related Web sites
• Bonus Section - Value-added tips and timesaving techniques at the end of each chapter

1001 Visual Basic Programmer's Tips

By Kris Jamsa, Ph.D. and Lars Klander

Pages: 656
ISBN: 1-88413-356-8
Price: $54.95 U.S. (Paid for : S$90.99)
Reader level: 
Available: August '97
Package size: 8 1/2 x 10 3/8"
Includes CD-ROM

          According to Microsoft, over 3 million professional Visual Basic programmers use Visual Basic every day to earn a living. 1001 Visual Basic Programmer's Tips takes the programmer from square one with Visual Basic. The book teaches the programmer the ins and outs of the Visual Basic toolset and focuses on code, code, and more code. The reader will find over 10,000 lines of Visual Basic programming code and hundreds of ready-to-run programs on the companion CD-ROM. Tips within 1001 Visual Basic Programmer's Tips:

• Examine the Visual Basic toolset (user interface, projects, controls) in detail
• Examine all aspects of ActiveX controls
• Exercise the latest application program interfaces (APIs) to build real-world solutions
• Present programs that interact with network software, such as a Web browser
• Provide techniques programmers can use to write faster and smaller code
• Look at the behind-the-scenes operations such as the compiler's code generation

          The book's companion CD-ROM is filled with code, code, and more code. In addition, the CD-ROM contains all the supplemental files the user needs, such as GIF files for programs that perform image manipulation, audio files for ActiveX controls that play sound, and HTML files that provide the program's Web interface.