Learn the behind-the-scenes tricks and techniques that will take your Visual Basic skills to the next level of programming excellence. Davis provides all the secrets readers need to create sophisticated, robust, full-featured, commercial quality Visual Basic applications.

If you confront common coding problems or want to learn by example the tremendous capabilities of Visual Basic, you've come to the right book. This is the newly expanded and updated fifth edition of the classic, for everyone from advanced students and intermediate programmers to corporate developers and consultants. As usual, John Craig and co-author Jeff Webb lead you through the exciting new possibilities of the latest version of Visual Basic, with special emphasis on the hot topics of Internet development and data access models. Here's the help you need in the shape you want. You get a ton of code samples covering an inviting assortment of topics, clear and direct answers to a host of common programming problems, and adventures into the most exciting possibilities of the newest version of Visual Basic. If you use Visual Basic, you'll want the newest edition of this essential cookbook.

This is a book about general principles of good programming practice for complete novices of all ages.

This title prepares readers to develop desktop applications with VB6 and to pass the new MCSD exam #70-176 (Designing and Implementing Desktop Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0). The exclusive tear-out Cram Sheet contains acronyms, tips, and memory joggers to improve recall immediately before the exam.

The all new IDG Bible covering the hotly anticipated new version of Microsoft's hugely popular programming language.

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