Instang Visual Basic 5: ActiveX Control Creation 1st, 1997 Wrox (Instant) [Paperback]

Darren Gill (Author), Alex Homer (Author), Steven Jakab (Author)

Book Description

Series: Instant | Publication Date: January 1996

Visual Basic 5 uses much of the same code as previous Visual Basic, so this book does not waste time on introductory Visual Basic programming. Instead, the text starts by explaining how to create OLE servers using the new tools in VB5. The book walks through a number of control projects, discussing both the design and implementation of ActiveX controls for the Web.

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Instant Visual Basic 5 ActiveX Control Creation is a dense, information-packed book designed for advanced VB programmers who want to learn how to build ActiveX controls using the Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Control Creation Edition. (Microsoft's Control Creation Edition was the first version of Visual Basic 5.0 to appear and is still freely available from www.microsoft.com.) The book provides an overview of ActiveX control architecture and gives the reader several basic projects that modify existing controls. It then goes on to cover fairly advanced ground, including property page creation, DLL encapsulation, data-bound controls, control distribution, and code signing. ActiveX control creation is not for beginners and neither is this book. However, if you're serious about learning, it can teach you a lot.

Product Details

• Paperback: 333 pages
• Publisher: Peer Information Inc. (January 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1861000235
• ISBN-13: 978-1861000231
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,842,742 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not all that good, July 16, 1998

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This review is from: Instang Visual Basic 5: ActiveX Control Creation 1st, 1997 Wrox (Instant) (Paperback)

This book is a bit too convoluted and indirect about the things it must cover in order to make you an effective VB5 ActiveX programmer. I've seen it done much more efficiently. I got two thirds of the way through it and had to lay it down.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not a begginers book, October 16, 1997

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This review is from: Instang Visual Basic 5: ActiveX Control Creation 1st, 1997 Wrox (Instant) (Paperback)

I purchased this book from Amozon, attempted to read the first 3 chapters and returned it all within 24 hours. The writting is very unclear and I had a hard time following the topics. It was difficult to tell what they wanted us to try and what they were they were trying to explain. Maybey somebody with a few more years of experience in Visual Basic may have found this book usefull, but if you are new to VB, I strongly recomend against it.