Sams Teach Yourself Visual Basic 6 in 10 Minutes [Paperback]

Lowell Mauer (Author), Robert Wasserman (Author), Jeff Perkins (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 11, 1999 | Series: Sams Teach Yourself...in 10 Minutes

Sams Teach Yourself Visual Basic 6 in 10 Minutes is a tutorial-based book, organized into a series of easy-to-follow, 10-minute lessons. These well targeted lessons teach you in 10 minutes what some books take several hours or days to teach. It is for those users who don't have the time to read lengthy chapters, or are not inclined to read "manuals." This book will provide the basics of the programming language, including: - Managing Projects and Files - Declaring and Using Variables, Constants and Data Types - Controlling Program Flow - Procedures and Functions - Debugging - Using ActiveX Controls - DHTML - Creating and Using Menus - Graphics and Images

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Sams Teach Yourself Visual Basic 6 in 10 Minutes is a tutorial-based book, organized into a series of easy-to-follow, 10-minute lessons. These well targeted lessons teach you in 10 minutes what some books take several hours or days to teach. It is for those users who don't have the time to read lengthy chapters, or are not inclined to read "manuals." This book will provide the basics of the programming language, including: - Managing Projects and Files - Declaring and Using Variables, Constants and Data Types - Controlling Program Flow - Procedures and Functions - Debugging - Using ActiveX Controls - DHTML - Creating and Using Menus - Graphics and Images

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Sams; 1st edition (February 11, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0672314584
• ISBN-13: 978-0672314582
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,267,202 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars You have to learn to walk before you learn to run, Excellent, September 24, 1999

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This review is from: Sams Teach Yourself Visual Basic 6 in 10 Minutes (Paperback)

Learn VB 6 in TEN MINUTES, I thought... you gotta be kidding, I must admit though, I was surprised. This was the best ten minutes I ever spent. I'm the sort of chap who would rather spend ten minutes on a quick "how to" book rather than wade through 40,000 pages of online help and believe me, this book helps you do just that. It is well presented, easy paced and although the "ten minutes" in the title is stretching it a bit (200+ pages), it starts off easy and slowly builds to describe some fairly imtimidating stuff in a way that even I could understand. I certainly recommended this title, I know I will have it by my computer as I am wading my way through pages of code.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Sam's Teach Yourself Basic 6 in 10 Minutes, June 23, 2000

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Don Coleman - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sams Teach Yourself Visual Basic 6 in 10 Minutes (Paperback)

I am of the opinion that the publisher should pay the reader to use this book. It is so vague it's rediculous. There is no explanation for the novice at all and there is nothing to learn without being somewhat of a vb programmer already; so why buy the book? SAVE YOR MONEY!

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars good reviews fooled me into buying this book, June 15, 2000

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Atanas E. Entchev "atanasentchev" (New Jersey) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sams Teach Yourself Visual Basic 6 in 10 Minutes (Paperback)

How can anybody (two people before me) write a good review for this book is beyond me. I have two VB 5 books, and thought this one would quickly bring me up to speed with VB 6.

Instead, it made me feel stupid at first, and angry later. Poorly written, infested with errors, illustrations don't match the text. I struggled through page 30 and abandoned it in utter frustration. Will request a full refund from Amazon.