Visual Basic 6 Core Language Little Black Book: The Indispensable Guide of Day-to-Day VB6 Programming Tips and Techniques [Paperback]

Steven Holzner (Author)

Book Description

Series: Little Black Books (Coriolis) | Publication Date: November 16, 1998

Provides a detailed reference on all Basic control structures, data types, and other code mechanisms. Includes step-by-step instructions on how to build common code structures in VB, from simple if statements to objects and ActiveX components. Lays out the low-level formatting of VB data types to facilitate data exchange with other languages.

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About the Author

Steven Holzner (Cambridge, MA) is a former contributing editor for PC Magazine and has authored more than 60 books ranging in subject from assembly language to C++. His books have sold over a million copies and have been translated into 15 languages. Steven was on the faculty of Cornell University for 10 years, where he earned his Ph.D., and has also been on the faculty of his undergraduate school, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Coriolis Group Books (November 16, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1576103900
• ISBN-13: 978-1576103906
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #311,596 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #3 in Books > Computers & Technology > Programming > Software Design, Testing & Engineering > Coding Theory

More About the Author

Steven Holzner is an award-winning author who has written extensively on Ajax and JavaScript. With over 100 titles published, he's sold over a million copies of his books and been translated into 16 languages. As a former faculty member of MIT and Cornell, he teaches corporate seminars around the country.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good coverage of most important and most useful parts of VB6, June 14, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Visual Basic 6 Core Language Little Black Book: The Indispensable Guide of Day-to-Day VB6 Programming Tips and Techniques (Paperback)

While the answer to life, the universe and VB6 would have been many times the size of this book, the author did an excellent job of presenting the fundamentals of VB6 in a way that was very easy to use as a reference. He managed to hit nearly every point I really needed, and gave complete, if somewhat sketchy, examples. No wasted verbiage, no gratuitous editorializing; just solidly-written reference material.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Solutions, solutions, solutions!, March 29, 1999

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Wolfie Statique (Southern California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Visual Basic 6 Core Language Little Black Book: The Indispensable Guide of Day-to-Day VB6 Programming Tips and Techniques (Paperback)

"Immediate Solutions" is what the cover says and, immediate solutions are exactly what Visual Basic programmers get. No timewasting, no schleppy tutorials, but excellent demonstrations on how do get things done! The best part is that very little/no prior knowledge is assumed, unlike many of the books written by authors, whose linguistic styles resemble speech enabled computer systems! Good stuff, Mr.Holzner!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Back in Black and Pretty Basic...., October 16, 1999

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Neil W.Fisk ([e-mail]) (Alberta Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Visual Basic 6 Core Language Little Black Book: The Indispensable Guide of Day-to-Day VB6 Programming Tips and Techniques (Paperback)

For all the books on the shelf, I would say this book never collects dust, just attention! The chapters are clear and well defined, making it easy to find code your looking for. Error handlers, Working with Forms, Declaring Variables helped me out.I avoided alot of runtime errors with the code given in the book. I'm convinced, Buy it!!