Visual Basic 5: Superbible Set: Boxed [Paperback]

Eric Winemiller (Author), David Jung (Author), Pierre Boutquin (Author), John Harrington (Author), Bill Heyman (Author), Ryan Groom (Author), Todd Bright (Author), Bill Potter (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 1997 | Series: Superbibles

"Superbibles" are intended to be definitive references. These volumes detail Visual Basic objects, properties, methods, events, and keywords. The text includes coverage of Visual Basic 5 improvements: ActiveX controls, enumerated types, encapsulation and variable scoping, and code compiler.

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From the Publisher

Visual Basic 5 SuperBible covers the fundamentals of the Visual Basic language, plus the new additions. Every Visual Basic object, property, method, event, and keyword covered in detail Includes coverage of Visual Basic 5 improvements: ActiveX Controls, enumerated types, encapsulation and variable scoping, and the native-code compiler Contains well researched index, subject-oriented tables and numerous internal cross reference guide the reader to the exact information they need

Product Details

• Paperback: 2200 pages
• Publisher: Waite Group Pr (November 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1571691022
• ISBN-13: 978-1571691026
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 7.5 x 4.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,241,011 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Visual Basic 5 SuperBible with CDROM, March 13, 2000

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This review is from: Visual Basic 5: Superbible Set: Boxed (Paperback)

Its little bit Advance lavel book, but it contain huge refernce. They try to re-presnt like VB dictionary. Its not bad.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I think it's great!, April 1, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Visual Basic 5: Superbible Set: Boxed (Paperback)

I was a little startled to see that some reviewers thought this book worth only 2 stars. After reading their reviews I see that they're punishing the book for being a reference work instead of being an advanced tutorial on whatever subjects they're looking for.

In fact, the front cover declares it to be "The Programmer's Complete Visual Basic Reference". It is in fact a reference work, declares itself to be so and, in my opinion, does an exceptional job of it.

Even though we're using Visual Studio 6 and this book covers only VB 5 I bought copies of this book for my entire development team since I was so impressed with it as a reference. Even though we develop plenty of on-line help ourselves it doesn't lend itself very well to flipping through the pages... and I find that useful even with a reference book.

1.0 out of 5 stars This book fails to deliver detailed information., July 27, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Visual Basic 5: Superbible Set: Boxed (Paperback)

This book fails to deliver on the goods it promisses. On the back of the book box, it proclaims EXAUSTIVE coverage of everything including database integration, Add-ins, SQL server, ect... . This couldn't be further from the truth, in fact the text doenst go in depth with any of these topics. With over 2,000 pages to read you'd think they would cover some ground wouldn't you? I bought the set on discount and it wasn't even worth that much. A wide variety of topics were only BRIEFLY addressed, do yourself a favor, look for VB books published by WROX, at least they care about what your reading. In the meantime, i have wasted my time and space on my bookshelf because of this text.