Teach Yourself Activex Control Programming With Visual Basic 5 in 21 Days [Paperback]

Keith Brophy (Author), Timothy Koets (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1997 | Series: Teach Yourself

Presents ActiveX programming techniques in a sequence that aims to help the reader understand the principles involved in developing programs. The reader begins with learning the basics to write a first program and then moves on to adding interactivity, animation and more.

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Visual Basic, an ActiveX programming language that lets users add interactivity and multimedia to their Web sites. This book shows users how to maximize Visual Basic to create ActiveX applications that can be used with Microsoft's Internet Explorer Web browser. - CD-ROM contains all the source code from the book, powerful utilities, and third party software

Product Details

• Paperback: 600 pages
• Publisher: Sams Publishing (June 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1575212455
• ISBN-13: 978-1575212456
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.2 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,272,953 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good starting point for ActiveX Control creation, October 14, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Teach Yourself Activex Control Programming With Visual Basic 5 in 21 Days (Paperback)

Of the various ActiveX control books I have, this one is really for beginners. I am preparing MCSD exams and find ActiveX part in Hawhee's book too condensed. Without much prior knowledge about it, piling information in Hawhee's book is just too much to understand/remember. I also read Dan Appleman's book which is quite good theoretically, but it doesn't teach you the much about the actual steps. So Appleman's book is harder to follow than this book. I'd say combining the three books makes a lot of sense. While this book provides hands-on guidance, it doesn't teach you the things behind the scene, where Appleman's book does great on. The hawhee's book, on the other hand, provides a good review which lets you find the holes in your knowledge.

The first comment is right on that the book has many errors. Also the writing sometimes is wordy.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Learning Book For Me, May 24, 1999

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This review is from: Teach Yourself Activex Control Programming With Visual Basic 5 in 21 Days (Paperback)

Every person has ideal explanation / hands-on ratio for maximal learning of a new programming topic. Of four "VB5 & ActiveX" books I bought, this was the one from which I learned ActiveX progamming. (It has quite a few errors. Perhaps parts of the book were written with a Beta version of VB5...) My copies of Kurata & Appleman are now more useful than this book, but they didn't make sense to me until I worked through this book.

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Introduction, Just Right for Certification, August 21, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Teach Yourself Activex Control Programming With Visual Basic 5 in 21 Days (Paperback)

I was preparing for the VB5 MCSD exam. A friend suggested one exam cram book, but I found the ActiveX part on it really compact and difficult to make sense of. Studying the basics of ActiveX programming from this book and combining it with the tips from the Exam Cram, I was able to know just enough to succesfully attempt ALL ActiveX questions on the exam.