Visual Basic Answers! [Paperback]

Michael Otey (Author)

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Product Description

Visual Basic is the #1 programming language used today with 80% of the RAD (rapid application development) tools marketshare. Expert author is including real-world questions based on his highly-successful Windows NT magazine column, VB Solutions. Contains over 400 answers to VB questions on topics ranging from creating menus to adding graphics to using ActiveX controls. Includes a valuable VB command card for quick access to VB commands and shortcuts.

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A whole book of Visual Basic Answers for less than the price of one support call! Q: Why pay $50, $100, $150, or even more for one phone call to tech support when you can have the answers you need at your fingertips for under $30? A: Get this valuable, reader-friendly book and you'll get hundreds of answers to all of your basic through advanced Visual Basic questions, straight from VB programming expert and Windows NT Magazine Senior Technical editor Michael Otey--author of the popular "VB Solutions" feature. Inside, find valuable tips and hundreds of VB programming examples showing you how to use custom controls and create ADO and DAO database applications. You'll also get details on more advanced topics such as creating COM objects and Collections, writing ActiveX controls, and taking advantage of some of the easy-to-use Win32 APIs. Visual Basic Answers! makes it easy to: locate the answer you need in seconds! Inside are hundreds of expert answers arranged by topic for fast access. Sharpen your Visual Basic skills faster than you can sharpen a pencil--sidebars, tips, warnings, and time-saving techniques show you how. Preview chapters easily using the quick, at-a-glance descriptions. Find help--fast! A comprehensive and cross-referenced index points the way to the information you need.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 574 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies (November 19, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072118954
• ISBN-13: 978-0072118957
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #4,114,180 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lots of useful "how-to's", March 1, 2000

By	George (Ft. Lauderdale) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Visual Basic Answers! (Paperback)

I've been into VB for about a half year, so I know my way around, but still have lots of questions that pop up. I was looking for something beyond a "learn VB in 10 minutes" intro and took a gamble that this book would actually live up to its title. It does! I've only had it a few days and already I've found answers to about a dozen or so questions I had. I've been concentrating on some of the more basic stuff like printing and getting a little into the ADO chapter. I took a quick look at the ASP and IIS chapter and it looks like just what I need to get a handle on how I can create a Web app.

IMO, this one's worth getting.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars It's good - but...., October 23, 2000

By	"phantom300" (NSW, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Visual Basic Answers! (Paperback)

I've been programming for around 8 months and was looking for a book to give me some extra hints.

Well, if I could have flicked though this book before I brought it. I simply wouldn't have brought it!

Anything in this book - my normal VB book has already covered, and the things that my normal book didn't cover, I found on the internet anyway - So I could have saved my money.

If you're a beginner who has been programing for less then a couple of months and your normal VB book isn't that comprehensive, then I would look at buying this book. But if you've got a big VB book (something over 1000pgs or so) then you could probably do without this book

On the positive side, this book contains a lot of answers to questions, although the examples aren't all that crash hot!

If you can, physically look though this book before you buy it!