Microsoft® Visual Basic® Professional 6.0 Step by Step

Microsoft® Visual Basic®  Professional 6.0 Step by Step
Published:August 12, 1998Accompanying Media:1 Companion CD(s)
Author:Michael HalvorsonLanguage:English
Length:672 PagesLevel:Beginner, Intermediate
ISBN 13:

9781572318090Technology:

Microsoft Visual Basic
ISBN 10:1-57231-809-0Format:Paperback
List Price:$ 39.99
About The BookLearn Microsoft Visual Basic the quick and easy way!

This information-packed Step by Step course is the easiest and fastest way to teach yourself to write 32-bit Microsoft Windows®–based programs using the latest version of Microsoft Visual Basic. Work through every lesson to complete the full course, or do individual lessons to learn just the skills you need. Either way, you gain the skills you need at your own pace.

With MICROSOFT VISUAL BASIC PROFESSIONAL 6.0 STEP BY STEP, you’ll learn to:
  • Work with ActiveX® controls, compiler options, and the new development tools

  • Master programming fundamentals, including variables, decision structures, loops, and functions

  • Create custom dialog boxes, clocks, menus, and animation effects

  • Manage text files and use encryption and sorting algorithms

  • Use Automation to integrate Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Outlook™ features into your applications

  • Explore Professional Edition ActiveX controls that process RTF files, run videos, display progress information, and play audio CD-ROMs

  • Call the memory management functions in the Windows API

  • Download FTP and HTML files from the Internet and design DHTML pages

  • Exploit corporate data resources with advanced database tools and the new ActiveX Data Objects
  • About Michael HalvorsonMichael Halvorson is the author or co-author of twenty computer books, including Microsoft Office XP Inside Out, Visual Basic 6 Professional Step By Step, Learn Microsoft Visual Basic 6 Now, Running Microsoft Office 2000 Premium Edition, and Microsoft Word 97/Visual Basic Step by Step. Michael earned a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington, and master’s and doctoral degrees in History from the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington. He was employed at Microsoft Corporation as a technical editor, acquisitions editor, and localization manager from 1985 to 1993. Michael currently spends his time developing innovative software solutions for Microsoft Office and Microsoft Visual Basic .NET, and teaching European history courses at colleges in the Pacific Northwest.
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