Sams Teach Yourself Visual Basic 6 in 24 Hours

By Greg Perry

• Table of Contents
  • Copyright
  • About the Author
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Who Should Read This Book
  • What This Book Will Do for You
  • Can This Book Really Teach Visual Basic in 24 Hours?
  • What You Need
  • Files on the Visual Basic Distribution CD-ROM
  • Conventions Used in This Book
  • Enough! Time Is Ticking!
  • Part I: Introducing Visual Basic
  • Hour 1. Visual Basic at Work
  • Hour 2.Analyzing Visual Basic Programs
  • Hour 3.Controls and Properties
  • Hour 4.Examining Labels, Buttons, and Text Boxes
  • Part II: Coding the Details
  • Hour 5.Putting Code into Visual Basic
  • Hour 6.Message and Input Boxes
  • Hour 7.Making Decisions
  • Hour 8.Visual Basic Looping
  • Part III:Putting Code to Work
  • Hour 9.Combining Code and Controls
  • Hour 10.List Boxes and Data Lists
  • Hour 11.Additional Controls
  • Hour 12.Dialog Box Basics
  • Part IV:Programming with Data
  • Hour 13.Modular Programming
  • Hour 14.Built-In Functions Save Time
  • Hour 15.Visual Basic Database Basics
  • Hour 16.Printing with Visual Basic
  • Part V:Sprucing Up Programs
  • Hour 17.Menus and Visual Basic
  • Hour 18.The Graphic Image Controls
  • Hour 19.Toolbars and More Graphics
  • Hour 20.Writing Correct Applications
  • Part VI:Advancing Visual Basic Applications
  • Hour 21.Visual Basic and ActiveX
  • Hour 22.Object Basics
  • Hour 23.Distributing Your Applications
    • Compiling Your Application
    • Setting Project Properties
    • Setting Up Your Application
    • Starting the Package And Deployment Wizard
    • Running Setup
    • Uninstalling the Application
    • Summary
    • Q&A
    • Workshop
  • Hour 24.Online Visual Basic
  • Part VII:Appendixes
  • Appendix A.Operator Precedence
  • Appendix B.Answers
  • Appendix C.Using the CD-ROM

Running Setup

Make sure that you test your setup installation to ensure that the installed application performs the way you expect. If you forgot a dependency or didn't even know your application required one (this is common, so expect it), your installed application won't run correctly. You then can begin to trace the problem, such as adding an ActiveX control file to the dependency list if the control is missing.

To run the installation, select the Start menu's Run command, click Browse to locate the Setup.exe file, and click OK.

The installation routine won't overwrite existing files on the target computer if the target computer already has newer files that have the same filename. If the installation routine finds such a file, the routine will ask the user for permission to overwrite the current file or leave the newer file intact. Most of the time the user should leave the existing files to preserve newer versions of their software, especially ActiveX controls.

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