Sams Teach Yourself Visual Basic 6 in 24 Hours
- 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
- Hour 24.Online Visual Basic
- Follow the Wizard to the Web!
- Your Users Need an ISP
- Using the Browser
- Looking Through the Other Tools
- Summary
- Q&A
- Workshop
- Part VII:Appendixes
- Appendix A.Operator Precedence
- Appendix B.Answers
- Appendix C.Using the CD-ROM
Looking Through the Other Tools
When you select Project | Components and look through the list of tools you can add to the Toolbox window, you'll find several Internet-related tools. For example, all the controls that begin with the words Internet Explorer are Internet Explorer-like controls you can add to an application. Table 24.1 briefly describes these tools.
Table 24.1. Internet and Microsoft Internet Explorer-related components.
| Component | Description |
| IE Animated Button | An animated display showing Internet Explorer's connection. |
| IE Popup Menu | A menu control that appears on the Web page. |
| IE Popup Window | A tabbed window control that opens a new connection window. |
| IE Preloader | A control that preloads a site before the visible Internet access begins. |
| IE Super Label | A Web page label. |
| IE Timer | A clock control that provides timing operations for Internet services. |
| Microsoft Internet Controls | The Web browser control you used in the previous wizard's application. |
| Microsoft Internet Transfer Control 6.0 | The transfer protocol control to transfer files between Internet computers. |
| Microsoft Winsock Control 6.0 | The Windows connection to common Internet protocols. |
FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol and refers to one computer's capability to log on to the Internet and exchange files with another user's computer.
Winsock is the Windows interface to inter-computer data communication.
You'll also find several FTP and Winsock controls that help you encapsulate advanced Internet applications into packages you can use as a standalone Web browser or, more commonly, as a Web browser you can make available in the middle of your application for your application's users to use when needed. These extra controls are fairly advanced, so read the extensive online documentation that Visual Basic provides for Web applications in the Books Online reference sets.
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