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Sams Teach Yourself Visual Basic 6 in 24 Hours

  • By Greg Perry
  • Published Apr 23, 1999 by Sams. Part of the Sams Teach Yourself series.
    • Copyright 1999
    • Dimensions: 7.38 X 9.125
    • Pages: 480
    • Edition: 1st
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    • ISBN-10: 0-672-31533-5
    • ISBN-13: 978-0-672-31533-6

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The niche of this book is that it not only focuses on the topic at hand but it also provides a battery of tools/skills that will take the user at a higher level and help him/her realize the skills without waiting to read another book on some other topic they need to know if they wanted to implement it in real life. It is a self contained, stand alone book. Teach Yourself Visual Basic 6 in 24 Hours follows the step-by-step approach of the Teach Yourself series and gives the reader a quick, concise introduction to this programming language. It will explain the basics of Visual Basic through task-oriented examples and a hands on approach. Topics covered include: Basics of Visual Basic development, Understanding the concepts of properties, methods, and events, Creating and implementing ActiveX controls, Integrating data into applications, Adding and manipulating graphics, Testing and debugging applications, Printing from your applications.

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Greg Perry has been a programmer and computer trainer for more than 10 years and he is renowned for his ability to explain complex computer topics to new users. He has authored many programming titles for Macmillan including Teach Yourself Visual Basic 5 in 24 Hours, Teach Yourself Microsoft Office 97 in 24 Hours, Teach Yourself Windows 95 in 24 Hours, and Visual Basic 4 in 12 Easy Lessons.

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Greg Perry has been a programmer and computer trainer for more than 10 years and he is renowned for his ability to explain complex computer topics to new users. He has authored many programming titles for Macmillan including Teach Yourself Visual Basic 5 in 24 Hours, Teach Yourself Microsoft Office 97 in 24 Hours, Teach Yourself Windows 95 in 24 Hours, and Visual Basic 4 in 12 Easy Lessons.

The niche of this book is that it not only focuses on the topic at hand but it also provides a battery of tools/skills that will take the user at a higher level and help him/her realize the skills “without waiting to read another book” on some other topic they need to know if they wanted to implement it in real life. It is a self contained, stand alone book. Teach Yourself Visual Basic 6 in 24 Hours follows the step-by-step approach of the Teach Yourself series and gives the reader a quick, concise introduction to this programming language. It will explain the basics of Visual Basic through task-oriented examples and a hands on approach. Topics covered include: Basics of Visual Basic development, Understanding the concepts of properties, methods, and events, Creating and implementing ActiveX controls, Integrating data into applications, Adding and manipulating graphics, Testing and debugging applications, Printing from your applications.

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A True Book For "Beginners", December 1, 1998
By A Customer
Many books seen in the market on different subjects claim to be written for "beginners", but one can accurately say that this book HAS been. If you're just starting programming in Visual Basic 6, then this is definately the book for you. It is filled with step-by-step instructions and helpful hints that will get you started on the right path. Plus, it teaches the lessons in easy to understand descriptions, so it doesn't take too long to learn. This book was my starting point, and it did me a lot of good, so I'm suggesting this book to anyone interested in the profitable programming business. I'd also like to recommend Dan Appleman's book on the Windows 32-bit API, which will further your knowledge in more difficult application coding.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Good as intro but..., April 19, 2003
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Tabe (Spokane, WA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sams Teach Yourself Visual Basic 6 in 24 Hours (Paperback)
I bought this book having done no programming in nearly 10 years (since a couple Pascal classes in college). I learned the BASIC language on an Apple IIe well before that. I chose this particular text because it came with a working model of VB6 which most of the other books I looked at did not do.

Anyway, the material presented is very easy to understand. The lessons are easy to complete in an hour each. Once you've completed all 24 lessons, you'll have a good grasp on many facets of the VB6 language and environment.

However...there are problems.

First, the book gives examples and suggestions to the reader who is using Visual Studio Professional. That's all well and good but the book DOESN'T COME WITH THAT. The book should assume all you've got is the Working Model version that came with it and that's it.

Second, some of the structure of the lessons make no sense. For example, in the middle of the lesson on message boxes and input boxes, there's a detour to cover... Read more

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars A Very Good Book. Not Great, but Very Good., October 24, 2000
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R. Williams (portland, OR United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sams Teach Yourself Visual Basic 6 in 24 Hours (Paperback)
Being completely new to VB, I bought this book to get me up and running, and it has done that. I agree with some of the other reviews about how it's kind of long winded in some parts, and light in others. Definitely not a definitive book, but to get you going quickly, it gets the job done!

My only beef with it is that the instructions given in Lesson 19 on how to create a toolbar don't work, and when you install the code from the CD it fails to load. Every other lesson was great though, especially if you're one who can learn from examples.

I'd reccomend it as a step into VB programming, just be prepared to continue with other books when you're done with this one.

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