Overview

Visual Basic has sold over 4 million copies and is the most widely used development environment for creating Windows 95 applications. Developers enjoyed using the powerful, intuitive facilities in version 4 but wanted more. Version 5 is the latest and b est version which significantly extends the power of previous versions and offers a range of new features, in particular Active X component development. If you are new to Visual Basic or an existing Visual Basic user Essential Visual Basic 5.0 fast is written to give you the critical information that you need to write object oriented applications in Visual Basic 5 fast. New features, in particular how to write Active X components and how to use the Visual Data Manager, are covered in detail, with many examples. Essential Visual Basic 5 is designed for professional developers or students who need to learn the maximum in the minimum time and to develop applications fast.

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Author:   John Cowell
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   Edition. ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.385kg
ISBN:  

9783540761488

ISBN 10:   3540761489
Pages:   235
Publication Date:   08 August 1997
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Table of contents: Why use Visual Basic. Why change to Version 5? Is this book for you? How this book is organised. New features in Version 5. What computer do you need to run Visual Basic 5? Versions of Visual Basic 5. Conventions.- The Visual Basic Environment. Starting Visual Basic 5. The Visual Basic design screen. The form. The Form Layout Window. The Project Explorer Window. The Properties Window. The Visual Basic standard menu bar and toolbar. The toolbox. Shrinking and Growing. Outline of the Shrinking and Growing program. Creating a new project. Defining the user interface. Moving and Scaling. The properties window. Changing Captions. Displaying a picture. Supported file types. Common problems. Running the program. Event driven software. Making the buttons work. Saving the project.- Managing Projects and Files.- Standard Controls.- Buying a New PC.- Displaying Text.- Declaring and Using Variables.- Controlling Program Flow.- Procedures and Functions.- Debugging.- Object Oriented Programming.- ActiveX Controls.- Creating and Using Menus.- Using Custom Controls.- Creating and Using Graphics.- Mouse and Keyboard Events.- Databases.- Menu and Toolbar Reference.

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