Visual Basic 5 from the Ground Up - Softcover

Cornell, Gary; Strain, Troy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0078823498 ISBN 13: 9780078823497

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, 1997

Synopsis

Visual Basic 5 from the Ground Up will take you from elementary programming skills to state-of-the-art techniques that give you the professional edge. With modular step-by-step instructions you'll move quickly from the basics of Basic to programming complete applications - even writing components that plug in and extend programs written by others. Whether you've never programmed before or you're looking to upgrade your current skills, you won't find a clearer, more thorough grounding in the essentials than Gary Cornell's Visual Basic 5 from the Ground Up.

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From the Back Cover:

Accelerate Your Programming Skills with Visual Basic 5 from the Ground up--Your Step-by-Step Tutorial for Mastering Programming Fundamentals. With the release of Visual Basic 5. Microsoft has turned today's most popular programming language into a truly professional application development tool. Used by millions, worldwide, Visual Basic is now tightly integrated to Microsoft's Window and Internet strategies--and capable of challenging Java and C in functionality. To master this sophisticated environment and compete, you need an expert guide and teacher--like Gary Cornell, winner of the Visual Basic Programmer's Journal's prestigious Readers' Choice award. Visual Basic 5 from the Ground Up will take you from elementary programming skills to state-of-the-art techniques that give you the professional edge. With modular step-by-step instructions you'll move quickly from the basics of Basic to programming complete applications--even writing components that plug in and extend programs written by others. Whether you've never programmed before or you're looking to upgrade your current skills, you won't find a clearer, more thorough grounding in the essentials than Gary Cornell's Visual Basic 5 from the Ground Up. Start as a rookie and end up writing code on par with the pros!; Harness the new Internet capabilities built into Visual Basic 5. Build programs with the Windows look and feel. Write your own special-purpose Internet Browser.; Customize programs with ActiveX controls.; Create sophisticated even-driven programs.; Unleash the power of graphics programming, DDE, and OLE. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Gary Cornell is today's top-selling programming author and a noted expert on Visual Basic, Java, and Delphi. His CORE JAVA led the market last year as the #1 programming title. His earlier best-seller with Osborne, The Visual Basic 4 for Windows 95 Handbook, received the prestigious Readers' Choice Award by Visual Basic Programmer's Journal. A professional programmer and a Professor at the University of Connecticut, Gary holds a Ph.D from Brown University.

About the Author:

Gary Cornell is a professor at the University of Connecticut.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0078823498
• ISBN 13: 9780078823497
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 776