Instant Visual Basic 5 Activex Control Creation - Softcover

Gill, Darren; Homer, Alex; Jewell, Dave; Enfield, Andrew; Hartwell, Bruce; Lhotka, Rockford

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1861000235 ISBN 13: 9781861000231

Publisher: Apress, 1996

Synopsis

Visual Basic 5 uses much of the same code as previous Visual Basic, so this book does not waste time on introductory Visual Basic programming. Instead, the text starts by explaining how to create OLE servers using the new tools in VB5. The book walks through a number of control projects, discussing both the design and implementation of ActiveX controls for the Web.

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Review

Instant Visual Basic 5 ActiveX Control Creation is a dense, information-packed book designed for advanced VB programmers who want to learn how to build ActiveX controls using the Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Control Creation Edition. (Microsoft's Control Creation Edition was the first version of Visual Basic 5.0 to appear and is still freely available from www.microsoft.com.) The book provides an overview of ActiveX control architecture and gives the reader several basic projects that modify existing controls. It then goes on to cover fairly advanced ground, including property page creation, DLL encapsulation, data-bound controls, control distribution, and code signing. ActiveX control creation is not for beginners and neither is this book. However, if you're serious about learning, it can teach you a lot.

About this edition

• Publisher: Apress
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 1861000235
• ISBN 13: 9781861000231
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 333
• Editor: Jakab Stephen