McSd Visual Basic 6 Desktop Applications Study Guide: Exam 70-176

Including special exam watch warnings that identify the most difficult questions to answer on the MCSD, this comprehensive book includes an interactive CD-ROM with tests that link to the electronic text of the book.

Don't let the real test be your first test! Prepare to pass the MCSD Visual Basic 6 Desktop Applications Exam--while gaining practical knowledge of Microsoft's Visual Basic technology for on-the-job success--using this comprehensive, 100% curriculum-based training system. Built on the proven training methodology of Global Knowledge Network, this complete study guide and CD-ROM package provides expert test-taking techniques from the company that trains more than 150,000 IT professionals for certification each year. The MCSD Visual Basic 6 Desktop Applications Study Guide covers the topics you need to review for this MCSD exam including how to: assess the potential impact of the logical design on performance, maintainability, extensibility, and availability; install and configure Visual Basic for developing desktop applications; create an application that adds and deletes controls at run time; create an application that verifies data entered by a user at the field level and the form level; create a Visual Basic client application that uses a COM component; implement error handling for the user interface in desktop applications; monitor the values of expressions and variables by using the Debug window; use the package and deployment wizard to create a setup program that installs a desktop application, register the COM components, and allows for uninstall; plan and implement Web-based deployment for a desktop application; plan and implement floppy disk-based deployment or compact disc-based deployment for a desktop application.