Visual Basic 5 Training Guide

Essential reading for beginning programmers new to Visual Basic or those responsible for training large numbers of personnel on Microsoft's powerful operating system. The author introduces readers to Visual Basic 5 one of the most widely used programming languages, and takes uninitiated users step by step through the process of building powerful applications that run on local machines as well as the Internet. This book provides detailed examples for readers to follow, and features a training CD-ROM which is broken down into 120-minutes of one-to-two minute interactive movie segments, teaching core Windows NT features. The CD is menu driven and was developed by LearnKey for this book.



* Install and configure Visual Basic 5.0
* Use effective application design techniques
* Create a full-featured calculator
* Integrate animation sequences, graphics, and sound
* Build financial, graphics, and database applications
* Explore Microsoft's powerful Win32 Application Programming Interface
* Work with Microsoft's advanced OLE technology for the Internet, ActiveX

Dr. William H. Murray is a Professor and Department Chairman of Computer Science at the SUNY campus in Binghamton, NY. Together with Chris Pappas, he has published over two dozen books dealing with Java, Visual Basic, Windows, Windows NT, C/C++, OS/2, Visual J++, and assembly language programming He is President of Nineveh National Research.

Chris H. Pappas is a Professor of Computer Science at the SUNY campus in Binghamton, NY. His articles have appeared in BYTE, Dr. Dobb's Journal, and PC Tech Review. He is also Vice President of Nineveh National Research.