Visual Basic? 5 for Windows? for Dummies?

By Wallace Wang

Free Visual Basic 5 "Cheat Sheet" Inside! Create Visual Basic Programs for Windows 95 and Widows NT Right Away -- Disk Includes Sample Visual Basic Programs that Jump-Start Your Program Writing! Visual Basic Visual basic? 5 For Windows? For Dummies? shows you how to use Microsoft's powerful Visual Basic programming language. Whether you're a seasoned veteran or an absolute novice, this book will guide you on how to design an attractive user interface, write Basic commands, and distribute your programs for others to use. This easy-to-use reference will help you figure out how to use Visual Basic right away -- without any intimidating jargon. About the Disk Valuable bonus disk includes: author-generated sample Visual Basic programs and code System Requirements: PC with Windows 95 or Windows NT; Visual Basic for Windows Inside, find helpful advice on how to: Design your first Visual Basic program quickly and easily Create programs for Windows 95 or Windows NT Save and retrieve information stored in database files such as Microsoft Access Master the active Code Compiler to create programs that run faster than before Uncover the best Web sites and online services to find out even more about Visual Basic Understand how to use object-oriented programming for Visual Basic Discover the way the experts write programs Incorporate ActiveX controls to create powerful programs

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764501224
• ISBN13: 9780764501227
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: For Dummies
• Length: 481 Pages
• Weight: 1.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 7.5" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

A book for Good Coding Details

This book is great for beginners and helps intermediate BASIC programmers to convert from QuickBasic to VB. I agree with the previous reviewers. Perhaps the lads from England didn't appreciate the American Humor, but I enjoyed it and got a good chuckle several times. The book covers coding details well. It compares well with the old interpreted Basic manual supplied by IBM, but with better examples, good explanations and a friendlier style. I used it to refresh myself on some old BASIC techniques: strings, loops, user interfaces, procedures. Highly recommended.

Dummies Review

Before this book, I've never touched VB and I was a little skepctical about learning it. However, Wallace and his witty explanations were exactly what I needed. I'm now programming in College, and I still go back to this book when I want a refresher course, or a quick reference. I'll recommend this book to anyone learning to program.

Best Beginners Book For VB Made

This is the book I started with and moved on to become a very good VB Programmer, One thing about this book people don't like is it just contains the basics, I loved that though, I totally understood what I was doing. What each line of code meant. When I finished this Book I Moved On To Bigger Books which with this Backround I had no trouble with whatsoever, The Humor was great, I think people who look down on it are ignorant. I don't mean to be rude. You just have to have a sense of humor. If you are just beginning with no experiance at all in programming, BUY THIS BOOK!

Great newbie book

This book is great for anyone who wants to get into VB programming, Its what I started with and I love it!

Only Book I have understood to date.

I read this book with hope. A hope that I would be able to understand it. I was surprised that it was legible by someone who isn't a microsoft programmer. It left me with many more answers but it was well worth the time and effort, I can actually understand how to do something beside make a program that just changed screens. Its a greet book and I recommend it to any novice or beginner programmer.