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Overview
Here's the comprehensive guide to all the ins and outs of programming in Visual Basic 4 that assumes no prior programming knowledge. When you finish this book, you'll be writing sophisticated Windows programs that take full advantage of Visual Basic 4's exciting and powerful event-driven nature. As you work through The Visual Basic 4 for Windows 95 Handbook, you will work with the Visual Basic environment; learn how to customize windows using the controls supplied with both the Standard and Professional editions of Visual Basic; learn how to take advantage of Visual Basic 4's variant data types and many built-in functions, as well as add your own functions; discover Visual Basic 4's power in the world of graphic programming; explore the world of dynamic data exchange (DDE) and object linking and embedding (OLE); learn how to control the most powerful PC databases with Visual Basic 4's Data Manager and other data access features; and master advanced techniques of file handling, including encryption and decryption techniques. You'll also discover many things that most introductory books leave out, including a chapter on recursion and an introduction to fractals, and an extensive discussion of sorting and searching techniques. There is a survey of third-party tools and resources, and the best of the Internet's frequently asked questions.This newly revised and completely up-to-date edition takes you from the fundamentals of Visual Basic through advanced topics. It provides more than 60 pages of answers to the most commonly asked questions about Visual Basic--direct from Microsoft--saving you time and money by not having to wait for technical support help over the phone.
Book Details
Published
December 1, 1995
Publisher
Berkeley : Osborne McGraw-Hill, c1996.
Pages
982
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780078820915