Complete Idiot's Guide to Visual Basic 6 [With *]

by Clayton Walnum

This guide shows the reader the basics of Visual Basic through task-oriented examples and a hands-on approach. Topics include: events, variables, arrays, forms, classes and modules; message box object and input box object; BAS modules; file input and output; graphics and multimedia; controls and properties; levels, buttons, and text boxes; looping; list boxes and data lists; menus; toolbars; and distributing your application.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 078971812X
• ISBN13: 9780789718129
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: Alpha Books
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.3" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

A fun to read introduction to VB

This book is fun to read, yet it still manages to introduce the most useful tasks in VB. Each of the 26 chapters is short enough to keep you on your toes and long enough to give you a sense of accomplishment at the end.Written not just for people new to VB6 but programming in general. I found the "Programmer's Guide" on the VB6 CDROM too technical but this book was easier to follow. The author throws in lots of jokes to make the new concepts and technical terms more fun to learn.If you've never programmed before and want to make a start, buy this book, which includes a "working model" of VB6 on CD.

The Complete Idiot's Guide To Visual Basic 6

This book is an excellent resource for the beginner. The author assumes nothing and the result is an easy to follow guide in the learning process. All of the sample codes ran and the author explained each program in full, line by line. Clear and well organized. This is the first Visual Basic 6 book I would buy.

Perfect for the Beginner! Great book!

I really enjoyed reading this book. Very easy to read. I tried several other beginner books and they failed at what this book was meant to do and that's make Visual Basic programming easy to understand. No fluff to obscure the principles. Great Job! Clayton you think you might write one in the same style as this on more advanced topics of Visual Basic? It would be a great seller.

A great book for begginers!

This book was great! The best part was free Visual Basic. i told my friend and he bought it in less than 24 hours!

Great Introduction!

Don't pan this book because it only covers the basics. For the intended audience, it IS a 5-star book. While I did require a more advanced text (my favorite is Special Edition Using Visual Basic 6) nearly right away, this book got me going VERY quickly. If you're thinking of sticking your toe into the water of VB6, start here - then get yourself a more advanced book. By the way, I still make reference to it when I need a quick look-up on the basics (I don't program every day, so I get rusty).