How to Program Visual Basic 5: Creating ActiveX Controls, with CD

by Jeffrey P. McManus

Using a combination of graphic and textual elements, this text introduces a non-programmer or a programmer new to Internet development to the basics of object-oriented Visual Basic application... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1562764853
• ISBN13: 9781562764852
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Ziff-Davis Press
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.6" x 10.1"

Customer Reviews

I wanted to learn something about Control Creation

However, I began to hit a brick wall with some of the examples (after the 5th chapter). Book assumes you know VB language, and that you just need to know how to use it to create activeX controls. Although it wasn't as helpful as I had hoped, I did give it 4 stars because a VB programmer WILL find this book useful. And the stuff that I could do made for some great learning about control creation.

Great book even though its out of date!

This book is a dream! It explains in a few, well written words what ActiveX controls are, how they differ from regular programs, and what are the parts that you must code to make them work. That means even though 5.0 was long ago and far away, it was still easy for me to create controls today because I understood what "parts" made up the "whole". This book is a thin book. It has been my experience that thin computer books are either garbage, or condensed jewels of knowledge that don't need a lot of words to get their point across. This book falls into the latter category.

Advanced VB5

This book is essential for professional developers. Is easy to learn expert techniques.