Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 : Deluxe Learning Edition (Volume Set of 3)

by Microsoft Corporation

Book Overview

For beginners, Visual Basic is easy to learn. For veterans, its power is impressive. Small wonder, then, that it's the world's most popular programming tool. And this kit is arguably the simplest,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1572318732
• ISBN13: 9781572318731
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: Microsoft Press
• Length: 2 Pages
• Weight: 1.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 4.1" x 7.6" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Ordered 3 times and never received it.

I ordered this 3 times and never received it. All they sent was a different programming book. Too high a price for not delivery what was advertised.

An Excellent Resource for Those New to VB.

I found this book extremely helpful. I am a professor at Houghton College and purchased this book to write software for the genetics course that I teach. I had no prior experience in Visual Basic, although I have just taken a course in C++. The Step by Step guide is very helpful to orient users toward the visual basic environment, and has chapters on the syntax of the language itself, which is something I really needed. There are numerous helpful programs that come on the CDs, and I found the book extremely readable. In short, I highly recommend this book for its clarity and thoroughness.

Excellent starting point!

Although finding and reading a good Visual Basic book is an excellent start to ones Visual Basic career, I cannot over emphasize how important it is to get ones hands on a copy of the Visual Basic compiler. With both the book and the compiler you can quickly become comfortable with the Visual Basic Development Environment by typing in some of the source code in the book and test running it for yourself. Eventually, when you feel comfortable with your knowledge of Visual Basic you can begin writing and running your own programs. Visual Basic Deluxe Learning Edition will allow you to do just that. A highly recommended set of materials!

Wonderful Set of Materials

This set provided a really great learning experience for me. The Step-By-Step book is well written and easy to understand. It doesn't go into a lot of depth but that's where to other book comes in. It is less readable and more technical, but it provides a wealth of information and is still relatively easy to learn from. I was dissapointed that the Step-by-Step book didn't cover the API or Object Oriented Programing topics (like classes), and instead covered integrating with Office, which I could have done without. The Learning Edition of VB itself had some limitations I wish I had know about before hand as well. It can only create standard EXEs (no ActiveX anything) and is missing the API viewer, which provides information on how to declare API functions. But still, that's why it's the learning edition. You can always get the Pro edition later. I definately recommend this to anyone starting VB.

Excellent Beginning to VB 6.0

This set provided me with a great jumpstart into VB 6. Inside of a month I have learned what I need to move on to ASP, COM and DCOM and have also used VBScript to make my web work shine. I used to wonder what everyone was talking about at technet conferences and at work, but now I can hold my own in a conversation. Not to mention write some pretty cool apps. Great Deal !

A "porky pig" approach to learning the basics of VB5.0

As a former C and C++ programmer, I found Michael Halvorson's approach easy to use and very informative. This set contains everything a VB wannabe needs to rev up to speed in the language. After completeing the course I gave it to my wife. She's mid-way through it now and also very impressed. When you complete the course you won't be a professional VB programmer but you will have a good grasp of the basics of both the language and the development environment.