Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Getting Started ..... 1
Chapter 2: The Visual Basic Environment and Help System ..... 19
Chapter 3: Customizing a Form and Writing Simple Programs ..... 63
Chapter 4: First Steps in Building the User Interface ..... 97
Chapter 5: First Steps in Programming ..... 137
Chapter 6: Displaying Information ..... 193
Chapter 7: Controlling Program Flow ..... 219
Chapter 8: Built-In Functions ..... 255
Chapter 9: Writing Your Own Functions and Procedures ..... 301
Chapter 10: Organizing Information via Code ..... 337
Chapter 11: Organizing Information via Controls ..... 383
Chapter 12: Building Larger Projects ..... 425
Chapter 13: VB Objects and an Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming ..... 457
Chapter 14: Finishing the Interface ..... 495
Chapter 15: Tools and Techniques for Testing, Debugging, and Optimization ..... 563
Chapter 16: An Introduction to Graphics ..... 589
Chapter 17: Monitoring Mouse Activity ..... 647
Chapter 18: Basic File Handling ..... 675
Chapter 19: File System Controls and File System Objects ..... 725
Chapter 20: Communicating with Other Windows Applications ..... 745
Chapter 21: Recursion ..... 773
Chapter 22: A Survey of Database Development Using Visual Basic ..... 805
Chapter 23: Building Your Own ActiveX Controls ..... 841
Chapter 24: Visual Basic and the Internet: Building a Special-Purpose Browser ..... 861
Chapter 25: Visual Basic and the Internet: VBScript and Dynamic HTML ..... 877
Chapter 26: Distributing Your Application: The Package and Deployment Wizard ..... 891
Index ..... 905