A Visual Basic 6 Programmer's Toolkit

by Hank Marquis, Eric A. Smith

Overview

Hank Marquis is a recognized authority on Visual Basic. With Val Whisler, Hank and Eric co-authored the popular "Visual Basic 6 Bible." Most intermediate to advanced programmers strive to understand the "why" as well as the "how" in solving problems and this book provides complete explanations for many common requirements.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783540780816
Publisher:	Apress
Publication date:	11/01/2000
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	317
Product dimensions:	7.52(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Eric Smith is an independent consultant and trainer. He holds MCSD and MCSE certifications and has written and contributed to numerous articles and ten books on Visual Basic, Active Server Pages, and SQL Server. Smith can also be credited with founding the "Ask the VB Pro" web site.

Hank Marquis is president of a major development company of add-on products and components for Visual Basic. He has authored best-selling programs including Visual/db, FailSafe, CodeReview, GuardX and TrialX. He writes regularly for leading VB magazines, and was co-author of the Visual Basic 6.0 Bible.

Table of Contents

Arrays and Array Manipulation.- Strings and String Handling.- Fun with Numbers, Numeric Processing and Logic.- Working with Dates and Times.- Data Structures: Versatile Vehicles for Data Storage.- Windows Files, Directories and Drives.- Persistence: Remembering What You Can't Afford to Forget.- Localization: The Art of Talking Like a Native.- Working with Networks.- Reliable and Flexible Data Validation.- Working with the Operating System.- Windows Help Systems—From the Inside.- Multiple Document Interface Forms.- Database Programming.- Active Data Objects.- Objects, Objects and More Objects.- WebClasses: A New Way to Program for the Web.- Index.