Visual Basic 4 Unleashed

Brad Shannon, Sams

ISBN:0672308371, Edition: Pap/Dsk, 1995-10

Price: $49.99

Table of Contents

• Overview
• Authors

Part I - Unleashing the Visual Basic 4.0 Product

• Chapter 1 - Visual Basic 4.0: New and Improved
• Chapter 2 - Exploiting the Features of Visual Basic 4.0
• Chapter 3 - Unleashing the Visual Basic 4.0 Product
• Chapter 4 - Timing Is Everything
• Chapter 5 - Error Trapping, Error Handling, and Error Reporting
• Chapter 6 - Effective User Interface Design
• Chapter 7 - Events
• Chapter 8 - Reporting Mechanisms

Part II - Unleashing Advanced Programming Topics

• Chapter 9 - Multimedia
• Chapter 10 - Animation
• Chapter 11 - Performance Tuning
• Chapter 12 - Printing with Visual Basic
• Chapter 13 - Debugging and Testing
• Chapter 14 - Creating Multi-User Applications
• Chapter 15 - TCP/IP, WinSock, and Visual Basic

Part III - Unleashing Component-Based Programming

• Chapter 16 - OLE for the First Time
• Chapter 17 - Using Visual Basic Add-Ins
• Chapter 18 - Understanding OLE
• Chapter 19 - In Process OLE Servers
• Chapter 20 - Incorporating DLLs
• Chapter 21 - Exploiting VBXes

Part IV - Unleashing Visual Basic 4.0 with Other APIs and Software

• Chapter 22 - Using the Windows 95 API
• Chapter 23 - Windows Games
• Chapter 24 - Microsoft Office
• Chapter 25 - Using the MAPI Interface with Visual Basic 4.0
• Chapter 26 - Using TAPI

Part V - Unleashing Database Programming

• Chapter 27 - The Data Control
• Chapter 28 - The Access Jet Engine
• Chapter 29 - Open Database Connectivity (ODBC)
• Chapter 30 - Using Third-Party VBX/OCX Controls
• Chapter 31 - Creating, Modifying, and Maintaining Databases
• Chapter 32 - Unleashing SQL
• Chapter 33 - Visual Basic 4.0 and Client/Server Programming

Part VI - Putting It All Together

• Chapter 34 - Help Files
• Chapter 35 - Creating a Stand-Alone Database Application
• Chapter 36 - Optimum Selection Database System
• Chapter 37 - Creating Your Own Screen Savers
• Chapter 38 - Unleashing LAN Programming

Part VII - Appendixes

• Appendix A - Visual Basic versus Other Languages
• Appendix B - Online Resources for Visual Basic and Other Microsoft Products