Essential Visual Basic 4.0 Fast: How to Develop Applications in Visual Basic [Paperback]

If you are developing software either as a professional programmer, a student, or simply for fun then it is very likely that you will be working in a Windows environment. If you are, and you are looking to build your own Windows applications, you will find Visual Basic provides an easy and effective means of doing so. This book is written specifically to help users get up and running fast on Visual Basic and focusses on how to develop useful programs quickly and effectively. If you are an undergraduate wanting a simple way to program applications, a professional programmer who needs a broad introduction to Visual Basic 3, or even an amateur programmer interested in building Windows applications, then this book will tell you all you need to know.If you are developing software either as a professional programmer, a student, or simply for fun then it is very likely that you will be working in a Windows environment. If you are, and you are looking to build your own Windows applications, you will find Visual Basic provides an easy and effective means of doing so. This book is written specifically to help users get up and running fast on Visual Basic and focusses on how to develop useful programs quickly and effectively. If you are an undergraduate wanting a simple way to program applications, a professional programmer who needs a broad introduction to Visual Basic 3, or even an amateur programmer interested in building Windows applications, then this book will tell you all you need to know.1 Why Use Visual Basic?.- Why Use Visual Basic.- Is This Book For You?.- How to Use This Book.- New Features in Version 4.- What Computer You Need to Run Visual Basic.- Conventions.- Running Visual Basic.- Starting Visual Basic.- Before you Start.- The Visual Basic Design Screen.- The Form.- The Toolbox.- The Control Properties Window.- The Project Window.- The Visual Basic Menu Bar and Toolbar.- Event-Driven Software.- Outline of the Add Program.-lc�