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Visual Basic 5 for Windows for Dummies (For Dummies (Computers))
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by Wally Wang
Sales Rank: 1495181
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Paperback: 481 pages
Publisher: Hungry Minds; Pap/Dsk edition March 28, 1997
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0764501224
ISBN-13: 978-0764501227
Product Dimensions:
9.3 x 7.5 x 1.4 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
Product Description
If you've never programmed a computer before, you picked the right time to start. With the latest release of Microsoft's popular Visual Basic programming language, you can do more and do it more easily than ever before. Of course, even Visual Basic 5 isn't so easy that you don't need Visual Basic 5 For Windows For Dummies. Thanks to this complete, practical, plain-English reference, you'll quickly find your way around the Visual Basic user interface and get the hang of
Creating forms, controls, and menus Writing procedures to handle events like mouse clicks and rollovers Controlling program execution with if-then statements and loops Making programs portable and flexible with subprograms and object-oriented programming techniques Building customized database applications And all the other essentials of professional programming.
Plus, in addition to a handy Cheat Sheet listing must-know commands and functions, Visual Basic 5 For Windows For Dummies features a valuable bonus disk containing Wallace Wang's own Visual Basic programs and source code for you to experiment with and adapt.
About The Author
Before buying a book, many people like to know who the author is so they can determine whether the author's credentials may somehow make the book more pertinent or valuable in some obscure way. So to help you make a snap decision on whether to buy this book, here's a quick look at my resume.
Name: Wallace Wang
E-mail address: bothecat@home.com
Objective: To convince people that they're not stupid; it's the poorly designed computers and software that are.
Work and Education Experience
1979
Graduated from high school with absolutely no marketable skills or direction whatsoever. Support your local school system.
1983
Graduated from Michigan State University with an (appropriately abbreviated) Bachelor of Science degree in Materials Science, the only engineering major I could find that offered the most non-technical electives. Also pursued a dual degree in English that I never completed because I felt I already knew how to get a minimum wage job all by myself.
1983-1985
Worked as a technical writer for General Dynamics, home of the nuclear-tipped cruise missile. Got in trouble once for referring to General Dynamics as a "bomb factory," so from that point on I bought chocolate covered doughnuts for my boss, hoping to clog his arteries with cholesterol and induce a fatal heart attack. After turning in my resignation, I spent every day, for the final two weeks, taking home office supplies in shopping bags.
1985-1987
Worked as a computer programmer for the Cubic Corporation doing absolutely nothing at all. Spent many days sitting at a desk, staring out the window, and pretending I was the Vice President of the United States.
1987-1991
Worked as a writer/editor for a San Diego computer magazine called ComputorEdge, where I met Dan Gookin (DOS For Dummies® 3rd Edition), Tina Rathbone (Modems For Dummies® 3rd Edition), and Andy Rathbone (Windows® For Dummies®). At one time, Dan Gookin and I got in trouble with the FBI for printing a fake FBI poster of myself, proclaiming that I was a criminal for buying a Macintosh computer.
1989
Spent a month teaching computer classes at the University of Zimbabwe in Harare, Zimbabwe. Took time off to visit Victoria Falls, canoe down the Zambezi River, and sleep in a hut where wild monkeys snuck up behind me and stole my breakfast.
1990-Present
Decided to pursue stand-up comedy and began performing in comedy clubs around San Diego and Los Angeles.
1993-Present
Got married and soon became the owner of four cats named Bo, Scraps, Tasha, and Nuit.
1994
Appeared on "A&E's Evening at the Improv."
1995
Became a columnist for Boardwatch Magazine.
1996
Finally ran out of office supplies that I had taken during my final two weeks working at General Dynamics 11 years ago.
1997
Tried to get another job with General Dynamics so I could steal another decade's worth of office supplies.
1998
Invented a solar-powered car. Unfortunately it stalls every time you try to drive under a bridge.
1999
Solved the Y2K millennium bug by turning back all the clocks in my house 100 years.
2000
Discovered the missing number that would solve Albert Einstein's Grand Unified Field Theory. That number is 4.
2001
Wrote to Arthur C. Clarke and told him his book was wrong.
Customer Reviews & Comments
This is the book I started with and moved on to become a very good VB Programmer, One thing about this book people don't like is it just contains the basics, I loved that though, I totally understood what I was doing. What each line of code meant. When I finished this Book I Moved On To Bigger Books which with this Backround I had no trouble with whatsoever, The Humor was great, I think people who look down on it are ignorant. I don't mean to be rude. You just have to have a sense of humor. If you are just beginning with no experiance at all in programming, BUY THIS BOOK!
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