Essential Visual Basic 6.0 fast [Paperback]

Whether you are a professional programmer or a student, this book tells you everything you need to know to write professional applications for Windows using Visual Basic 6.0. Once you've read this book, you'll know all about: - The Visual Basic language - The standard Visual Basic controls - Handling control events -Using data aware controls - ActiveX controls - Writing web-based applications. Essential Visual Basic 6.0 - fast is designed for professional developers or students who need to learn the maximum in the minimum time and to develop applications fast.Why Use Visual Basic 6?: Introduction; What Version of Visual Basic 6 do you need? What computer do you need to run Visual Basic 6? Why change to version 6? Is this book for you? How this book is organised; New features in version 6; Conventions.- The Visual Basic IDE: Introduction; Running Visual Basic; The project explorer; The design form; The toolbox; Adding ActiveX controls; The properties window; The form layout window; The menu bar and the tool bar; Finding elements of the IDE; Getting Help.- The Standard Toolbox Controls: Introduction; Adding controls to a Window; Selecting, moving and re-sizing controls; The Label Control; Changing the properties of a control; Common Properties; Properties of the Label control; Running an application; The TextBox control; Passwords; The PictureBox and Image control; The CheckBox, OptionButton and Frame controls The CommandButton control; Aligning controls.- Handling Events: Introduction; Displaying Pictures; Creating a new project; Creating the user Interface; Adding a new form; Adding a new control; Naming the controls; Handling events; The form load event handler; The option button event handlers; The command button event handlers; A quick way of making event procedures; Saving your application; Making an executable file.- Controlling Program Flow: Introlƒ*