Computer Manuals VB6 Black Book First Impressions Karl Moore
Following in the popular black book tradition, this guide promises to reveal real-world solutions to common problems. Written specifically for developers but easy enough for beginners to understand, this publication is full of screenshots to aid textual descriptions.
The blurb promises to reveal hotshot secrets surrounding graphics animation, email integration, the Windows API, help files, ActiveX controls, setup programs, serial port communication, and OLE automation. All without the hype found in similar tutorials.
If you're the type of programmer who wants to know how to get a mini database up-and-running but aren't bothered about the theory surrounding it, this book is for you.
Starting with a general introduction to Visual Basic, the publication quickly progresses onto more advanced topics. Professional programmers will start getting interested around chapter six, where the author moves away from basic code fixes and onto juicier hands-on solutions.
The book is divided into 30 independent chapters, each split into mini sections containing quick-fix solutions. For example, chapter 19 is entitled "Working with Images" and covers a short introduction to the topic followed by around 20 "immediate solutions", such as how to flip images, create animations, blur pictures, etc.
The author’s humorous and simplistic writing style also makes this 1000-page reference guide a joy to read. For example, most "immediate solutions" start with a wacky user request such as...
"The Testing Department is calling again. There sure is a lot of data in your new program, SuperDuperDataCrunch. Yes, you agree, there is. How about using a tree view instead? Hmm, you think, how does that work?"
Don't be fooled by this writing style however. What follows the above is a brief rundown on everything you need to know to get that tree view up-and-running!
