Anyone developing software today is likely to be doing so in a Windows environment and is likely to be using Visual Basic as the development language. This Essential guide focuses on the basics of the language instead of burdening the eager user with small details contained in the manuals. Providing a clear and precise explanation of the most important features of VB5, the book allows readers to develop programs with the same heavyweight feel as the best programs from Microsoft and others.

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Table of contents: Why use Visual Basic. Why change to Version 5? Is this book for you? How this book is organised. New features in Version 5. What computer do you need to run Visual Basic 5? Versions of Visual Basic 5. Conventions.- The Visual Basic Environment. Starting Visual Basic 5. The Visual Basic design screen. The form. The Form Layout Window. The Project Explorer Window. The Properties Window. The Visual Basic standard menu bar and toolbar. The toolbox. Shrinking and Growing. Outline of the Shrinking and Growing program. Creating a new project. Defining the user interface. Moving and Scaling. The properties window. Changing Captions. Displaying a picture. Supported file types. Common problems. Running the program. Event driven software. Making the buttons work. Saving the project.- Managing Projects and Files.- Standard Controls.- Buying a New PC.- Displaying Text.- Declaring and Using Variables.- Controlling Program Flow.- Procedures and Functions.- Debugging.- Object Oriented Programming.- ActiveX Controls.- Creating and Using Menus.- Using Custom Controls.- Creating and Using Graphics.- Mouse and Keyboard Events.- Databases.- Menu and Toolbar Reference.