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Part I |
Unleashing the Visual Basic 4.0 Product |
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1 |
Visual Basic 4.0: New and Improved |
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2 |
Exploiting the Features of Visual Basic 4.0 |
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File I/O |
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Timing Is Everything |
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Error Trapping, Error Handling, and Error Reporting |
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Effective User Interface Design |
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Events |
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Reporting Mechanisms |
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Part II |
Unleashing Advanced Programming Topics |
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Multimedia |
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10 |
Animation |
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Performance Tuning |
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12 |
Printing with Visual Basic |
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Debugging and Testing |
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14 |
Creating Multi-User Applications |
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15 |
TCP/IP, WinSock, and Visual Basic |
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Part III |
Unleashing Component-Based Programming |
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16 |
OLE for the First Time |
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17 |
Using Visual Basic Add-Ins |
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Understanding OLE |
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In Process OLE Servers |
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20 |
Incorporating DLLs |
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21 |
Exploiting VBXes |
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Part IV |
Unleashing Visual Basic 4.0 with Other APIs and Software |
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22 |
Using the Windows 95 API |
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23 |
Windows Games |
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24 |
Microsoft Office |
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25 |
Using the MAPI Interface with Visual Basic 4.0 |
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26 |
Using TAPI |
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Part V |
Unleashing Database Programming |
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The Data Control |
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28 |
The Access Jet Engine |
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29 |
Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) |
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30 |
Using Third-Party VBX/OCX Controls |
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31 |
Creating, Modifying, and Maintaining Databases |
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32 |
Unleashing SQL |
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33 |
Visual Basic 4.0 and Client/Server Programming |
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Part VI |
Putting It All Together |
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Help Files |
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35 |
Creating a Stand-Alone Database Application |
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Optimum Selection Database System |
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Creating Your Own Screen Savers |
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38 |
Unleashing LAN Programming |
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Part VII |
Appendixes |
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A |
Visual Basic versus Other Languages |
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B |
Online Resources for Visual Basic and Other Microsoft Products |
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Index | |
Michael Amundsen
Keith D. Brophy
Richard Buhrer
Frank Font
Bill Hatfield
Mark Steven Heyman
Tim Koets
Paul W. Logston
David Medinets
Greg Perry
Ross Rothmeier
Conrad Scott
Brad Shannon
Mike Stefanik
Edward Toupin
Chuck Traywick
L. Michael Van Hoozer, Jr.
Ron West
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