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| Introduction | |
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| An Accelerated Introduction to Visual Basic | |
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| The Development Environment | |
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| Using the IDE | |
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| Hello World! | |
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| Configuring the IDE | |
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| Using Controls | |
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| Intrinsic Controls | |
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| ActiveX Controls | |
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| Graphically Manipulating Controls | |
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| Manipulating Controls with Code | |
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| Control of Flow Language | |
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| Conditional Statements | |
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| Looping Constructs | |
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| Data Types, Variables, and Constants | |
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| Data Types | |
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| Variables | |
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| Constants | |
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| Arrays | |
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| Variant Arrays | |
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| User-Defined Data Types | |
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| Using Procedures | |
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| Procedures Types | |
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| Scoping Procedures | |
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| Calling Procedures | |
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| Parameter Passing | |
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| Declaring External Procedures | |
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| Coding Conventions | |
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| Naming Conventions | |
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| Commenting | |
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| Style | |
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| Using Class Modules | |
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| Creating Properties | |
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| Creating Methods | |
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| Enumerated Types | |
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| Class Events | |
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| Instancing Property | |
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| Setting References | |
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| Data Access | |
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| Data Access Interfaces | |
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| Debugging and Error Handling | |
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| Debugging | |
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| Error Handling | |
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| Compiling and Distributing | |
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| Compilation Options | |
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| Packaging and Deploying | |
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| Deploying the Application | |
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| Techniques Reference | |
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| Using Forms and Menus | |
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| Using the Form Object | |
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| Using the Menu Object | |
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| Using TreeView and ListView Controls | |
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| Using the TreeView Control | |
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| Using the ListView Control | |
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| Integrating TreeView and ListView | |
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| Web-Enabling the TreeView Control | |
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| Using Win32 API Techniques | |
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| Using Encapsulation Techniques | |
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| Creating Floating Windows | |
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| Playing Waveform Sounds | |
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| Enhancing the TextBox | |
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| Working with the Shell | |
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| Creating a Searchable ComboBox | |
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| Creating Multithreaded Applications | |
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| Using ADO for Data Access | |
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| An Overview of OLE DB and ADO | |
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| General ADO Techniques | |
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| ADO Techniques with Form-Based Applications | |
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| Using ADO in Distributed Applications | |
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| Using Object-Oriented Techniques | |
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| Object-Oriented Fundamentals | |
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| Using OOP in Visual Basic | |
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| Building ActiveX Components | |
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| Building ActiveX Control Components | |
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| Building ActiveX Code Components | |
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| Building Web Applications | |
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| IIS Applications | |
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| DHTML Applications | |
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| Adding Professional Features | |
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| Using the FileSystem Object | |
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| Storing Settings in the Registry | |
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| Using the Printer Object | |
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| Message-Enabling Your Application | |
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| Creating a Windows NT Service | |
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| Services Defined | |
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| Which Method Should I Use? | |
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| Creating a Service Using NTSRVOCX | |
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| Quick Reference | |
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| ADO Reference | |
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| The Connection Object | |
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| The Recordset Object | |
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| The Command Object | |
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| The Parameter Object | |
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| The Field Object | |
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| The Error Object | |
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| The Property Object | |
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| Visual Basic Function Reference | |
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| Date and Time Manipulation | |
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| Financial Functions | |
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| Formatting Functions | |
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| Interactive Functions | |
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| Math Functions | |
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| String Manipulation | |
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| Operators | |
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| Visual Basic Constants | |
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| Asynchronous Constants | |
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| Calling Procedures | |
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| The Clipboard and DDE Constants | |
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| Color Constants | |
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| Comparison Constants | |
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| Control Constants | |
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| Date and Time Constants | |
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| Drag-and-Drop Constants | |
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| File Constants | |
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| Form Constants | |
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| Graphics Constants | |
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| Keyboard and Mouse Constants | |
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| LoadPicture Constants | |
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| Logging Constants | |
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| Message Box Constants | |
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| OLE Drag-and-Drop Constants | |
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| Resource Constants | |
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| String Conversion Constants | |
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| Window Style Constants | |
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| A COM Primer for Visual Basic Developers | |
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| A Brief History of COM | |
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| The Benefits of COM | |
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| Interfaces | |
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| Activation | |
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| Automation | |
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| Binding | |
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| DCOM | |
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| Array Techniques | |
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| Sorting Algorithms | |
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| Searching Algorithms | |
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| Implementing Type Ahead | |
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| Index | |