Essentials of Visual Basic 5.0 Programming

Essentials of Visual Basic 5.0 Programming, 1/e

David I. Schneider, University of Maryland

Published August, 1998 by Prentice Hall Engineering/Science/Mathematics

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Summary

For introductory programming courses using Visual Basic 5.0. Assuming no prior programming experience, this book provides an introduction to the fundamentals of programming in Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 on IBM PC compatible computers.

Features

Provides well-chosen examples as each new concept is presented.
Includes carefully designed exercise sets that both reinforce what the student has learned while challenging them to make original connections.
Provides practice problems that support the material in the text.
Includes programming projects in every chapter. These projects include some games and general interest topics while reflecting the variety of ways in which computers are used for business and engineering applications.
Provides programs found in the text and a copy of the Control Creation Edition of Visual Basic 5.0 on a companion CD-ROM.
Presents a summary of the most common commands in Visual Basic on the inside front cover. A detailed appendix also provides step-by-step instructions on carrying out every relevant Visual Basic task.
An engineering applications supplement can be packaged with the text.

Table of Contents

Preface.
Acknowledgments.
1. An Introduction to Computers and Visual Basic.
2. Fundamentals of Programming in Visual Basic.
3. Controlling Program Flow.
4. Arrays.
5. Miscellaneous Features of Visual Basic.
Appendix A. ANSI Values.
Appendix B. How To.
Appendix C. Visual Basic Debugging Tools.
Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems.
Index.