Peter Spasov, Sir Sanford Fleming College, Ontario

Published May, 1998 by Prentice Hall Career & Technology

Copyright 1999, 702 pp.
Paper Bound w/CD-ROM
ISBN 0-13-622044-4
$78.00

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Ideal for those who have never programmed before or who have only rudimentary programming experience, this introduction to Visual Basic begins with the problem-solving and programming concepts that are fundamental to all programming -- to help readers master the fundamentals required to create programs from scratch. The first four chapters use a template to emphasize fundamentals without having to deal with Windows environment considerations (e.g., events and objects). The remainder continues to build on fundamentals in a Windows object-oriented event-driven environment. Features an accompanying CD-ROM.

Covers both Visual Basic 4 and Visual Basic 5. Explains program analysis, design, language elements, documentation, control structures, testing, algorithms, input/output processing, file processing, and data structures. Explains multimedia programming, use of the Windows Component object Model (COM) (formerly Object Linking and Embedding (OLE), and database programming. Uses scenarios of a fictitious small manufacturing company -- Cougar Canoe Company -- to provide context for programming in the real world. anyone interested in learning to program in Visual Basic learning programming in general using Visual Basic.

1. Talking with Computers.
2. An Introduction to Problem Solving.
3. Language Elements.
4. Programming Blocks.
5. Decision Logic.
6. Repetition (Arrays and Loops).
7. Algorithms.
8. File Handling.
9. Data Structures.
10. Graphics, Animation, and Multimedia.
11. Active X: Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) and Automation.
12. Database Programming.
Appendix A. Conventions.
Appendix B. Language Summary.
Appendix C. Glossary.
Appendix D. Resources.
Index.