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Summary: Solid Mid-level VB Book
Review: I have read a dozen VB books and this is one of the better ones. The author, Wayne Freeze, is obviously a seasoned programmer whose experience comes through in more ways than just the sample code he offers. The examples in this book reflect solid programming methods in a succinct fashion. It might seem that the book isn't that broad because the author usually leads directly to the best way of getting things done, rather than taking a length review of all ways to do something. The coding style and approaches he takes display a lot of wisdom. The book is excellent at providing a good foundation for VB programming and has one of the best no nonsense Inet and FTP summaries I've seen. It also has something uncommon... a summary of working with Windows animated agents. In spite of its lack of database programming, this is a valuable book that will benefit any newcomer to VB as well as those wanting to strengthen their existing VB skills. I give it a strong recommendation.
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Summary: Great reference
Review: I'm pretty impressed with this book. I have several VB books on my shelf but this book has quite a few gems that are strangely missing from many others. The Status Bar, for example. This book explains how to provide feedback to your users through the status bar, while the topic is blatantly ignored in other VB books. It also has a great chapter on communicating with other programs. After reading this chapter, I successfully wrote an app that would launch Outlook and log me in automatically . You're not going to learn VB from this book. It does make the assumption that you are familiar with VB. Fortunately, it doesn't assume that the reader is a very advanced programmer - there isn't much in the way of object-oriented programming in this book. For that, I tip my hat to author Wayne Freeze. It's a great reference to pull off the shelf when you get stuck on doing some of the VB tricks that aren't documented well elsewhere.
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Summary: A nice VB reference book that filled with many ideas
Review: Let's see ... this book was written 6 years ago and you are wondering why I'm bother to write. Well, I didn't planed to write until I went over to Peter Wright's Beginning VB6 object which was also came about the same time as this text and I saw people still writing reviews on it. So ... I've always enjoy reading VB6 expert guide, even when the codes didn't worked. The fix utility tool didn't really worked either (i.e., the treeview controls etc.) Then one day I found the correct codes in the site justplanes(?) and now I'm a happy man. The author didn't spoon fed you with every nuances of explanation behind the codes, rather, he presented the topics with the codes and you go explore further. This is exactly how I wanted it. There are lots and lots of ideas here and examples that works (finally). Once you master all these topics, you will be well on your way to become an expert.
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Summary: A nice VB reference book that filled with many ideas
Review: Let's see ... this book was written 6 years ago and you are wondering why I'm bother to write. Well, I didn't planed to write until I went over to Peter Wright's Beginning VB6 object which was also came about the same time as this text and I saw people still writing reviews on it. So ... I've always enjoy reading VB6 expert guide, even when the codes didn't worked. The fix utility tool didn't really worked either (i.e., the treeview controls etc.) Then one day I found the correct codes in the site justplanes(?) and now I'm a happy man. The author didn't spoon fed you with every nuances of explanation behind the codes, rather, he presented the topics with the codes and you go explore further. This is exactly how I wanted it. There are lots and lots of ideas here and examples that works (finally). Once you master all these topics, you will be well on your way to become an expert.
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Summary: Thorough, but not what I'd call "expert"
Review: This book fills a needed hole in the range of books available on Visual Basic. If you have mastered the basics, but aren't quite ready to dive in on full fledged ActiveX/COM Database Connectivity using OOP, this book is for you. This is an excellent book, one which is great for those developers who have figured out how to do the basics, but are need some guidance on how to harness the power of VB to develop powerful applications.
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Summary: Source Code is vague and incomplete
Review: This is really one of the most horrible books, that I have ever read. Throw this book out event if you get it as a gift from your' boss ( If possible throw your Boss out too). The topics in this book dose't cover anything, you would probally be better off staring at the computer doing nothing. The sample code given in the book dosent work, this book is probally for a real 'Expert' who probally can figure out why the given sample programs dont' work. Moreover the authors style of coding is really horrible, there aren't any coding conventions followed. Not even a single topic is covered in detail. Please do your self an favour and buy any other book, except this on. If you sill have to buy this book, make sure that you read this book in a room that has many windows.
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