Developing for Microsoft Agent (Microsoft Professional Editions)

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Summary: worthless
Review: the author of the book doesn't seem to know the agent technology at all. none of the so called examples will work. it is another pure marketing piece from microsoft to cover the fact that microsoft knows nothing about agent technology. dont waste your money.

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Summary: worthless
Review: the author of the book doesn't seem to know the agent technology at all. none of the so called examples will work. it is another pure marketing piece from microsoft to cover the fact that microsoft knows nothing about agent technology. dont waste your money.

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Summary: Reference Only
Review: The book completely describes how to use Microsoft Agent from Visual Basic. I includes all commands and their usage. It is very clear and complete. You can begin using the agent the same day! You should have and possess a beginners knowledge of a 32bit version of visual basic ie vb4-32bit or vb 5.0.

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Summary: Reference Only
Review: This book will not teach you to use the MS Agent API. It simply documents it. Further, the entire content of this book is available on Microsoft's website(a fact which I was unaware of when purchasing the book). Even worse, the book is out of date with the advent of the newest release of the API(which has some good improvements). Worst of all, if you're a C/C++/Java developer using COM/ActiveX, this book is only marginally useful as a reference, as the majority of code is in VB format(leaving out important information like typing.....a trend I hope MS reverses). Save your money; go to the website.

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Summary: Good Source of Information
Review: While this book could be written in a more step by step approach to assist beginners in learning how to use Agent, it is one of the only books available that documents Microsoft Agent technology. Some of the information included in the book is available on the web site, however most developers will find this book useful as a reference tool.