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Summary: All BIBLE Series Books Are Good. Another good one
Review: All BIBLE books are great. Although they are aimed more to the Mid Level - GURU. I enjoy them alot. I collect them....It may be a addiction. Ive read Some of them 5 times. Get this book if you already know VB Basics. And prepare to Expand your skills. This is a Must have along with: Visual C++ X:Bible Delphi 4:Bible Photoshop 5:Bible Anything you have, theres a Bible book waiting for you =)
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Summary: Practical examples that are well worth the time.
Review: I don't have time to read a whole book -- what I want is a good book that I can pick up when I need it. Eric, Hank, and I set out to create such a book when we took on this assignment. Lots of examples are provided to help you to work your way through your VB coding experiences.
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Summary: Another good bible
Review: I have always loved the Bible books. They are not the best book for abject beginners, but they always offer tips and techniques beyond those found in other books. The real world examples are a blessing.The bible books offer a lot for both the beginner (although a true beginner will have to work through the examples numerous times to get all of the nuances)and the expert. The downside to this book is that it was obviously written with a beta version of the VB6 product. While this is not a major detriment, working through some of the example code is a bit painful at times. Fortunately, the examples on the CD are there to help guide through these areas. I cannot fault the writer for this, however, since the sample code is fairly complete and easy to work through. The biggest bonus to the bible is that it offers real world solutions rather than the normal approach of making applications that illustrate concepts rather than solutions. Depending on how you learn, this will either be a boon or a bane.
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Summary: Great introduction book
Review: I purchased this book over a year ago and still refer to it today. The book not only introduces you to programming in visual basic but explains it in a way that you can understand. The book steps through using the features of Visual Basic 6 and allows you to start programming almost from the time you pickup the book. This book doesn't go into many advanced topics so it is best suited for people that are looking to break into programming with visual basic. I would purchase it again or purchase it for someone in my family
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Summary: Poorly edited!
Review: I tried to follow this book to retrain myself. Unfortunately, the authors or editors did a very poor job of checking for continuity. Forms created in one section were referred to by a different name in the next section where they were used, menu items required in the code were not added in the menu definitions and code sections that the book indicate you should already have added do not exist in the text. The only thing that save this book from being a total loss was the fact that all code was available on the enclosed CD where missing information could be found.
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Summary: Excellent beginner book
Review: I was a complete beginner with Visual Basic 6.0 when I bought the book, but in three months I developed a powerful VB/database application that I never thought I'd be able to handle alone. This book contained everything I needed to know and more!
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Summary: Excellent beginner book
Review: I was a complete beginner with Visual Basic 6.0 when I bought the book, but in three months I developed a powerful VB/database application that I never thought I'd be able to handle alone. This book contained everything I needed to know and more!
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Summary: No subtance this this huge book!
Review: I would have to say that you should stay away from this book if you need specific answers to anything about Visual Basic 6.0 They could have labeled it VB5. There was very little that was covered about the lastest features of VB 6.0 I would have like to have seen more on the Data Envirnonment, MTS, Reporting Engine and other new features. The book is huge but really does not help me learn anything new about VB 6.
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Summary: No subtance this this huge book!
Review: I would have to say that you should stay away from this book if you need specific answers to anything about Visual Basic 6.0 They could have labeled it VB5. There was very little that was covered about the lastest features of VB 6.0 I would have like to have seen more on the Data Envirnonment, MTS, Reporting Engine and other new features. The book is huge but really does not help me learn anything new about VB 6.
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Summary: outdated code
Review: I would not recommend this book for any reason. As I followed the code in creating these projects I encountered numerous bugs. No updates are made available for the code in this book. The bugs occur because of this books dependancies on Visual Basic 5 components. This is rather poor for a book that touts itself as being the Bible for Visual Basic 6. Authors and editors should take the time to at least be sure to use the same components included in the version of VB that they are supposedly supporting. I would reccomend the John Smiley series of books instead. At least his code works and makes for a much more enjoyable read as well.
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