Visual Basic 6: The Complete Reference (Complete Reference Series)

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Summary: It hits all the key topics.
Review: An excellent reference for Visual Basic programming. No book can totally cover all that can be done with VB, but this one does a good job of being comprehensive.

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Summary: A Great Code Rescource
Review: Complete Reference is the right term. The code found in this book is invaluable and is a treasure trove of examples covering a wide range of topics.

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Summary: Examples and more examples
Review: Don't expect to learn much using this book. However I will judge it as a reference and it is poor at that. The indexing is [bad] and, when you do get what you want, concepts are explained in a confusing manner, just a sea of abstractions. This person has little talent as a teacher. The good thing I can say is there are lots of examples (i.e breifly explained code and pictures) that might be useful to you (which I found learning ADO). Otherwise don't get this book unless you like to be frustrated and bored.

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Summary: Outstanding and In-Depth Coverage
Review: For anyone who needs a good reference that covers just about anything you would like to do with Visual Basic, this is the right book. Definitely one to keep handy.

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Summary: DISAPPOINTED AS WELL
Review: I agree that this books' examples are hard to follow. The explanations are brief and sometimes not detailed enough. It took me several hours just to figure out how to build a cool bar with a couple of tool bars on it. Also the CDROM DOES NOT HAVE THE WHOLE BOOK ON IT. THE CDROM only has the examples. This is false advertisement. I don't recommend this book for these reasons.

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Summary: Not Bad...
Review: I agree with some of the comments posted. But, the breadth of code covered is impressive. It really is a great rescource if you have a lot of complex programming projects. If you work in VB consulting, this is a must have.

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Summary: Excellent for Experienced Programmers !!
Review: I am have been a Borland Delphi developer for 4yrs stooped in OOP, but I have been interested in learning more about the glorious reviews of Visual Basic 6. I have reviewed most of the books and I found this one to be the best for an experienced programmer to be able to get up and going very quickly in VB6. He waists no time to show you how to create real world apps. I find VB6 fascinating on how it handles COM and Class Objects. If any one wants to develop robust apps think about Delphi 4. It makes COM, DCOM, & CORBA very easy to work with and you get total leverage on developing the Interfaces. Major RAD !!! I give Joel a 5 STAR !!

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Summary: Didn't anybody proofread this thing?
Review: I cannot believe the number of basic errors in this book. It looks like the author wrote it from memory and didn't test it or even proofread it. You must rely on previous knowledge of VB to fill in the gaps. If you are a beginner, forget it.

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Summary: NOT RECOMMENDED
Review: I don't recommend this book. This book is filled with examples with little explaination. I don't see this book as a very good reference. SO ITS NOT A COMPLETE REFERENCE. Should be called COMPLETE EXAMPLES.

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Summary: Crap
Review: I got it thinking on a real Reference book, and instead of it I got a book talking about how to do different thinks. Read the index, and if you're not doing what the book does, forget it. Useless.