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Summary: Thorough & Accurate
Review: This is another example of O'Reilly's rule: the value of a computer book is usually inverse to its thickness (though this one is unusually thick, for them); and, it is unrelated to price (theirs are always on the cheap side). This book is relentlessly thorough, readable, and misses the cheap frills (ie. endless screen images) of 90% of other VB books. I own 17 VB books, but this one together with Lomax's book are the ones I actually look at more than all the others put together.
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Summary: Another GREAT book from O'Reilly...
Review: This is one of the best VB reference books that I own. If you are new to VB it's a good resource to see how to use the many controls that VB has to offer. If you're a professional it is an outstanding reference book! This book goes into detail about all of the controls in a very organized manner listing the events, properties and methods in a way that I haven't seen before. A lot of the VB books out there today focus on the programmatic side of VB, leaving the details and design of the controls up to the reader. This is the perfect complement to these books. This book alone cannot teach the VB programming language but it is a perfect companion book to the many books out there that do. My advice, if you're interested in learning the details of the tons of VB controls is to buy this book. Definitely worth a buy!
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Summary: An excellent and usable control reference
Review: This is the perfect companion to the splendid VB & VBA in a Nutshell volume. If you could only have one book on the subject you'd do well to have this or the Microsoft reference volume. If you (like me) value space and weight savings, buy this one (or both).
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Summary: Great resource for what it is
Review: To design and implement a large-scale VB project, I bought this book along with 'Pure Visual Basic' by Dan Fox. Nutshell proved to be very valuable for the design stage--determining what controls would be best suited for the demands of our application. It also was useful in the beginning of the implementation stage, as we got used to using those controls. Once coding was in full swing, the book sat on the shelf 90% of the time. We got MUCH more use out of Pure Visual Basic over the long haul.My conclusion--experienced VBers will not have much use for this book. Inexperienced ones will have a great deal of use of it for learning about standard controls/properties/methods, but they will still need another VB primer to help with coding fundamentals. Mildly experienced VBers or experienced programmers new to VB will find this tool useful as a reference in the beginning stages of a new VB project. In sum--anyone looking to understand the standard VB controls better will find this resource to be quite useful.
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Summary: Great resource for what it is
Review: To design and implement a large-scale VB project, I bought this book along with 'Pure Visual Basic' by Dan Fox. Nutshell proved to be very valuable for the design stage--determining what controls would be best suited for the demands of our application. It also was useful in the beginning of the implementation stage, as we got used to using those controls. Once coding was in full swing, the book sat on the shelf 90% of the time. We got MUCH more use out of Pure Visual Basic over the long haul. My conclusion--experienced VBers will not have much use for this book. Inexperienced ones will have a great deal of use of it for learning about standard controls/properties/methods, but they will still need another VB primer to help with coding fundamentals. Mildly experienced VBers or experienced programmers new to VB will find this tool useful as a reference in the beginning stages of a new VB project. In sum--anyone looking to understand the standard VB controls better will find this resource to be quite useful.
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