Visual Basic for Network Applications

Rating:
Summary: Good introduction to networking apps
Review: I bought this book some time ago, along with Dan Appleman's API book for VB (the 16-bit book, I believe no longer available). This book is rather thin, but decent content.

This book touches on the common APIs for network connections, such as WNetAddConnection. Great beginning for network apps where you want to connect network shares (\\server\service) to drive letters. (I even suggested this book on SourceVault).

The only thing I didn't like was that most of the functions were 16-bit, not the Win32 calls. HOWEVER, not many other books cover networking APIs (aside from buying an MSDN subscription from Microsoft)!

FYI - I know that the prior verison of Dan Appleman's VB Win32 API guide (white cover) also does not contain any "WNET" functions.

Rating:
Summary: Not for programmer
Review: This book just touches a little bit on different network area. Typically, it just tells you to use 3rd party controls for TCP/IP, NetBIOS, etc. Cover some windows API on network side which you can find better material elsewhere(like on the web) I browsed it once and I don't know when I will open that book again.