Visual Basic Books.
The book that IS recommended for the Applications Development unit is:
An Introduction To Programming Using Visual Basic 6.0, Fourth Edition, by David I. Schneider
ISBN
: 0-13-936428-5This book's version (6) of the CCE (Control Creation Edition) software has the Data Control and the Flexi - Grid Control.
It is published by Prentice Hall -
http://www.prenhall.comThe version of software currently in use on this unit is version 6.0
The above mentioned book, also has a cheaper version with less chapters:
Essentials of Visual Basic 6.0 Programming, By David I. Schneider,
ISBN: 0-13-0-12720-5The book has the same CD ROM as its more expensive counterpart.
Other Titles:
Programming In Visual Basic 6.0,
by Julia Case Bradley and Anita C. Millspaugh -
ISBN : 0-07-116115-5~ published by McGraw Hill - http://www.mhhe.com
Software is also provided with this book. The book had a lot of useful and relevant detail, which was good for beginner and experienced programmers alike.
The same authors have also produced an advanced book:
Advanced Programming Using Visual Basic 6.0, by Julia Case Bradley and Anita C. Millspaugh -
ISBN : 0-07-118105-9This book included a CD ROM with the examples from the book.
Learning To Program With Visual Basic - 2nd Edition,
By Patrick G. McKeown and Craig A. Piercy -
ISBN : 0-471-41862-5~ published by Wiley - http://www.wiley.com
Software is also provided with this book.
Programming With Visual Basic 6, By Edward J. Coburn –
ISBN: 0-534-36829-8 ~ published by PWS – http://www.pws.comUsing the advanced search facility on their web site and typing "Visual Basic" - matching all words and media, yielded 30 titles.
This book had no software (unlike the version 5.0 edition???), but could probably be obtained very cheaply or even free.
Database Programming.
For database programming with Visual Basic, some titles are:
Visual Database Programming, By Michael Kofler -
ISBN: 0-201-72193-7 ~ published by Addison-Wesley - http://www.aw.comDatabase Access With Visual Basic 6.0 - The Authoritive Solution, By Jeffrey P. McManus
ISBN: 0-672-31422-3 ~ published by SAMS - http://www.samspublishing.comBoth of the above two books contain code samples on a CD ROM.
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