Hardcore visual basic :

Content

1. The spirit of Basic
Language purification
Data types
Naming conventions
Efficient code
Assert yourself

2. The second level of basic enlightenment
Writing portable code
Calling the windows API from basic
The API contract
Dealing with strings
Dealing with pointers
Etc.

3. Basic tools the old-fashioned way
Code view
The Win32 API for Win16
Hammering bits
When all else fails
Etc.

4. An object way of basic
Object-oriented programming, basic style
Designing classes
The form class
Collecting objects

5. Taking control of windows
Winwatch
All about windows
All about programs

6. Painting pictures
Windows to basic and back again
Two ways of drawing
Basic windows painting
A word about blitting

Etc.
7. A handle on data
Three approaches to data
The data initialization problem
Using your own resource
Using other people’s resources
Etc.

8. Don’t write the same code twice
Edward and the Ceditor class
The editor control
Extending the Ceditor class
Common dialog extensions
Etc.

9. Stir-Fry
Everything you always wanted to know about
The CSorted list box class
Other people’s menus
Grid boxes
Etc.

10. The OLE gospel
Visual basic spreads the OLE gospel
The prime number server
Redesigning visual basic
The Add-In challenge

11. The new frontier
Going to Chicago
The new look and feel
Common controls
The quest for the 32-Bit grail

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