VB 6 Books

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Peer-to-Peer with VB .NET

Published 17 years ago includes sample chapter

by Matthew MacDonald, Apress

"Overall, an easy-to-follow book with mundo examples." — Robert Gelb, vbRAD. Peer-to-peer proponents claim that their technology holds the keys to building virtual supercomputers, sharing vast pools of knowledge, and creating self-sufficient communities on the Internet. Peer-to-Peer with VB .NET explores how these design ideas can be integrated into existing .NET applications. This book is an honest assessment of P2P and .NET.
ADO.NET and ADO Examples and Best Practices for VB Programmers

Published 19 years ago includes sample chapter

by William R. Vaughn, Bill Vaughn, Apress

ADO.NET and ADO Examples and Best Practices for VB Programmers, Second Edition brings the popular first edition up to date with fresh insights and tips on COM-based ADO&emdash;and adds a voluminous section on the new ADO.NET technology. Written specifically for COM-based ADO developers retooling for ADO.NET, this is a developer's book, packed with practical advice on how to make code run faster, yet be easier to write and understand.
Serious ADO: Universal Data Access with Visual Basic

Published 20 years ago includes sample chapter

by Robert MacDonald, Apress

From seasoned developer and trainer Rob Macdonald comes Serious ADO: Universal Data Access with Visual Basic, which teaches experienced Visual Basic developers how to make the most of ADO, Microsoft's flagship product for database access. Serious ADO covers the full range of uses for ADO, from basic use of the ADO technology to specialized topics and advanced techniques that will benefit even the most experienced developers.
Pro Silverlight 2 in VB 2008

Published 12 years ago includes sample chapter

by Matthew MacDonald, Apress

Silverlight is a lightweight browser plug–in that frees your code from the traditional confines of the browser. It’s a rules–changing, groundbreaking technology that allows you to run rich client applications right inside the browser. Even more impressively, it’s able to host true .NET applications in non–Microsoft browsers (like Firefox) and on non–Microsoft platforms (like Mac OS X
Internationalization and Localization Using Microsoft .NET

Published 19 years ago includes sample chapter

by Nick Symmonds, Apress

Written for the IT manager or developer planning to bring software to today's global markets, Internationalization and Localization Using Microsoft .NET provides a solid blueprint for success with the new and improved support for multilingual software available in .NET. As a veteran of building software for multiple languages (with considerable experience with Visual Basic 6), author Nick Symmonds shares his insight about techniques that work best for internationalizing software.
Real World Enterprise Reports Using VB6 and VB .NET

Published 17 years ago includes sample chapter

by Carl Ganz Jr., Apress

Although reports are frequently overlooked in applications until the end of the development process, they often represent the key selling points to management, as a software application's primary value lies in its output. Real World Enterprise Reports Using VB6 and VB .NET discusses report writing from a developer's perspective. Author Carl Ganz, Jr., covers programming reports using such tools as VSView, Preview, and ActiveReports.
Pro ASP.NET 2.0 in VB 2005

Published 15 years ago includes sample chapter

by Laurence Moroney, Matthew MacDonald Ed., Apress

With its added improvements, ASP.NET 2.0 is becoming the standard technology for creating dynamic web pages on the Windows platform. This new technology is faster to code than the previous version, and offers a more powerful set of tools including MasterPages and Generics. It also runs more quickly when deployed, so that customers enjoy a much better user experience. It is now used by organizations across the board, from start-up companies to blue-chip multinational corporations. Pro ASP.NET 2.
Pro SQL Server 2005 Assemblies

Published 15 years ago includes sample chapter

by Robin Dewson, Julian Skinner, Apress

Pro SQL Server 2005 Assemblies provides a detailed and example-driven tutorial on how to build and use .NET assemblies. The authors focus on building assemblies in C#, but also provide the equivalent VB .NET code in the supplied code download. Assemblies are not a complete replacement for T-SQL stored procedures and triggers; rather, they're enhancements, to be used at the right place and right time.
GDI+ Programming in C# and VB .NET

Published 18 years ago includes sample chapter

by Nick Symmonds, Apress

GDI+ both wraps arcane API calls and extends them for much easier use. Programmers no longer have to make do with the familiar but simplistic VB 6.0 drawing model, nor do they have to dig down into the GDI API in order to get any real work done. In GDI+, Microsoft has come up with a complete, but still extensible, set of classes for all of the .NET programmer's drawing needs. GDI+ requires different techniques than the Windows GDI API, as it is completely stateless.
Beginning ASP.NET in VB .NET: From Novice to Professional

Published 17 years ago includes sample chapter

by Matthew MacDonald, Apress

(This book) has helped me to understand the core functionalities of .NET. — Sita Ananth, Central Maryland ASP Professionals The most up-to-date and comprehensive introductory ASP.NET book you'll find on any shelf, Beginning ASP.NET in VB .NET guides you through Microsoft's latest technology for building dynamic websites. This book will enable you to build dynamic web pages on the fly, and it assumes only the most basic knowledge of VB .NET. The book provides exhaustive coverage of ASP.