Book Description
and not-so-common tasks that working Visual Basic 2005 programmers face
every day. If you're a seasoned .NET developer, beginning Visual Basic
programmer, or a developer seeking a simple and clear migration path from
VB6 to Visual Basic 2005, the Visual Basic 2005 Cookbook delivers a
practical collection of problem-solving recipes for a broad range of Visual
Basic programming tasks.
The concise solutions and examples in the Visual Basic 2005 Cookbook range
from simple tasks to the more complex, organized by the types of problems
you need to solve. Nearly every recipe contains a complete, documented code
sample showing you how to solve the specific problem, as well as a
discussion of how the underlying technology works and that outlines
alternatives, limitations, and other considerations. As with all O'Reilly
Cookbooks, each recipe helps you quickly understand a problem, learn how to
solve it, and anticipate potential tradeoffs or ramifications.
Useful features of the book include:
* Over 300 recipes written in the familiar O'Reilly
Problem-Solution-Discussion format
* Hundreds of code snippets, examples, and complete solutions available for
download
* VB6 updates to alert VB6 programmers to code-breaking changes in Visual
Basic 2005
* Recipes that target Visual Basic 2005 features not included in previous
releases
* Code examples covering everyday data manipulation techniques and language
fundamentals
* Advanced projects focusing on multimedia and mathematical transformations
using linear algebraic methods
* Specialized topics covering files and file systems, printing, and
databases
In addition, you'll find chapters on cryptography and compression,
graphics, and special programming techniques. Whether you're a beginner or
an expert, the Visual Basic 2005 Cookbook is sure to save you time, serving
up the code you need, when you need it.
Publisher comments
and not-so-common tasks that working Visual Basic 2005 programmers face
every day. If you're a seasoned .NET developer, beginning Visual Basic
programmer, or a developer seeking a simple and clear migration path from
VB6 to Visual Basic 2005, the Visual Basic 2005 Cookbook delivers a
practical collection of problem-solving recipes for a broad range of Visual
Basic programming tasks. It's sure to save you time, serving up the code
you need, when you need it.
