Offers a collection of tips, tricks and techniques that help programmers make the most of Visual Basic 2.0. Beginning with a detailed description of the Windows API (Application Program Interface), it goes on to examine how Visual Basic uses the functions in the API to run Windows. A full chapter devoted to graphics techniques shows programmers how to enhance the appearance and functionality of Visual Basic programs. Also provides information on creating applications that take advantage of Windows' DDE (Dynamic Data Exchange) and OLE (Object Linking and Embedding) so that different applications are able to share data and update it automatically. Includes a detailed introduction to Microsoft's Professional Development Kit and a disk with professional-level, fully usable code.
- ISBN10 0471590924
- ISBN13 9780471590927
- Publish Date 15 September 1993
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 14 May 1997
- Publish Country US
- Imprint John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Pages 480
- Language English