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Title: Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Reference Library
by Microsoft Corporation, Microsoft Press
ISBN: 1572318643
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Pub. Date: August, 1998
Format: Paperback
Volumes: 1
List Price(USD): $79.99
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Average Customer Rating: 3.67

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Rating: 2
Summary: Not as good as other MS books
Comment: I've always enjoyed the Programmers guide's MS puts out for the dev tools. The recent one for VB6 is no exception. It's a very good book, written in a captivating way.

Sadly, the reference library is much different. I've had great difficulty staying focused enough to read through the component tools guide (volume 3). It's written in a very boring, and not very educational manner. The programmer's guide guides you through new concepts by having you type in examples you can execute. I think this is a good way to become a self taught VB programmer. The component tools guide doesn't work the same way. It gives you the same step by step instructions, but they are incomplete, and cannot work on their own.

Example (p854) : "2. In the Add HTML Template dialog box, select the HTML page you want, then click OK."

The programmers guide would walk you through creation of an HTML page that could become functional after this step. Instead the component tools guide gives you this step without any help on the HTML page that can be functional. Sure, a code example is included on the MSDN CD, but it doesn't have the same learning value if you don't create it yourself. Also, what good is this step 2 when you already have the code sample?

People who have learned from the MS programmers guides will probably understand what I'm saying here. Those who have not are probably lost.

Rating: 5
Summary: Hey, it's a Reference Library, not a novel.
Comment: Coupled with the Programmer's Guide, these are the best books a VB developer can own. Yes they are the online help files in print form, but some of us still like to hold a book, rather than read the computer.

They contain exhaustive information on EVERY command in VB6, ALL the standard tools that ship with VB6, and detail components like DHTML documents, ActiveX documents, ActiveX controls, and even (a little) IIS apps.

I am confused by some other reviews: mine have an index, everything is laid out in multiple font sizes and weights, and it's all very well laid out and easy to understand.

I have been developing with VB for over a year and a half and I still use these books on almost a daily basis.

Rating: 5
Summary: Its a Reference
Comment: This book is not at all intended to be a novel, its a reference. I will admit that this book is not ordered as would have thought, although there is some logical way to work with the book. This is a reference that I trust and use, I am one to stand up for this book, it has a lot of example code. I would hope that any intermedite programmer would consider this book, it holds a hell of a lot more example code than many others.

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