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Title: Microsoft Mastering : Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Fundamentals (Dv-Dlt Mastering) by Microsoft Corporation ISBN: 0-7356-0898-9 Publisher: Microsoft Press Pub. Date: 25 September, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.86 (7 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Typical MSPress. Mastering?? I don't think so
Comment: I've had this book for about 3 years, and recently decided to pick it up and review my VB6 :) HORRIBLE mistake. Browsed the whole book in about 1 hr TRYING to look for a nugget... something that would make me deem worth the time spent... found nothing! As a result I decided to review it, a little bit off on the timing but better late than never.
This text follows the typical MSPress format. While trying to cover all relevant topics they leave out important information and the information given is vague and not very helpful.
I would still recommend this book for an absolute beginner in the "Visual" arena, but not as a useful reference for the rest.
While VB6 is not the most current version of this popular language/RAD tool it is still a widely used development platform and so this text and many other related should be relevant for developers looking for help.
Again, ONLY if you are totally new to the Visual development environment in general would this book be of any help, otherwise stay away.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great book for the right audience
Comment: I have bought hundreds of copies of this book for use as a training manual. It is a little pricey (the Amazon.com discount makes up for that) but for what I need it is worth it. The labs are a great learning tool and they all actually work. I have found that most code samples in other books were better left out. Not so with these. I have been through the book cover to cover many times and can only recall one error. (It is on page 242 and again on 243. adcCustomers.Find should be adcCustomers.Recordset.Find There may be a few more, but nothing serious.) I was very surprised to see so many negative reviews of the book since I use it so much with usually good feedback. This book was actually designed for use as a training manual for an instructor led course. So if you are working through it alone it might not be the best choice. It is still a great book for the right audience.
Rating: 1
Summary: Utter rubbish
Comment: Don't buy this book - it's absolutely awful. Honestly, for that kind of money you'd expect somethings usable, but far from it. Explanations are always unclear and either oversimplistic or full of holes. Often new properties/methods etc are enumerated without being explained. You'd be FAR better off with the Dummies book, which, if you can get over the style, actually has plenty of good content. Microsoft are taking serious liberties with this one. One star? More like minus 5.
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Title: Microsoft Mastering: Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Development (Dv-Dlt Mastering) by Microsoft Corporation ISBN: 0735609004 Publisher: Microsoft Press Pub. Date: 25 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Programmer's Guide by Microsoft Corporation ISBN: 1572318635 Publisher: Microsoft Press Pub. Date: 05 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Professional Step-By- Step. by Michael Halvorson ISBN: 1572318090 Publisher: Microsoft Press Pub. Date: 15 July, 1998 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: Enterprise Development Using Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (Dv-Dlt Mastering) by Microsoft Corporation, David Chesnut, Jo Berry, Microsoft ISBN: 0735609012 Publisher: Microsoft Press Pub. Date: August, 1999 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: Microsoft Visual Basic .NET Language Reference by Microsoft Corporation, Microsoft Press, Microsoft Corporation ISBN: 0735615527 Publisher: Microsoft Press Pub. Date: 06 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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