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Title: Visual Basic 5 Unleashed: Professional Reference Edition by Rob Thayer, Ashton Hobbs, Michael Amundsen ISBN: 0-672-31297-2 Publisher: SAMS Pub. Date: May, 1998 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $49.99

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Average Customer Rating: 3.4 (5 reviews)

Rating: 3
Summary: Not suitable for the short on patience.
Comment: A lot of topics are coevered, some are even quite interesting. The code is buggy and some of the explainations don't match the code. Unless you're experienced enough and missing some basic knowledge on some specific issues, don't bother with this one.

Rating: 3
Summary: Not for those interested in object programming
Comment: I actually got this book from my younger brother, and I'm glad because I would have been disapointed at paying the $100 (Aus) it was at the time. It does go into detail concerning a lot of controls which I found most useful as a VB begginer , however the book does tend to jump all over the place and cover issues which I would have preffered in a specialist book dedicated to them such as VBA . The chapters on object programming are near usless if you are trying to begin this method of programming for the fist time. I do hope that the high price of the books dont include a charge for Microsoft Control Creation VB cause now I have 3 copies of the programme , all still in the back page unopened as I have the professional edition! I dont see what the title UNLEASHED has to do with the content.

Rating: 4
Summary: Little Things Which Really Count
Comment: Thayer has nicely covered the complexities of OOP in VB5. Ironically, despite getting the complex issues across, he fails miserably in those Little Things Which Really Count. The book is littered with source code errors and conflict, particularly in the sections which Thayer admits are solid review points. [An array declared as Private strMyArray(25) As String does NOT contain 25 elements in Base 0 as Thayer proclaims....] If you're going to do a "review", ensure the information is correct, and have a technical editor conduct an exhaustive review. Run the source code listings to ensure they really do return what is in the book. This said, the seasoned VB Professional will easily identify the errors and can proceed without major difficulty aside from the annoyances of error in a "professional reference edition".

This is not the best starting point for the typical VB3/VB4 programmer who has never been exposed to OOP methods. However, if you desire to take VB5 beyond "intermediate" capability, Thayer provides a good launching point to becoming the VB Guru in your shop....