learning visual basic 6

[fireball****aka fireball_87]

im learning vb6(only know the very basics of it, but i can kind of alredy wright some fuctioning progs if im givin a base code, cus i usualy can figure out what it meens) and i would like to know if anyone knows some good refrences(book's, websites, ect) ?

[engjohn]

Get the MSDN Library on CD,
I also like the Visual Basic 6 Master Reference by IDG.
Other than that I just pick up a book on the part that I need to learn at that time. Like I just picked up a book on VB ADO Programming, before that was the MS Visual Studio Core Reference set...

Go the the book store and get something for where you are in programming. You will NEVER stop buying books....

[fireball****aka fireball_87]

Originally posted by engjohn
Get the MSDN Library on CD,
I also like the Visual Basic 6 Master Reference by IDG.
Other than that I just pick up a book on the part that I need to learn at that time. Like I just picked up a book on VB ADO Programming, before that was the MS Visual Studio Core Reference set...

Go the the book store and get something for where you are in programming. You will NEVER stop buying books....
"You will NEVER stop buying books.... "
thats what i was afraid of :)(there $20 a pice). i have the msdn library(not real recent, my subscription ended spring 2001) and it can be a little hard to find things.

[engjohn]

I wish my books only cost about 20.00, most are closer to 50$

[minoukat]

I started learning VB 6, and bought "SAMS Teach Yourself Visual Basic 6 in 21 Days". It's pretty good, but pretty eXPensive. 42.95$ CAN. Is this a good book for a beginner that started to understand something about programming, or should I jump for something more "hard" ?

[Gonzo]

I highly highly recomend "Step by Step visual basic 6" by Michael Halvorson and is published by Microsoft Press. The author worked at microsoft on VB for many years. It is a very good book, and covers everything from calculator programs, data base connectivety, web pages, and building multimedia players such as a cd player, and movie viewer.
Most of the programs that I built going through the lessons I still use, most all of them are useful.
I am currently taking a class on vb and the text we have for class is harder to follow than this book is.

here is a tutorial on the web. You get some free dry humor with this one:
http://www.vb-world.net/beginning/vbtutorial/VB World tutorial (http://www.vb-world.net/beginning/vbtutorial/)

[BigPappaP]

one word - LIBRARY! i started learning vb about a year ago, i havent looked at it in about 3 months because of school, but i can tell you that you'll always find plenty of books at the library. Sams teach yourself visual basic in 21 days is nice, in 24 hours is good to start with cuz it starts with some key basics.

[badgers]

I like this web site:
http://forums.vb-world.net/forumdisplay.php?forumid=1

I took some time to look through the tutorials and then just ask some questions in the fourm.

I suggest looking into the API as soon as you feel ready. I feel that VB programs that exercise the API can be as responsive as C++ and the VB IDE IMO is so much better then the C++ IDE and syntax. I HATE the C++ case sensitve issue, HATE IT, HATE IT.

[Gonzo]

Originally posted by badgers
I like this web site:
http://forums.vb-world.net/forumdisplay.php?forumid=1

I took some time to look through the tutorials and then just ask some questions in the fourm.

I suggest looking into the API as soon as you feel ready. I feel that VB programs that exercise the API can be as responsive as C++ and the VB IDE IMO is so much better then the C++ IDE and syntax. I HATE the C++ case sensitve issue, HATE IT, HATE IT.

he he, gotta love VB, just type and it will correct case and sometimes even spelling errors (Option Explicit). vb-world is a good site. I also found some fun tutorials the other day on about.com. THe ones on about are very large complex programs and they dont explain everything very well, but I downloaded the project files then played around with those. The reson I liked it though was because they are real world, useful (or just fun) programs. The one I worked on was building a screen saver with password protection, configuration and preview built into it. It covered a lot of APIs and useful functions. I dont ever use screen savers, but it is fun to build one.

[Softwebdev]

Originally posted by engjohn
Get the MSDN Library on CD,
I also like the Visual Basic 6 Master Reference by IDG.
Other than that I just pick up a book on the part that I need to learn at that time. Like I just picked up a book on VB ADO Programming, before that was the MS Visual Studio Core Reference set...

Go the the book store and get something for where you are in programming. You will NEVER stop buying books....

AGREE................I have amost 200 program books...................Have C++, Java, VB reference books...........these suckers are heavy................and thick.....(over 3000 pages).......from Microsoft.

[Softwebdev]

Originally posted by fireball****aka fireball_87
im learning vb6(only know the very basics of it, but i can kind of alredy wright some fuctioning progs if im givin a base code, cus i usualy can figure out what it meens) and i would like to know if anyone knows some good refrences(book's, websites, ect) ?

go to Microsoft Press web site..........and you can order VB reference....................be careful............this sucker is heavy...........more than 3 Volumes...............