Chapter 10. ADVANCED VISUAL BASIC PROGRAMMING

The challenge with Visual Basic is not the language but the entire environment. To help complete your quick introduction in Visual Basic, this chapter walks you step by step through the creation of a complete working application. Finally, you will see the "big picture," and you will be able to put the pieces of the previous chapters together to begin creating your own Visual Basic programs as quickly as possible.

The highlights of this chapter include the following:

  • You'll learn to arrange windows such as the Project window so that window placement optimizes your program-writing experience.

  • Use the StartUp property to determine how the user's application window will appear when the application first ...

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