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Visual Basic Controls In A Nutshell
by By Evan S. Dictor—Review by Joe Mizer—NOCCC, jmmizer@juno.com - February 21, 2000 at 13:14:42:
The Nutshell book series are quick reference books on programming, system administration, and graphic design at bargain prices. The Nutshell books are generally designed for the experienced user as reference guides, and are affordable. The list price for Visual Basic Controls In A Nutshell (ISBN # 1-56592-294-8) is $24.95 at O’Reilly & Associates (ed note: see NOCCC benefits for a bargain on O’Reilly books). In today’s market where so many books are $50.00 and more, this is a bargain. Of course, no product is a bargain at any price if it falls short on quality and performance, or if you don’t need it. If you are programming in Visual Basic 5 or 6, you need a good reference book which will guide you through the unexpected things that could occur when you do not understand all the aspects of a new control.Controls in Visual Basic are the basic design components. The book is broken into eight chapters and two parts. Part 1(chapters 1-4) is a brief, fifty-page, introduction into controls, control features and forms. Part 2 is the reference section documenting Controls, Properties, Methods, and Events in chapters 5-8. Each control is covered by first giving a description of its intended use. The individual steps required are covered in order and in detail, and followed by complete examples, which work. Hints are given on common “Gotcha’s”, that could cost you hours to untangle or just plain ruin your day. As an example on how complete the presentations are, the section on the RichTextBox required 11 pages. The author, Evan S. Dictor, has a very precise and clear style, with descriptions that do not require constantly referring to another text. Another way of using the book is to look up properties, methods and events used by controls. Each property description will cover where it applies and the data type, followed by examples where applicable. The properties section will also tell you when it is available. The Code used is as follows (RT) runtime, (DT) design time, or (RO) read only, or (RW) read/write. This book is going to stay close by whenever I am programming in Visual Basic. This book is an excellent addition to your library and is easily worth the price.
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