According to Microsoft, over 3 million professional Visual Basic programmers use Visual Basic every day. 1001 Visual Basic Programmer's Tips takes the programmer from square one with Visual Basic. The book teaches the ins and outs of the visual Basic toolset and focuses on code, code, and more code. Additionally, the CD-ROM contains all the supplemental files the user needs, including GIF files for image manipulation, audio files for ActiveX controls that play sound, and HTML files that provide the programs' Web interface.
It was how-to's, solutions to common tasks, through code examples, guided and with screenshots. I looked in this book as often as I did in the formal reference / documentation.