An Introduction to Programming Using Visual Basic (C) 6.0

by David I. Schneider, Greg Riccardi

Easy to use and fun to learn, Visual Basic is the state of the art in Basic programming and the language that allows you to take full control of Microsoft's best-selling Windows applications. Written by best-selling author David I. Schneider, An Introduction to Programming Using Visual Basic 6.0 assumes no prior programming experience and includes these important pedagogical features: carefully teaches the fundamentals of accurate, modern programming methodology; explains how to use Visual Basic as a front end to take control of major applications such as Microsoft Office; includes an entire chapter on the data control, database programming with Visual Basic, and an introduction to SQL; and supplies numerous examples and exercises that students and professionals can appreciate.

Paperback

First published December 23, 1998

About the author

David I. Schneider holds an A.B. degree from Oberline College and a Ph.D. degree in Mathematics from MIT. He has taught for 34 years, primarily at the University of Maryland. Dr. Schneider has authored 28 books, with one-half of them computer programming books. He has developed three customized software packages that are supplied as supplements to over 55 mathematics textbooks. His involvement with computers dates back to 1962, when he programmed a special purpose computer at MIT's Lincoln Laboratory to correct errors in a communications system.