Teach Yourself Active X Control Programming with Visual Basic 5 in 21 Days

by Keith Brophy, Timothy Koets, Keith Brophy; Timothy Koets

Presents ActiveX programming techniques in a sequence that aims to help the reader understand the principles involved in developing programs. The reader begins with learning the basics to write a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1575212455
• ISBN13: 9781575212456
• Release Date: January 1900
• Publisher: Sams
• Length: 600 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 7.3" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Good starting point for ActiveX Control creation

Of the various ActiveX control books I have, this one is really for beginners. I am preparing MCSD exams and find ActiveX part in Hawhee's book too condensed. Without much prior knowledge about it, piling information in Hawhee's book is just too much to understand/remember. I also read Dan Appleman's book which is quite good theoretically, but it doesn't teach you the much about the actual steps. So Appleman's book is harder to follow than this book. I'd say combining the three books makes a lot of sense. While this book provides hands-on guidance, it doesn't teach you the things behind the scene, where Appleman's book does great on. The hawhee's book, on the other hand, provides a good review which lets you find the holes in your knowledge.The first comment is right on that the book has many errors. Also the writing sometimes is wordy.

Excellent Introduction, Just Right for Certification

I was preparing for the VB5 MCSD exam. A friend suggested one exam cram book, but I found the ActiveX part on it really compact and difficult to make sense of. Studying the basics of ActiveX programming from this book and combining it with the tips from the Exam Cram, I was able to know just enough to succesfully attempt ALL ActiveX questions on the exam.

Best Learning Book For Me

Every person has ideal explanation / hands-on ratio for maximal learning of a new programming topic. Of four "VB5 & ActiveX" books I bought, this was the one from which I learned ActiveX progamming. (It has quite a few errors. Perhaps parts of the book were written with a Beta version of VB5...) My copies of Kurata & Appleman are now more useful than this book, but they didn't make sense to me until I worked through this book.