Designed for students with no prior computer programming knowledge, this best-selling text uses Visual Basic 6.0 to explore the fundamentals of programming in general and to explain how to use Visual Basic as a front end to take control of major applications such as Microsoft Office. A broad range of examples, case studies, exercises, and programming projects gives students significant hands-on experience.* NEW-Upgraded to Visual Basic 6.0. * Explains the relevant new features of VB 6.0. * NEW-A CD-ROM included-Contains the Working Model Edition of VB 6.0 as well as all the programs in the book. * Saves students the time and frustration of typing in programs. Allows instructors to quickly bring up an example or the solution to an exercise. * NEW-An expanded discussion of debugging and error-prevention. * Prepares students to address these issues in their future programming. * NEW-Updated and revised real-life data in the examples and exercises. * Allows students to relate to, appreciate, and feel comfortable with the material. * NEW-An engineering supplement can now be packaged with the text. * Gives students access to additional examples, exercises, and programming projects. * Problem solving techniques and structured programming discussed early and used throughout. * Teaches students good programming practices that are in-step with modern programming methodology. * Well-chosen examples illustrate each new concept. * Carefully designed exercise sets. * Reinforces what students have learned and challenges them to make original connections. * Practice problems. * A wealth of learning aids-Includes exercises (with answers), practice problems (with solutions), programming projects, case studies, chapter summaries, detailed appendices. * Reinforces understanding and encourages students to explore applications. * Written to be student-friendly. * Enables students to learn the material just by reading the book and working the exercises. * Real, current, and sometimes humorous data throughout the book. * Adds fun and interest to the examples and exercises.

Table of Contents:


 1. An Introduction to Computers and Visual Basic.


 2. Problem Solving.


 3. Fundamentals of Programming in Visual Basic.


 4. General Procedures.


 5. Decisions.


 6. Repetition.


 7. Arrays.


 8. Sequential Files.


 9. Random-Access Files.


10. The Graphical Display of Data.


11. Additional Controls and Objects.


12. Database Management.


13. Object-Oriented Programming.


14. Communicating with Other Applications.


Appendix A. ANSI Values.


Appendix B. How To.


Appendix C. Visual Basic Statements, Functions, Methods, Properties, Events, Data Types, and Operators.


Appendix D. Visual Basic Debugging Tools.


Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Exercises.


Index.