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Visual Basic 2005 programming reference

davejamesdavejames Posts: 4,047
edited 2009-04-15 17:18 in General Discussion
Hi All,

I've recently purchased Visual Studio 2005 which contains Visual Basic.· I also bought a couple of books that are "how to", meaning, they give me a global view of the software and that's ok.· I am now looking for what we used to call in the old days a 'programming reference' that would list all the language statements and their related descriptions.

Has anyone seen such a thing for Visual Basic?

I'm not talking about the built-in help file or on-line knowledge base, I'm looking for a book.


Thanks much,

DJ


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Instead of:

"Those who can, do.· Those who can't, teach." (Shaw)
I prefer:
"Those who know, do.· Those who understand, teach." (Aristotle)
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Comments

  • FranklinFranklin Posts: 4,747
    edited 2009-04-13 19:00
    would any of THESE work for you?

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    - Stephen
  • UnsoundcodeUnsoundcode Posts: 1,532
    edited 2009-04-13 22:49
    Dave , I looked at a bunch of books before I settled on Visual Basic 2005 Cookbook . I have never regretted the purchase , it's great for the intermediate programmer and I refer to it often . It can be found at this link http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596101770/ and there are several different purchasing options , I opted for downloading the PDF which saved me $10. I would say the book contains examples of 90% of whatever you may want to do at this stage , although the section on serial comms is a bit thin.

    Jeff T.

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  • davejamesdavejames Posts: 4,047
    edited 2009-04-15 04:51
    @Stephen: thanks for the list. It would appear one of the O'Reilly references might do the trick.
    @Jeff: thanks for the recomendation on the other O'Reilly book.

    It looks like I'll be ordering both.

    "...serial comms is a bit thin." Figures. That's the main subject that I'm *still* persuing. You'd think by this time the access and use of a seria/USB port would be a 'one line' operation.


    Regards,

    DJ

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    Instead of:

    "Those who can, do.· Those who can't, teach." (Shaw)
    I prefer:
    "Those who know, do.· Those who understand, teach." (Aristotle)
    ·
  • davejamesdavejames Posts: 4,047
    edited 2009-04-15 14:50
    @Stephen, @Jeff...

    I just ordered:

    Visual Basic 2005 Cookbook (O'Reilly)
    Visual Basic 2005 in a Nutshell, Third Edition (O'Reilly)

    Thanks again for the input; more reading ahead!

    DJ

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    Instead of:

    "Those who can, do.· Those who can't, teach." (Shaw)
    I prefer:
    "Those who know, do.· Those who understand, teach." (Aristotle)
    ·
  • UnsoundcodeUnsoundcode Posts: 1,532
    edited 2009-04-15 15:24
    Dave I am sure you will get a lot out of both books. In addition to the books there are web sites with great articles , The Code Project and Codeguru are two good resources.

    I have a method for the serial comms that works really well with Parallax processors at some fast baud rates , I need to put it down on paper and fill it with comments.

    If there is anything I can help with just post your ?'s

    Jeff T.
  • davejamesdavejames Posts: 4,047
    edited 2009-04-15 17:18
    @Jeff,

    Look for a PM.

    DJ

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    Instead of:

    "Those who can, do.· Those who can't, teach." (Shaw)
    I prefer:
    "Those who know, do.· Those who understand, teach." (Aristotle)
    ·
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