In 2003 Visual Basic is the most widely used programming language in the world. Visual Basic 6 is used for developing thousands of different applications, from small utilities to the business enterprise level. Today VB6 developers need a firm grasp of the essentials of VB programming, and the knowledge to exploit the full range of technologies and techniques used in modern VB applications.

This book presents a fully revised and updated picture of VB6 development in 2003. Drawing from the best that Wrox has published on VB6, this book discusses all the key areas of building VB6 applications and offers you a powerful library of VB resources that will help you get the job done. If you are using VB6 today, this book is for you.

You'll build your skills in the following key areas:

• Component design, development, and deployment
• Data access and manipulation
• Server-side programming
• Integrating XML, SOAR and Web Services
• Design issues in n-tier architectures

Finally we'll introduce you to the new world of Visual Basic .NET, and you can follow this up with the new Wrox book, Fast Track Visual Basic .NET, provided free on the accompanying CD.

Contents

• "Classic" Visual Basic in the .NET World
• Visual Basic Designs
• The Basics of ADO
• Working with the ADO Data Control
• Views, Stored Procedures, and Triggers
• Data Validation, Transactions, and Error Trapping
• Advanced ADO
• COM+
• Component Development
• Transactions
• COM+ Distributed and Queued Components
• Distributed Processing with COM+.
• VBScript and ASP
• Essential XML
• SOAP and XML Web Services
• Looking Forward to .NET