He has a bachelor's degree in computer science from the University of Central Florida. Eric has previously published in Visual Basic Developer, SQL Server Professional, and the Visual Basic 5 SuperBible. The project he helped develop for Orlando Health Care Group and Visteon Corporation placed 10th in Info World's 1995 Top 100 client server sites.
You are encouraged to explore third-party offerings they can often cut significant time from the development cycle.Ībout the Authors Eric Winemiller is a principal software developer for Visteon Corporation in Maitland, Florida, where he builds BackOffice- and Visual Basic-based medical applications. However, much of Visual Basic's strength is its extensibility using third-party tools and controls.
Most chapters avoid using controls or tools not included with Visual Basic 6, Professional or Enterprise Edition. You may have to improvise the How-To's to make the samples work with Visual Basic 5.
Many of the sections will also work with Visual Basic 5, but specific references to menu selections and windows may have changed between versions. This book was written using Visual Basic 6 Enterprise Edition, but most sections will work with the Professional Edition. What You Need to Use This Book You need Visual Basic 6, Professional or Enterprise Edition. Additionally, each chapter contains an introduction that summarizes each How-To and covers the chapter's techniques and topics so that you can zero in on just the solution you need without having to go through hundreds of pages to find it. Each How-To is graded by complexity level, with information on additional uses and enhancements to fit your needs exactly. The book's concepts and examples are useful to Visual Basic programmers of all skill levels.
All the code described in the book is available on the accompanying CD-ROM. In most cases, you can simply copy the provided code or objects into your application and be up and running immediately. Each section contains the steps to solve a problem, as well as a discussion of how and why the solution works. Each How-To follows a consistent format that guides you through the issues and techniques involved in solving a specific problem. Like all books in the successful How-To series, Visual Basic 6 Database How-To emphasizes a step-by-step problem-solving approach to Visual Basic programming. Visual Basic 6 Database How-To gives an in-depth view of each major method of data access, with real-life examples with which to work. What does it all mean, what can it do for you, and most importantly, how do you quickly get up to speed? That's why this book was created.
New tools and technologies like ADO, OLE-DB, and the Microsoft Data Reporter vie for your attention. Visual Basic's powerful database feature set has continued to grow with version 6. With each successive version, Microsoft adds more functionality to make database programming easier for you. First came DAO with version 3, RDO with version 4, and then the ability to build robust ActiveX components in version 5. Introduction About This Book Since version 3, Visual Basic has been the tool of choice for database programmers everywhere. Visual Basic 6 Database How-To - Introduction © Copyright, Macmillan Computer Publishing. Chapter 1: - Accessing a Database with Bound ControlsĬhapter 2: - Accessing a Database with Data Access ObjectsĬhapter 4: - Designing and Implementing a DatabaseĬhapter 6: - Connecting to an ODBC ServerĬhapter 7: - SQL Server Databases and Remote Data ObjectsĬhapter 10: - Security and Multiuser AccessĬhapter 11: - The Windows Registry and State InformationĬhapter 13: - Advanced Database TechniquesĪppendix B: - Data Access Object ReferenceĪppendix C: - Remote Data Object ReferenceĪppendix D: - ActiveX Data Objects ReferenceĪppendix E: - A Short Introduction to Visual Basic Objects