Recommended books

[Garrett67]

What is a good VB6 reference book?

I have my book from school , which provides examples and such
and believe me, I refer to it often
but are there any books that any of you would suggest I pick up?

I tend to forget the formats of certain code or how to do or apply something . It would be nice to have a book that is a little
more thorough than my old text book.
I do have the MSDN library but that is too confusing


Thanks

[hspc]

Hi.
this Q. should really be added to the FAQ.

if you are a very bginner use SAMS teach yourself VB6 in 21 days by Greg Perry (I hope i didn't misspell the name)

If you have an idea about VB6 you can use Sybex Mastering VB6 by Evangelous Petroutsus (sure I have a spelling mistake this time

[Garrett67]

Sorry, I just figured VB6 programming forum would be a good place to ask about VB6 programming books.

I took VB6 in college but need a good book for looking things
up. My memory doesn't work very well anymore


Thanks for the reply

[jvbd02]

Hi,

Peter Wright's 'Beginning Visual Basic 6' (published by Wrox) knocks the socks off SAMS 21 days effort.

I know SAMS is how a lot of you got started - myself included - but it lacks the depth provided by Wrox.

Hope it helps.

[Garrett67]

I don't really need a book that teaches the basics in X number of days. I had VB programming in college last year. What I am really after is an actual reference book. That way, when I forget something (which is often), I can look it up.

[bmileva]

I would recommend you: "Using Visual Basic 6 - Special Edition" by Braian Siler and Jeff Spotts. This is really the best Visual Basic book I have ever read!

Good luck!

[mikedershowitz]

Yeah, but after the beginnign VB wrox book, they have a bunch more that go into advance VB topiocs. Check out their websites as the best way.