Vb6 Learning resources?

[Airhog]

I have decided to try and learn Visual Basic 6. I have some very basic programming skills. I took a course in like 6th grade on basic on the Apple. So I really need to find a book that takes alot of time to explain things.

I have 2 books, the first is murach's visual basic 6 and the other is visual basic 6 in english. Both books are written well, but I have a hard time trying to convert what they are talking about into something I can use.

I started to work on the calculator application in one book, and I am already stumped, because code is shown, but no explination is given as to how the code works.

I can understand some of the basic code like this line


Readout.Text = Readout.Text & Keys(Index).Caption


Which means the the box in my calculator will display a number when I press the corresponding key, but I quickly get lost when he starts to show how to progam the operators.

I would like a book that not only shows the crucial statements, but also explains how they are used in programming.

Also, can you point me to some websites, forums, etc, that may have training stuff on them.

[Fritz]

Airhog - the Learn VB Now from microsoft press is actually a decent book for a novice. They don't make many assumptions about skill. My copy is for VB4, but I am sure they have one for 6.

[Airhog]

hmm, okay I might see If I cant find a copy of it. too be honest, I could almost use a book devoted to just the theory of programming just as much as the concrete stuff.

[21C]

I have found it much easier for me to use some instruction and code from the internet than from a book.

I've got the SAMS Teach Yourself VB book and didn't get much from it until I looked at somebody else's code and what it did and then adapted it to my own needs. I would recommend Schaum's Outlines Visual Basic by Brian S. Gottfried as it has a nice introduction and some simple examples.

Try these sources:
http://www.planet-source-code.com/vb
http://www.a1vbcode.com/
http://www.visualbasicforum.com
http://www.garybeene.com/vb/

I also found it useful when I got stuck to just type in the problem to Google and see what was out there.

Good luck with it.

[Airhog]

Thanks I will take a look at this.

I actually wrote my first program, without just copying and pasting the code in from someone else. Even though it was simple, Im pretty proud of it.

I wouldnt mind having some specific problems to try and solve using coding, etc. Maybe I should just take a course this next semester.

[Raven]

Most will probably laugh, but the "For Dummies" books work pretty well for teaching absolute beginners.

[Airhog]

That one had crossed my mind raven, but the only dummy book I saw for sale at the local bookstore was the one for .NET

Since shelf space is such a premium I found very few books on visual basic 6, the library is a bit better, but they didnt have the books I was looking for.

[Airhog]

Just bumping this up for the daytime crowd.

[Raven]

Try Barnesandnoble.com or amazon

here are some results for Visual Basic 6 that I found on bnn.com

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/results.asp?WRD=visual+basic+6&userid=665W80D1QF&sourceid=00393694016372668672&bfdate=07%2D09%2D2003+03%3A07%3A40&cds2Pid=946