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Visual Basic in easy steps, 4th edition shows you how to quickly create Windows applications using the latest free Visual Studio Community 2015 programming environment. This book gives you code examples, screenshots, and step-by-step instructions that illustrate each aspect of Visual Basic.It begins by describing the Visual Studio Community 2015 installation process, then introduces form controls, application properties, the programming language, and problem-solving techniques.Next, it illustrates by example, how to build and deploy a complete Windows application. A chapter is devoted to scripting with Visual Basic. This first shows you how to create 'macros' for Word and Excel in Microsoft Office, using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) , then demonstrates how to manipulate files and data within the Windows operating system using VBScript.
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The Short Take Mike McGrath is: Host of the nationally syndicated Public Radio show, You Bet Your GardenGarden Editor for WTOP News Radio in Washington, DCContributing Editor and columnist for Greenprints magazineFormer Editor-in-Chief of ORGANIC GARDENING magazine Author of books on Tomatoes, Compost and Kitchen Gardening
