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VB 6 Helper Newsletter
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Rod Stephens
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Dec 06, 2008 07:36 PST
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If you're interested in reviewing my latest book "Beginning Database
Design Solutions," let me know (RodSte-@vb-helper.com). I may ask
you to pay postage and I have a limited number of copies.
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Today's notable book is:
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 For Dummies
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0471242683/vbhelper/
by John Paul Mueller
John is a talented and amazingly prolific author who's written more than
75 books and 300 articles. He's been technical editor on several of my
books and is an all-around great guy.
Take a look at his books and write a review if you have one.
One more (in case you want to add ribbons to your VBA, VB, or C# apps):
RibbonX For Dummies
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/047016994X/vbhelper/
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An odd but cool thing happened the other day as I was checking various
Amazon best seller lists: I found three of my books on the lists at the
same time!
"Visual Basic 2008 Programmer's Reference" was #1 on the Visual
Basic list
"Beginning Database Design Solutions" was #17 on the Methodolgy list
"Ready-To-Run Visual Basic Algorithms" was #9 on the Visual Basic
list
The first book is usually on the list somewhere, although #1 is unusual.
The second is new so I'm not sure where it will settle in but lately
it's remained lower down on the list.
The third was a surprise! That book has been out for a while and was
written for VBH 5/6. (I've tried to get the publisher to let me write a
new edition but they say there's isn't enough market.) However, it's
still a pretty introduction and reference for algorithms in Visual
Basic.
In case you're interested, you can access those Amazon top sellers lists
here:
Any Category > Books > Computers & Internet > Microsoft >
Development > Visual Basic
http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/books/3995
Any Category > Books > Computers & Internet > Computer Science >
Software Engineering > Methodology
http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/books/280312
(If you look at the description of any book, down in the Product Details
section, you can see the book's sales rank and the categories where it's
listed.)
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Have a great week and thanks for subscribing!
Rod
RodSte-@vb-helper.com
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*** Now Available ***
Visual Basic 2008 Programmer's Reference
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0470182628/vbhelper/
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VB6 Contents:
1. New HowTo: List the fonts available to the printer in Visual Basic 6
Both Contents:
2. New Links
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1. New HowTo: List the fonts available to the printer in Visual Basic 6
http://www.vb-helper.com/howto_list_printer_fonts.html
http://www.vb-helper.com/HowTo/howto_list_printer_fonts.zip
When the program's form loads, the code loops through the Printer
object's Fonts collection and adds each font's name to a ListBox.
Private Sub Form_Load()
Dim i As Integer
picSample.AutoRedraw = True
For i = 0 To Printer.FontCount - 1
lstFonts.AddItem Printer.Fonts(i)
Next i
End Sub
When you click on an entry in the ListBox, the program draws a sample of
that font.
Private Sub lstFonts_Click()
If lstFonts.ListIndex < 0 Then Exit Sub
picSample.Font = lstFonts.Text
picSample.Cls
picSample.CurrentX = 0
picSample.CurrentY = 0
picSample.Print lstFonts.Text
End Sub
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2. New Links
http://www.vb-helper.com/links.html
CertificationTutorials.com
http://www.certificationtutorials.com/CompTIA/CTT-Plus-certification-training.htm
Just what you'd expect: tutorials for preparing for certifications. A
huge number of tutorials.
Jabaco
http://www.jabaco.org
A free object-oriented, threading-enabled VB 6-like language. (If you
give it a try, email me your experiences at RodSte-@vb-helper.com.)
NewCode
http://www.newcode.com
Tool that converts legacy VB code into VB.NET or C#. Free trial. $99 and
up for full versions.
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