Visual Basic Controls in a Nutshell: The Controls of the Professional and Enterprise Editions

This is one of the best VB reference books that I own. If you are new to VB it's a good resource to see how to use the many controls that VB has to offer. If you're a professional it is an outstanding reference book! This book goes into detail about all of the controls in a very organized manner listing the events, properties and methods in a way that I haven't seen before. A lot of the VB books out there today focus on the programmatic side of VB, leaving the details and design of the controls up to the reader. This is the perfect complement to these books. This book alone cannot teach the VB programming language but it is a perfect companion book to the many books out there that do. My advice, if you're interested in learning the details of the tons of VB controls is to buy this book. Definitely worth a buy!

This is another example of O'Reilly's rule: the value of a computer book is usually inverse to its thickness (though this one is unusually thick, for them); and, it is unrelated to price (theirs are always on the cheap side). This book is relentlessly thorough, readable, and misses the cheap frills (ie. endless screen images) of 90% of other VB books. I own 17 VB books, but this one together with Lomax's book are the ones I actually look at more than all the others put together.

This is the perfect companion to the splendid VB & VBA in a Nutshell volume. If you could only have one book on the subject you'd do well to have this or the Microsoft reference volume. If you (like me) value space and weight savings, buy this one (or both).

I just wish I had had this excellent reference early this year when being involved in implementing treeview controls for an Oracle database programming project. Because of lack of proper treeview documentation I had to do a lot of trial and errors -- very time-consuming. Thanks a lot for Author Evan's quick response to my e-mail question and thanks to O'Reilly for another great book! Highly recommended for every serious VBers!Fayu Zhang with best wishes to every would-be VBer

Central to Visual Basic is its interface design capabilities. Therefore, if you are looking to master the controls that come with Visual Basic Professional and Enterprise editions, this book is a must!