>>Does anyone have any suggestions for good all-purpose books on VB? i've been given a project that requires vf instead of vfp.
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>You need generally, three books:
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>- An introductory book (or read carefully the manuals and samples)
>- An all purpose-all tricks book
>- A data-base-oriented book
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>For the all purpose, I recommend Visual Basic 4 Unleashed, from SAMS. The CD-ROM are valuable, and comes with the Install Shield for VB4.
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>I'm working in VB and VFP. When in VB, I'm missing the classes and inheritances, and all that stuff. When in VFP, I'm fighting with buffers, locking modes, data-sessions, and all that stuff...

thanks. i'll look into that book.