Hi,
I have worked with VB.NET for half a year (semi-newbie). Currently I am
looking around for some books for those that crossed the starting
hurdle. There are too many books out there-make choosing, a bit of a
gamble.
If you have experience of good VB.NET books on general and office
automattion, you could recommend, it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Tomas Nordlander 12 1616
I don't know what version of VB.Net you're using. I really
like Francesco Balena's book on VB:The Language. It only
covers the language, not the forms or data. I have the 2005
version, but he has earlier versions as well. This isn't
really a book for someone who's never done .Net; in each
section, he goes from simple examples to complex info
pretty quickly. I learned a lot from reading this book.
He also has a Standard Practices book that I found a lot
of neat information in.
For data binding, check out Brian Noyes's book.
If you want to know how to write a whole app, check out
Tim Patrick's new book, Start-to-Finish Visual Basic 2005.
I have it on order, so I can't vouch for it personally,
but there is a good review on amazon, and chapter 1 was
pretty interesting.
Hope that helps.
Robin S.
----------------------------
"Tomas" <to**************@yahoo.comwrote in message
news:11**********************@f16g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
Hi,
I have worked with VB.NET for half a year (semi-newbie). Currently I am
looking around for some books for those that crossed the starting
hurdle. There are too many books out there-make choosing, a bit of a
gamble.
If you have experience of good VB.NET books on general and office
automattion, you could recommend, it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Tomas Nordlander
Thanks Robin (I use 2005 VB.NET), I appriciate the recomendations, and
will get them ordered.
Tomas :)
RobinS wrote:
I don't know what version of VB.Net you're using. I really
like Francesco Balena's book on VB:The Language. It only
covers the language, not the forms or data. I have the 2005
version, but he has earlier versions as well. This isn't
really a book for someone who's never done .Net; in each
section, he goes from simple examples to complex info
pretty quickly. I learned a lot from reading this book.
He also has a Standard Practices book that I found a lot
of neat information in.
For data binding, check out Brian Noyes's book.
If you want to know how to write a whole app, check out
Tim Patrick's new book, Start-to-Finish Visual Basic 2005.
I have it on order, so I can't vouch for it personally,
but there is a good review on amazon, and chapter 1 was
pretty interesting.
Hope that helps.
Robin S.
----------------------------
"Tomas" <to**************@yahoo.comwrote in message
news:11**********************@f16g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
Hi,
I have worked with VB.NET for half a year (semi-newbie). Currently I am
looking around for some books for those that crossed the starting
hurdle. There are too many books out there-make choosing, a bit of a
gamble.
If you have experience of good VB.NET books on general and office
automattion, you could recommend, it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Tomas Nordlander
You're welcome. My copy of Tim Patrick's book came in
the mail yesterday; it looks really good. I'm looking
forward to reading it.
BTW, I don't know of any Office automation books; if
you find one, please let us know. I usually do it by
trial & error. Most of my stuff is Excel, although I've
mucked a little with Outlook and Word.
Robin S.
------------------------------
"Tomas" <to**************@yahoo.comwrote in message
news:11**********************@h48g2000cwc.googlegr oups.com...
Thanks Robin (I use 2005 VB.NET), I appriciate the recomendations, and
will get them ordered.
Tomas :)
RobinS wrote:
>I don't know what version of VB.Net you're using. I really like Francesco Balena's book on VB:The Language. It only covers the language, not the forms or data. I have the 2005 version, but he has earlier versions as well. This isn't really a book for someone who's never done .Net; in each section, he goes from simple examples to complex info pretty quickly. I learned a lot from reading this book.
He also has a Standard Practices book that I found a lot of neat information in.
For data binding, check out Brian Noyes's book.
If you want to know how to write a whole app, check out Tim Patrick's new book, Start-to-Finish Visual Basic 2005. I have it on order, so I can't vouch for it personally, but there is a good review on amazon, and chapter 1 was pretty interesting.
Hope that helps. Robin S. ---------------------------- "Tomas" <to**************@yahoo.comwrote in message news:11**********************@f16g2000cwb.googleg roups.com...
Hi,
I have worked with VB.NET for half a year (semi-newbie). Currently I am
looking around for some books for those that crossed the starting
hurdle. There are too many books out there-make choosing, a bit of a
gamble.
If you have experience of good VB.NET books on general and office
automattion, you could recommend, it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Tomas Nordlander
I'd look for VSTO books.. or are you talking about VBA?
-Aaron
RobinS wrote:
You're welcome. My copy of Tim Patrick's book came in
the mail yesterday; it looks really good. I'm looking
forward to reading it.
BTW, I don't know of any Office automation books; if
you find one, please let us know. I usually do it by
trial & error. Most of my stuff is Excel, although I've
mucked a little with Outlook and Word.
Robin S.
------------------------------
"Tomas" <to**************@yahoo.comwrote in message
news:11**********************@h48g2000cwc.googlegr oups.com...
Thanks Robin (I use 2005 VB.NET), I appriciate the recomendations, and
will get them ordered.
Tomas :)
RobinS wrote:
I don't know what version of VB.Net you're using. I really
like Francesco Balena's book on VB:The Language. It only
covers the language, not the forms or data. I have the 2005
version, but he has earlier versions as well. This isn't
really a book for someone who's never done .Net; in each
section, he goes from simple examples to complex info
pretty quickly. I learned a lot from reading this book.
He also has a Standard Practices book that I found a lot
of neat information in.
For data binding, check out Brian Noyes's book.
If you want to know how to write a whole app, check out
Tim Patrick's new book, Start-to-Finish Visual Basic 2005.
I have it on order, so I can't vouch for it personally,
but there is a good review on amazon, and chapter 1 was
pretty interesting.
Hope that helps.
Robin S.
----------------------------
"Tomas" <to**************@yahoo.comwrote in message
news:11**********************@f16g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
Hi,
I have worked with VB.NET for half a year (semi-newbie). Currently I am
looking around for some books for those that crossed the starting
hurdle. There are too many books out there-make choosing, a bit of a
gamble.
If you have experience of good VB.NET books on general and office
automattion, you could recommend, it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Tomas Nordlander
My guess is that he was talking about doing OLE Automation
from VB. I looked for books on that back when I was doing
VB6, but couldn't really find anything, so I figured it out
via trial&error, and macro-record-then-fix-the-code.
My problem with VSTO is that it's a separate product from
Visual Studio, and I'm not into paying that much money for
two of them, when I can generally come up with the same
result using OLE Automation.
Robin S.
-------------------------------
<aa*********@gmail.comwrote in message
news:11**********************@b28g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
I'd look for VSTO books.. or are you talking about VBA?
-Aaron
RobinS wrote:
>You're welcome. My copy of Tim Patrick's book came in the mail yesterday; it looks really good. I'm looking forward to reading it.
BTW, I don't know of any Office automation books; if you find one, please let us know. I usually do it by trial & error. Most of my stuff is Excel, although I've mucked a little with Outlook and Word.
Robin S. ------------------------------ "Tomas" <to**************@yahoo.comwrote in message news:11**********************@h48g2000cwc.googleg roups.com...
Thanks Robin (I use 2005 VB.NET), I appriciate the recomendations, and
will get them ordered.
Tomas :)
RobinS wrote:
I don't know what version of VB.Net you're using. I really like Francesco Balena's book on VB:The Language. It only covers the language, not the forms or data. I have the 2005 version, but he has earlier versions as well. This isn't really a book for someone who's never done .Net; in each section, he goes from simple examples to complex info pretty quickly. I learned a lot from reading this book.
He also has a Standard Practices book that I found a lot of neat information in.
For data binding, check out Brian Noyes's book.
If you want to know how to write a whole app, check out Tim Patrick's new book, Start-to-Finish Visual Basic 2005. I have it on order, so I can't vouch for it personally, but there is a good review on amazon, and chapter 1 was pretty interesting.
Hope that helps. Robin S. ---------------------------- "Tomas" <to**************@yahoo.comwrote in message news:11**********************@f16g2000cwb.googleg roups.com...
Hi,
I have worked with VB.NET for half a year (semi-newbie). Currently I
am
looking around for some books for those that crossed the starting
hurdle. There are too many books out there-make choosing, a bit of a
gamble.
If you have experience of good VB.NET books on general and office
automattion, you could recommend, it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Tomas Nordlander
Robin
Microsoft doesn't support using COM objects anymore; you should lose
the training wheels and start using VSTO
everybody is doing it :)
-Susie
RobinS wrote:
My guess is that he was talking about doing OLE Automation
from VB. I looked for books on that back when I was doing
VB6, but couldn't really find anything, so I figured it out
via trial&error, and macro-record-then-fix-the-code.
My problem with VSTO is that it's a separate product from
Visual Studio, and I'm not into paying that much money for
two of them, when I can generally come up with the same
result using OLE Automation.
Robin S.
-------------------------------
<aa*********@gmail.comwrote in message
news:11**********************@b28g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
I'd look for VSTO books.. or are you talking about VBA?
-Aaron
RobinS wrote:
You're welcome. My copy of Tim Patrick's book came in
the mail yesterday; it looks really good. I'm looking
forward to reading it.
BTW, I don't know of any Office automation books; if
you find one, please let us know. I usually do it by
trial & error. Most of my stuff is Excel, although I've
mucked a little with Outlook and Word.
Robin S.
------------------------------
"Tomas" <to**************@yahoo.comwrote in message
news:11**********************@h48g2000cwc.googlegr oups.com...
Thanks Robin (I use 2005 VB.NET), I appriciate the recomendations, and
will get them ordered.
Tomas :)
RobinS wrote:
I don't know what version of VB.Net you're using. I really
like Francesco Balena's book on VB:The Language. It only
covers the language, not the forms or data. I have the 2005
version, but he has earlier versions as well. This isn't
really a book for someone who's never done .Net; in each
section, he goes from simple examples to complex info
pretty quickly. I learned a lot from reading this book.
He also has a Standard Practices book that I found a lot
of neat information in.
For data binding, check out Brian Noyes's book.
If you want to know how to write a whole app, check out
Tim Patrick's new book, Start-to-Finish Visual Basic 2005.
I have it on order, so I can't vouch for it personally,
but there is a good review on amazon, and chapter 1 was
pretty interesting.
Hope that helps.
Robin S.
----------------------------
"Tomas" <to**************@yahoo.comwrote in message
news:11**********************@f16g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
Hi,
I have worked with VB.NET for half a year (semi-newbie). Currently I
am
looking around for some books for those that crossed the starting
hurdle. There are too many books out there-make choosing, a bit of a
gamble.
If you have experience of good VB.NET books on general and office
automattion, you could recommend, it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Tomas Nordlander
no wonder you're such a crappy ass coder and you're stuck in VB
I've got 2 book shelves of Office Automation books.. typically books
about Excel 97 or Access 97 for example-- are the best resources--
because back in the 'good old days' microsoft didn't have a screwed up
marketing message..
-Larry Linson Jr
RobinS wrote:
My guess is that he was talking about doing OLE Automation
from VB. I looked for books on that back when I was doing
VB6, but couldn't really find anything, so I figured it out
via trial&error, and macro-record-then-fix-the-code.
My problem with VSTO is that it's a separate product from
Visual Studio, and I'm not into paying that much money for
two of them, when I can generally come up with the same
result using OLE Automation.
Robin S.
-------------------------------
<aa*********@gmail.comwrote in message
news:11**********************@b28g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
I'd look for VSTO books.. or are you talking about VBA?
-Aaron
RobinS wrote:
You're welcome. My copy of Tim Patrick's book came in
the mail yesterday; it looks really good. I'm looking
forward to reading it.
BTW, I don't know of any Office automation books; if
you find one, please let us know. I usually do it by
trial & error. Most of my stuff is Excel, although I've
mucked a little with Outlook and Word.
Robin S.
------------------------------
"Tomas" <to**************@yahoo.comwrote in message
news:11**********************@h48g2000cwc.googlegr oups.com...
Thanks Robin (I use 2005 VB.NET), I appriciate the recomendations, and
will get them ordered.
Tomas :)
RobinS wrote:
I don't know what version of VB.Net you're using. I really
like Francesco Balena's book on VB:The Language. It only
covers the language, not the forms or data. I have the 2005
version, but he has earlier versions as well. This isn't
really a book for someone who's never done .Net; in each
section, he goes from simple examples to complex info
pretty quickly. I learned a lot from reading this book.
He also has a Standard Practices book that I found a lot
of neat information in.
For data binding, check out Brian Noyes's book.
If you want to know how to write a whole app, check out
Tim Patrick's new book, Start-to-Finish Visual Basic 2005.
I have it on order, so I can't vouch for it personally,
but there is a good review on amazon, and chapter 1 was
pretty interesting.
Hope that helps.
Robin S.
----------------------------
"Tomas" <to**************@yahoo.comwrote in message
news:11**********************@f16g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
Hi,
I have worked with VB.NET for half a year (semi-newbie). Currently I
am
looking around for some books for those that crossed the starting
hurdle. There are too many books out there-make choosing, a bit of a
gamble.
If you have experience of good VB.NET books on general and office
automattion, you could recommend, it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Tomas Nordlander
Are you calling *me* a crappy-ass coder? Interesting
how you can pass judgment on someone without even
knowing them.
Robin S.
-----------------------------
<la***********@hotmail.comwrote in message
news:11**********************@f16g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
no wonder you're such a crappy ass coder and you're stuck in VB
I've got 2 book shelves of Office Automation books.. typically books
about Excel 97 or Access 97 for example-- are the best resources--
because back in the 'good old days' microsoft didn't have a screwed up
marketing message..
-Larry Linson Jr
RobinS wrote:
>My guess is that he was talking about doing OLE Automation from VB. I looked for books on that back when I was doing VB6, but couldn't really find anything, so I figured it out via trial&error, and macro-record-then-fix-the-code.
My problem with VSTO is that it's a separate product from Visual Studio, and I'm not into paying that much money for two of them, when I can generally come up with the same result using OLE Automation.
Robin S. ------------------------------- <aa*********@gmail.comwrote in message news:11**********************@b28g2000cwb.googleg roups.com...
I'd look for VSTO books.. or are you talking about VBA?
-Aaron
RobinS wrote: You're welcome. My copy of Tim Patrick's book came in the mail yesterday; it looks really good. I'm looking forward to reading it.
BTW, I don't know of any Office automation books; if you find one, please let us know. I usually do it by trial & error. Most of my stuff is Excel, although I've mucked a little with Outlook and Word.
Robin S. ------------------------------ "Tomas" <to**************@yahoo.comwrote in message news:11**********************@h48g2000cwc.googleg roups.com...
Thanks Robin (I use 2005 VB.NET), I appriciate the recomendations,
and
will get them ordered.
Tomas :)
RobinS wrote:
I don't know what version of VB.Net you're using. I really like Francesco Balena's book on VB:The Language. It only covers the language, not the forms or data. I have the 2005 version, but he has earlier versions as well. This isn't really a book for someone who's never done .Net; in each section, he goes from simple examples to complex info pretty quickly. I learned a lot from reading this book.
He also has a Standard Practices book that I found a lot of neat information in.
For data binding, check out Brian Noyes's book.
If you want to know how to write a whole app, check out Tim Patrick's new book, Start-to-Finish Visual Basic 2005. I have it on order, so I can't vouch for it personally, but there is a good review on amazon, and chapter 1 was pretty interesting.
Hope that helps. Robin S. ---------------------------- "Tomas" <to**************@yahoo.comwrote in message news:11**********************@f16g2000cwb.googleg roups.com...
Hi,
I have worked with VB.NET for half a year (semi-newbie).
Currently I
am
looking around for some books for those that crossed the starting
hurdle. There are too many books out there-make choosing, a bit
of a
gamble.
If you have experience of good VB.NET books on general and office
automattion, you could recommend, it would be greatly
appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Tomas Nordlander
well you're a woman and all women are crappy ass coders
-Susie, DBA
RobinS wrote:
Are you calling *me* a crappy-ass coder? Interesting
how you can pass judgment on someone without even
knowing them.
Robin S.
-----------------------------
<la***********@hotmail.comwrote in message
news:11**********************@f16g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
no wonder you're such a crappy ass coder and you're stuck in VB
I've got 2 book shelves of Office Automation books.. typically books
about Excel 97 or Access 97 for example-- are the best resources--
because back in the 'good old days' microsoft didn't have a screwed up
marketing message..
-Larry Linson Jr
RobinS wrote:
My guess is that he was talking about doing OLE Automation
from VB. I looked for books on that back when I was doing
VB6, but couldn't really find anything, so I figured it out
via trial&error, and macro-record-then-fix-the-code.
My problem with VSTO is that it's a separate product from
Visual Studio, and I'm not into paying that much money for
two of them, when I can generally come up with the same
result using OLE Automation.
Robin S.
-------------------------------
<aa*********@gmail.comwrote in message
news:11**********************@b28g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
I'd look for VSTO books.. or are you talking about VBA?
-Aaron
RobinS wrote:
You're welcome. My copy of Tim Patrick's book came in
the mail yesterday; it looks really good. I'm looking
forward to reading it.
BTW, I don't know of any Office automation books; if
you find one, please let us know. I usually do it by
trial & error. Most of my stuff is Excel, although I've
mucked a little with Outlook and Word.
Robin S.
------------------------------
"Tomas" <to**************@yahoo.comwrote in message
news:11**********************@h48g2000cwc.googlegr oups.com...
Thanks Robin (I use 2005 VB.NET), I appriciate the recomendations,
and
will get them ordered.
Tomas :)
RobinS wrote:
I don't know what version of VB.Net you're using. I really
like Francesco Balena's book on VB:The Language. It only
covers the language, not the forms or data. I have the 2005
version, but he has earlier versions as well. This isn't
really a book for someone who's never done .Net; in each
section, he goes from simple examples to complex info
pretty quickly. I learned a lot from reading this book.
He also has a Standard Practices book that I found a lot
of neat information in.
For data binding, check out Brian Noyes's book.
If you want to know how to write a whole app, check out
Tim Patrick's new book, Start-to-Finish Visual Basic 2005.
I have it on order, so I can't vouch for it personally,
but there is a good review on amazon, and chapter 1 was
pretty interesting.
Hope that helps.
Robin S.
----------------------------
"Tomas" <to**************@yahoo.comwrote in message
news:11**********************@f16g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
Hi,
I have worked with VB.NET for half a year (semi-newbie).
Currently I
am
looking around for some books for those that crossed the starting
hurdle. There are too many books out there-make choosing, a bit
of a
gamble.
If you have experience of good VB.NET books on general and office
automattion, you could recommend, it would be greatly
appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Tomas Nordlander
and you're the one that couldn't 'find a book on VBA automation'
if your search skills and your logic skills are flawed; then you MUST
be a crappy ass coder
-Susie, DBA
RobinS wrote:
Are you calling *me* a crappy-ass coder? Interesting
how you can pass judgment on someone without even
knowing them.
Robin S.
-----------------------------
<la***********@hotmail.comwrote in message
news:11**********************@f16g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
no wonder you're such a crappy ass coder and you're stuck in VB
I've got 2 book shelves of Office Automation books.. typically books
about Excel 97 or Access 97 for example-- are the best resources--
because back in the 'good old days' microsoft didn't have a screwed up
marketing message..
-Larry Linson Jr
RobinS wrote:
My guess is that he was talking about doing OLE Automation
from VB. I looked for books on that back when I was doing
VB6, but couldn't really find anything, so I figured it out
via trial&error, and macro-record-then-fix-the-code.
My problem with VSTO is that it's a separate product from
Visual Studio, and I'm not into paying that much money for
two of them, when I can generally come up with the same
result using OLE Automation.
Robin S.
-------------------------------
<aa*********@gmail.comwrote in message
news:11**********************@b28g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
I'd look for VSTO books.. or are you talking about VBA?
-Aaron
RobinS wrote:
You're welcome. My copy of Tim Patrick's book came in
the mail yesterday; it looks really good. I'm looking
forward to reading it.
BTW, I don't know of any Office automation books; if
you find one, please let us know. I usually do it by
trial & error. Most of my stuff is Excel, although I've
mucked a little with Outlook and Word.
Robin S.
------------------------------
"Tomas" <to**************@yahoo.comwrote in message
news:11**********************@h48g2000cwc.googlegr oups.com...
Thanks Robin (I use 2005 VB.NET), I appriciate the recomendations,
and
will get them ordered.
Tomas :)
RobinS wrote:
I don't know what version of VB.Net you're using. I really
like Francesco Balena's book on VB:The Language. It only
covers the language, not the forms or data. I have the 2005
version, but he has earlier versions as well. This isn't
really a book for someone who's never done .Net; in each
section, he goes from simple examples to complex info
pretty quickly. I learned a lot from reading this book.
He also has a Standard Practices book that I found a lot
of neat information in.
For data binding, check out Brian Noyes's book.
If you want to know how to write a whole app, check out
Tim Patrick's new book, Start-to-Finish Visual Basic 2005.
I have it on order, so I can't vouch for it personally,
but there is a good review on amazon, and chapter 1 was
pretty interesting.
Hope that helps.
Robin S.
----------------------------
"Tomas" <to**************@yahoo.comwrote in message
news:11**********************@f16g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
Hi,
I have worked with VB.NET for half a year (semi-newbie).
Currently I
am
looking around for some books for those that crossed the starting
hurdle. There are too many books out there-make choosing, a bit
of a
gamble.
If you have experience of good VB.NET books on general and office
automattion, you could recommend, it would be greatly
appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Tomas Nordlander
There you go, making assumptions again. LOL.
Robin S.
------------------------------------
<su******@hotmail.comwrote in message
news:11**********************@n67g2000cwd.googlegr oups.com...
well you're a woman and all women are crappy ass coders
-Susie, DBA
RobinS wrote:
>Are you calling *me* a crappy-ass coder? Interesting how you can pass judgment on someone without even knowing them.
Robin S. ----------------------------- <la***********@hotmail.comwrote in message news:11**********************@f16g2000cwb.googleg roups.com...
no wonder you're such a crappy ass coder and you're stuck in VB
I've got 2 book shelves of Office Automation books.. typically books
about Excel 97 or Access 97 for example-- are the best resources--
because back in the 'good old days' microsoft didn't have a screwed up
marketing message..
-Larry Linson Jr
RobinS wrote: My guess is that he was talking about doing OLE Automation from VB. I looked for books on that back when I was doing VB6, but couldn't really find anything, so I figured it out via trial&error, and macro-record-then-fix-the-code.
My problem with VSTO is that it's a separate product from Visual Studio, and I'm not into paying that much money for two of them, when I can generally come up with the same result using OLE Automation.
Robin S. ------------------------------- <aa*********@gmail.comwrote in message news:11**********************@b28g2000cwb.googleg roups.com...
I'd look for VSTO books.. or are you talking about VBA?
-Aaron
RobinS wrote: You're welcome. My copy of Tim Patrick's book came in the mail yesterday; it looks really good. I'm looking forward to reading it.
BTW, I don't know of any Office automation books; if you find one, please let us know. I usually do it by trial & error. Most of my stuff is Excel, although I've mucked a little with Outlook and Word.
Robin S. ------------------------------ "Tomas" <to**************@yahoo.comwrote in message news:11**********************@h48g2000cwc.googleg roups.com...
Thanks Robin (I use 2005 VB.NET), I appriciate the
recomendations,
and
will get them ordered.
Tomas :)
RobinS wrote:
I don't know what version of VB.Net you're using. I really like Francesco Balena's book on VB:The Language. It only covers the language, not the forms or data. I have the 2005 version, but he has earlier versions as well. This isn't really a book for someone who's never done .Net; in each section, he goes from simple examples to complex info pretty quickly. I learned a lot from reading this book.
He also has a Standard Practices book that I found a lot of neat information in.
For data binding, check out Brian Noyes's book.
If you want to know how to write a whole app, check out Tim Patrick's new book, Start-to-Finish Visual Basic 2005. I have it on order, so I can't vouch for it personally, but there is a good review on amazon, and chapter 1 was pretty interesting.
Hope that helps. Robin S. ---------------------------- "Tomas" <to**************@yahoo.comwrote in message news:11**********************@f16g2000cwb.googleg roups.com...
Hi,
I have worked with VB.NET for half a year (semi-newbie).
Currently I
am
looking around for some books for those that crossed the
starting
hurdle. There are too many books out there-make choosing, a
bit
of a
gamble.
If you have experience of good VB.NET books on general and
office
automattion, you could recommend, it would be greatly
appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Tomas Nordlander
Well, in all fairness, I didn't look for that long. It was
faster for me to figure it out on my own.
Still making assumptions, I see. You're funny.
Robin S.
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<su******@hotmail.comwrote in message
news:11********************@f16g2000cwb.googlegrou ps.com...
and you're the one that couldn't 'find a book on VBA automation'
if your search skills and your logic skills are flawed; then you MUST
be a crappy ass coder
-Susie, DBA
RobinS wrote:
>Are you calling *me* a crappy-ass coder? Interesting how you can pass judgment on someone without even knowing them.
Robin S. ----------------------------- <la***********@hotmail.comwrote in message news:11**********************@f16g2000cwb.googleg roups.com...
no wonder you're such a crappy ass coder and you're stuck in VB
I've got 2 book shelves of Office Automation books.. typically books
about Excel 97 or Access 97 for example-- are the best resources--
because back in the 'good old days' microsoft didn't have a screwed up
marketing message..
-Larry Linson Jr
RobinS wrote: My guess is that he was talking about doing OLE Automation from VB. I looked for books on that back when I was doing VB6, but couldn't really find anything, so I figured it out via trial&error, and macro-record-then-fix-the-code.
My problem with VSTO is that it's a separate product from Visual Studio, and I'm not into paying that much money for two of them, when I can generally come up with the same result using OLE Automation.
Robin S. ------------------------------- <aa*********@gmail.comwrote in message news:11**********************@b28g2000cwb.googleg roups.com...
I'd look for VSTO books.. or are you talking about VBA?
-Aaron
RobinS wrote: You're welcome. My copy of Tim Patrick's book came in the mail yesterday; it looks really good. I'm looking forward to reading it.
BTW, I don't know of any Office automation books; if you find one, please let us know. I usually do it by trial & error. Most of my stuff is Excel, although I've mucked a little with Outlook and Word.
Robin S. ------------------------------ "Tomas" <to**************@yahoo.comwrote in message news:11**********************@h48g2000cwc.googleg roups.com...
Thanks Robin (I use 2005 VB.NET), I appriciate the
recomendations,
and
will get them ordered.
Tomas :)
RobinS wrote:
I don't know what version of VB.Net you're using. I really like Francesco Balena's book on VB:The Language. It only covers the language, not the forms or data. I have the 2005 version, but he has earlier versions as well. This isn't really a book for someone who's never done .Net; in each section, he goes from simple examples to complex info pretty quickly. I learned a lot from reading this book.
He also has a Standard Practices book that I found a lot of neat information in.
For data binding, check out Brian Noyes's book.
If you want to know how to write a whole app, check out Tim Patrick's new book, Start-to-Finish Visual Basic 2005. I have it on order, so I can't vouch for it personally, but there is a good review on amazon, and chapter 1 was pretty interesting.
Hope that helps. Robin S. ---------------------------- "Tomas" <to**************@yahoo.comwrote in message news:11**********************@f16g2000cwb.googleg roups.com...
Hi,
I have worked with VB.NET for half a year (semi-newbie).
Currently I
am
looking around for some books for those that crossed the
starting
hurdle. There are too many books out there-make choosing, a
bit
of a
gamble.
If you have experience of good VB.NET books on general and
office
automattion, you could recommend, it would be greatly
appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
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