Visual BASIC Resources -

Booklets -

Introduction to Visual Basic - vbmanl.zip An intro to VB for the novice. Also included is sample code for reading and writing to the printer port using a ".dll"

Databases in Visual Basic - 'How-to' steps on setting up and entering data into a database using the Visual Basic "Visual Data Manager" - vbdbmanl.zip (90Kb) NOTE: The database tutorial in this booklet is based on standard VB functions and should work. But it won't!. You will need to use MS Access to creat a 'dummy' database file with at least TWO records before your VB code will work.

NEW... from Ken Hopkins of LaSalle College - A VB Handbook to download (587Kb)

Software -

Parallel Port Utilities and DLLs  This is where you will find the printer port I/O DLLs for use with Visual Basic, Authorware, etc. - all FREE! Also a Printer Port 'monitor' which shows the state of lines at the printer port. http://www.geekhideout.com

I/O Control Using Visual Basic http://www.southwest.com.au/~jfuller/vb/vbout.htm A series of screens showing how to use VB to read from and write to the printer port using Fred Bulback's dlls.

Sample Code - sample.htm Sample 'How-to' code - Using Arrays, Text to Integer, File I/O, etc

Internet Resources:

Internet Links and Lecture Notes - http://www.cstp.umkc.edu/~blundell/cs456/cs456links.html

Visual Basic Web Ring - Free Tutorials - http://home.multiweb.net/~pwijdeven/Vb/Webring.html

Mike Leishman's Resources at Newman College - http://www.newman.wa.edu.au/technology/10CSD/html/Index.htm

A comprehensive set of tutorials, links, downloadable samples plus a chat room and message board for
developers at all levels of experience.  http://robinmckay.topcities.com/visualbasic.html

You should also look through the code for TOUCH. It incorporates some interesting features such as file read/write, etc.