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    • ▶Welcome to the MSDN Library
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      • ▶Developing International Software for Windows 95 and Windows NT
      • ▶Advanced Microsoft Visual Basic 5
      • ▼Hardcore Visual Basic
        • Acknowledgements
        • ▶Introduction
        • ▼Chapter 1: The Spirit of Basic
          • ▶Language Purification
          • ▶Data Types
          • ▶Naming Conventions
          • ▼Efficient Code
            • Compiled Code-Not a Panacea
            • P-Code Versus Native Code
            • Static Versus Dynamic-Link Libraries
            • What You Don't Know Hurts You
            • Examining Code
            • The Time It Application
            • Timing in Basic
            • Short-Circuiting Logical Expressions: A Timing Example
          • ▶Assert Yourself
        • ▶Chapter 2: The Second Level of Basic Enlightenment
        • ▶Chapter 3: An Object Way of Basic
        • ▶Chapter 4: Collecting Objects
        • ▶Chapter 5: Functional Programming's Last Gasp
        • ▶Chapter 6: Taking Control of Windows
        • ▶Chapter 7: Painting Pictures
        • ▶Chapter 8: A Handle on Data
        • ▶Chapter 9: Writing Code for the Ages
        • ▶Chapter 10: COM Behind the Curtain
        • ▶Chapter 11: Stir-Fry
        • Author Biography
      • ▶Inside OLE
      • ▶Microsoft Jet Database Engine Programmer's Guide
      • ▶PC 97 Hardware Design Guide
      • ▶PC 98 System Design Guide
      • ▶Programming the Windows 95 User Interface
      • ▶Understanding Thin-Client/Server Computing
      • ▶The Windows Interface Guidelines for Software Design
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