Microsoft Press Technical Reference Books

Gene Hobbs
Microsoft Press

Updated: February 10, 1998

Microsoft Press® is the independent book division of Microsoft Corporation and the leading publisher of quality computer books. More than 10 million users at all skill levels rely on the complete line of Microsoft Press books to make learning, using, programming, and developing software easier.

Contents

Microsoft Press Ordering Information
C/C++ Languages and MFC
General Programming
Internet Development
Jet Database Engine
Miscellaneous Developer Topics
ODBC
OLE
Microsoft Visual Basic

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C/C++ Languages and MFC

3D Graphics Programming for Windows® 95

By: Nigel Thompson
Price: $ 34.95 US
Length: 400
ISBN: 1-57231-345-5

Release Date: 9/17/96

Written by a savvy Microsoft insider, 3D GRAPHICS PROGRAMMING FOR WINDOWS 95 teaches you to use the Direct3D Application Programming Interface (API) to deliver real-time three-dimensional graphics to mainstream PC users.


ActiveXTM Controls Inside Out, Second Edition

By: Adam Denning
Price: $ 39.95 US
Length: 672
ISBN: 1-57231-350-1

Release Date: 1/8/97

ACTIVEX CONTROLS INSIDE OUT is an in-depth guide for C++ and Microsoft® Visual Basic® programmers who want to build powerful custom controls and "componentware" using Microsoft's new tools and revolutionary COM (Component Object Model) technology.


Code Complete

By: Steve McConnell
Price: $ 35 US
Length: 896
ISBN: 1-55615-484-4

Release Date: 9/14/95

This runaway bestseller is a practical guide to software design that discusses the art and science of constructing software. Examples are provided in C, PascalTM, Basic, FORTRAN, and Ada, but the focus is on successful programming techniques.


Debugging the Development Process

By: Steve Maguire
Price: $ 24.95 US
Length: 216
ISBN: 1-55615-650-2

Release Date: 8/9/94

Steve Maguire gives you a compelling look at the software development process using candid accounts of his experience at Microsoft. He describes how to bring together and maintain effective teams and develop timely, high-quality commercial applications.


Developing Applications for Microsoft® Exchange with C++

By: Ben Goetter
Price: $ 39.99 US
Length: 592
ISBN: 1-57231-500-8

Release Date: 11/20/96

Hardcore programmers--release the full potential of Microsoft Exchange! This is the guidebook and essential reference to the technical underpinnings of Microsoft Exchange--and the key to great workgroup applications.


Dynamics of Software Development

By: Jim McCarthy
Price: $ 24.95 US
Length: 208
ISBN: 1-55615-823-8

Release Date: 8/26/95

Author Jim McCarthy insists that shipping great software on time can be done, and this book tells you how. DYNAMICS OF SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT, destined to be a cult classic, charts the progress from initial design to successful product.


Inside COM

By: Dale Rogerson
Price: $ 34.99 US
Length: 416
ISBN: 1-57231-349-8

Release Date: 12/27/96

To understand distributed computing, OLE, ActiveXTM, and customizing Microsoft applications, you must understand the Component Object Model (COM). This concise, accessible guide is your key to COM and to building simple, elegant COM components...


Inside OLE, 2nd Edition

By: Kraig Brockschmidt
Price: $ 49.95 US
Length: 1232
ISBN: 1-55615-843-2

Release Date: 6/12/95

Kraig Brockschmidt uses disc-based examples to show you the principles of OLE, including structured storage, OLE Automation, and in-place activation. He builds sample programs using OLE-based code you can incorporate into your own applications.


Inside Visual C++®, Fourth Edition

By: David Kruglinski
Price: $ 49.99 US
Length: 1040
ISBN: 1-57231-565-2

Release Date: 6/4/97

Building on the solid achievements of three previous editions, INSIDE VISUAL C++, FOURTH EDITION presents detailed and comprehensive coverage of Visual C++ and the intricacies of 32-bit programming in Windows. This book offers by far the best overall explanation of the capabilities of Microsoft's powerful and complex development tool.


Learn Microsoft® Visual Basic® Scripting Edition Now

By: Gary Cornell
Price: $ 34.95 US
Length: 336
ISBN: 1-57231-347-1

Release Date: 12/23/97

There is one best way to get Microsoft's powerful scripting language for the Internet and Windows 95 working for you today--LEARN MICROSOFT VISUAL BASIC SCRIPTING EDITION NOW.


Learn Visual C++® Now

By: Mark Andrews
Price: $ 39.95 US
Length: 480
ISBN: 1-55615-845-9

Release Date: 5/14/96

LEARN VISUAL C++ NOW will help you master the powerful visual tools and automated features in Visual C++. On CD-ROM, you get a complete working Visual C++ compiler (version 1.0) that will equip you to create your own applications.


MFC Developer's Workshop

By: Microsoft Corporation
Price: $ 39.99 US
Length: 456
ISBN: 1-57231-511-3

Release Date: 4/30/97

MFC DEVELOPER'S WORKSHOP is the first book to provide developer-driven, task-oriented relief for those using the MFC library to program for Microsoft® Windows®. It targets troublesome, frequently encountered tasks--and provides solutions for them. Topics range from UI and ActiveXTM to database development.


Microsoft Press® Programmer's Bookshelf for Windows® 95

By: Microsoft Press
Price: $ 69.95 US
Length:
ISBN: 1-57231-311-0

Release Date: 6/13/96

Now you can access five important programming books for Windows 95 on a single CD-ROM! Includes the full content of Programming Windows 95 (Microsoft Press, 1996), by Charles Petzold; Advanced Windows (Microsoft Press, 1996), by Jeffrey Richter; Developing International Software for Windows 95 and Windows NT® (Microsoft Press, 1996) by Nadine Kano; OLE Controls Inside Out (Microsoft Press, 1996), by Adam Denning; and Programming the Windows 95 User Interface (Microsoft Press, 1995), by Nancy Winnick Cluts.


Microsoft® Access 97 Developer's Handbook

By: Microsoft Corporation
Price: $ 39.99 US
Length: 624
ISBN: 1-57231-358-7

Release Date: 2/26/97

This is the book for everyone who wants to use Microsoft Access 97 and its built-in Visual Basic® for Applications (VBA) 32-bit programming language to develop and distribute information systems, custom interfaces, and custom database applications.


Microsoft® Excel 97 Developer's Handbook

By: Micro Modeling Associates, Inc.
Price: $ 39.99 US
Length: 656
ISBN: 1-57231-359-5

Release Date: 5/7/97

With Microsoft Excel 97 and its built-in Microsoft Visual Basic® for Applications (VBA) 32-bit programming language, you can build and distribute professional-quality access and analysis tools. This easy-to-read, clearly illustrated book shows you how.


Microsoft® Visual Basic® 5.0 Developer's Workshop, Fourth Edition

By: John Craig
Price: $ 44.99 US
Length: 752
ISBN: 1-57231-436-2

Release Date: 5/14/97

MICROSOFT VISUAL BASIC 5.0 DEVELOPER'S WORKSHOP is a one-of-a-kind book-and-software package that gives you the recipes to build powerful, full-featured graphical applications for Windows® 95 and Windows NT®. This book demonstrates everything from creating a screen saver to building ActiveX controls that can be used in a Web page.


Microsoft® Visual C++® Language Reference

By: Microsoft Corporation
Price: $ 29.99 US
Length: 768
ISBN: 1-57231-521-0

Release Date: 3/26/97

Within the four-volume Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 Programmer’s Reference Set, this is the C, C++, and preprocessor reference for the Microsoft Visual C++ development system. All volumes in the Reference Set are available separately.


Microsoft® Visual C++® MFC Library Reference, Part 1

By: Microsoft Corporation
Price: $ 39.99 US
Length: 1456
ISBN: 1-57231-518-0

Release Date: 4/9/97

Within the four-volume Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 Programmer’s Reference Set, this is the first of two volumes that completely describe the classes, macros, and global functions and variables in the Microsoft Foundation Class (MFC) library. All volumes in the Reference Set are available separately.


Microsoft® Visual C++® MFC Library Reference, Part 2

By: Microsoft Corporation
Price: $ 39.99 US
Length: 1392
ISBN: 1-57231-519-9

Release Date: 4/9/97

Within the four-volume Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 Programmer’s Reference Set, this is the second of two volumes that completely describe the classes, macros, and global functions and variables in the Microsoft Foundation Class (MFC) library. All volumes in the Reference Set are available separately.


Microsoft® Visual C++® Owner's Manual

By: Beck Zaratian
Price: $ 39.99 US
Length: 640
ISBN: 1-57231-510-5

Release Date: 6/4/97

Become a proficient user of Visual C++ with this complete user's guide to Developer StudioTM and the Microsoft Visual C++ programming tools. Here’s all the background you need--including a comprehensive look at the redesigned development environment of version 5.0.


Microsoft® Visual C++® Run-Time Library Reference

By: Microsoft Corporation
Price: $ 39.99 US
Length: 1328
ISBN: 1-57231-520-2

Release Date: 4/2/97

Within the four-volume Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 Programmer’s Reference Set, this is the volume that completely describes all the functions and parameters in the Microsoft Visual C++ iostream class and run-time libraries. All volumes in the Reference Set are available separately.


Programming Windows® 95 with MFC

By: Jeff Prosise
Price: $ 49.95 US
Length: 1024
ISBN: 1-55615-902-1

Release Date: 5/28/96

Delving deep into the structure of the Microsoft Foundation Class Library (MFC), Jeff Prosise reveals how you can create code once and use it again and again. If you write applications for Microsoft Windows, MFC will transform the way you work.


Systems Programming for Windows® 95

By: Walter Oney
Price: $ 39.95 US
Length: 720
ISBN: 1-55615-949-8

Release Date: 7/9/96

This one-of-a-kind book is a practical, authoritative real-world guide to writing system-level code for Microsoft Windows 95. Includes a CD-ROM with valuable documentation, sample code, and utilities.


Windows® Interface Guidelines for Software Design, The

By: Microsoft Corporation
Price: $ 29.95 US
Length: 576
ISBN: 1-55615-679-0

Release Date: 7/11/95

If you develop applications for Windows and want to save training time, boost productivity, and promote user confidence, here are Microsoft's official guidelines for designing visually and functionally consistent user interfaces for Windows-based programs.


Writing Solid Code

By: Steve Maguire
Price: $ 24.95 US
Length: 288
ISBN: 1-55615-551-4

Release Date: 6/6/95

Here, from a former Microsoft developer, are super secrets for developing bug-free C programs. You'll see examples of how bugs are caught at Microsoft (actual case histories) and how to use these proven programming techniques to get products to market faster.

General Programming

Active Visual J++TM

By: Scott Ladd
Price: $ 39.99 US
Length: 352
ISBN: 1-57231-609-8

Release Date: 8/6/97

Use this book to grasp the unmatched power and compatibility of Microsoft Visual J++ and go beyond Java's Web-based roots. See how to combine important technologies-Application Foundation Classes (AFC), Java, and ActiveXTM-to create awesome, interactive Web and intranet applications. CD-ROM included.


Automation Programmer's Reference

By: Microsoft Corporation
Price: $ 24.99 US
Length: 496
ISBN: 1-57231-584-9

Release Date: 2/26/97

This is the comprehensive and official reference documentation on Automation! Use it to discover how ActiveX and OLE can multiply the power, the usefulness, and the value of all your applications for Microsoft Windows® 95 and Microsoft Windows NTTM.


Client/Server Programming with Microsoft® Visual Basic®

By: Kenneth Spencer
Price: $ 34.95 US
Length: 304
ISBN: 1-57231-232-7

Release Date: 7/16/96

CLIENT/SERVER PROGRAMMING WITH MICROSOFT VISUAL BASIC teaches you easy ways to build effective, robust client/server applications using Visual Basic 4, along with helping you maximize its new remote OLE automation capabilities.


Code Complete

By: Steve McConnell
Price: $ 35 US
Length: 896
ISBN: 1-55615-484-4

Release Date: 9/14/95

This runaway bestseller is a practical guide to software design that discusses the art and science of constructing software. Examples are provided in C, PascalTM, Basic, FORTRAN, and Ada, but the focus is on successful programming techniques.


Communications Programming for Windows® 95

By: Charles Mirho
Price: $ 39.95 US
Length: 320
ISBN: 1-55615-668-5

Release Date: 5/29/96

COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAMMING FOR WINDOWS 95 explains from the ground up the two most important communications components in Windows: the Telephony API (TAPI) and the Messaging API (MAPI). The book also includes valuable advice for adding communications capabilities to existing software applications.


Debugging the Development Process

By: Steve Maguire
Price: $ 24.95 US
Length: 216
ISBN: 1-55615-650-2

Release Date: 8/9/94

Steve Maguire gives you a compelling look at the software development process using candid accounts of his experience at Microsoft. He describes how to bring together and maintain effective teams and develop timely, high-quality commercial applications.


Developing International Software for Windows® 95 and Windows NT®

By: Nadine Kano
Price: $ 35 US
Length: 768
ISBN: 1-55615-840-8

Release Date: 6/2/95

Localize programs more easily, more quickly, and less expensively with this collection of critical reference material plus Microsoft's own guidelines for creating international software. It contains international standards and information on the culture-specific issues you need to consider when developing international software.


Dynamics of Software Development

By: Jim McCarthy
Price: $ 24.95 US
Length: 208
ISBN: 1-55615-823-8

Release Date: 8/26/95

Author Jim McCarthy insists that shipping great software on time can be done, and this book tells you how. DYNAMICS OF SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT, destined to be a cult classic, charts the progress from initial design to successful product.


Inside COM

By: Dale Rogerson
Price: $ 34.99 US
Length: 416
ISBN: 1-57231-349-8

Release Date: 12/27/96

To understand distributed computing, OLE, ActiveXTM, and customizing Microsoft applications, you must understand the Component Object Model (COM). This concise, accessible guide is your key to COM and to building simple, elegant COM components...


Inside the Registry for Microsoft® Windows® 95

By: Günter Born
Price: $ 24.99 US
Length: 368
ISBN: 1-57231-424-9

Release Date: 1/22/97

Here’s a clear, straightforward look at one of the least documented aspects of the Microsoft Windows 95 operating system. This is the indispensable information--and safety net--that every developer, system administrator, troubleshooter, and advanced user needs.


Inside Visual C++®, Fourth Edition

By: David Kruglinski
Price: $ 49.99 US
Length: 1040
ISBN: 1-57231-565-2

Release Date: 6/4/97

Building on the solid achievements of three previous editions, INSIDE VISUAL C++, FOURTH EDITION presents detailed and comprehensive coverage of Visual C++ and the intricacies of 32-bit programming in Windows. This book offers by far the best overall explanation of the capabilities of Microsoft's powerful and complex development tool.


Learn Visual C++® Now

By: Mark Andrews
Price: $ 39.95 US
Length: 480
ISBN: 1-55615-845-9

Release Date: 5/14/96

LEARN VISUAL C++ NOW will help you master the powerful visual tools and automated features in Visual C++. On CD-ROM, you get a complete working Visual C++ compiler (version 1.0) that will equip you to create your own applications.


Microsoft Press® Programmer's Bookshelf for Windows® 95

By: Microsoft Press
Price: $ 69.95 US
Length:
ISBN: 1-57231-311-0

Release Date: 6/13/96

Now you can access five important programming books for Windows 95 on a single CD-ROM! Includes the full content of Programming Windows 95 (Microsoft Press, 1996), by Charles Petzold; Advanced Windows (Microsoft Press, 1996), by Jeffrey Richter; Developing International Software for Windows 95 and Windows NT® (Microsoft Press, 1996) by Nadine Kano; OLE Controls Inside Out (Microsoft Press, 1996), by Adam Denning; and Programming the Windows 95 User Interface (Microsoft Press, 1995), by Nancy Winnick Cluts.


Microsoft® Access/Visual Basic® Step by Step

By: Evan Callahan
Price: $ 29.95 US
Length: 368
ISBN: 1-55615-890-4

Release Date: 12/18/95

Learn to build personalized and customized Microsoft Access solutions the easy way with MICROSOFT ACCESS/VISUAL BASIC STEP BY STEP. Includes 15 self-paced lessons with disk-based practice files so you can learn at your own pace.


Microsoft® ODBC 3.0 Software Development Kit and Programmer's Reference

By: Microsoft Corporation
Price: $ 99.99 US
Length: 1488
ISBN: 1-57231-516-4

Release Date: 2/26/97

This is the kit that gives developers everything they need for using the Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) standard to build robust database connectivity into their applications.


Microsoft® Office 97, Developer Edition, Resource Library

By: Christine Solomon
Price: $ 99.99 US
Length: 1888
ISBN: 1-57231-606-3

Release Date: 6/11/97

Microsoft Office 97, Developer Edition is a terrific development platform. To get the most from it, apply the powerful development strategies you'll find in this indispensable three-volume resource set. The accompanying CD-ROM contains all sample code from all three books.


Microsoft® Office 97/Visual Basic® Language Reference

By: Microsoft Corporation
Price: $ 129.99 US
Length: 4848
ISBN: 1-57231-339-0

Release Date: 3/26/97

It’s the Official Technical Reference to Visual Basic for Applications! And it’s your key to rolling out, deploying, administering, and developing for Microsoft Office 97--whether you’re creating custom applications or modifying the existing applications.


Microsoft® Office 97/Visual Basic® Programmer's Guide

By: Microsoft Corporation
Price: $ 34.99 US
Length: 560
ISBN: 1-57231-340-4

Release Date: 12/27/96

Microsoft Office 97 is the newest version of the world’s most popular office suite--and a powerful development environment. This book shows everyone--from professional developers to power users--how to make the most of it.


Microsoft® Visual Basic® 5.0 Programmer's Guide

By: Microsoft Corporation
Price: $ 29.99 US
Length: 912
ISBN: 1-57231-604-7

Release Date: 2/26/97

For beginning Visual Basic users or experienced developers, this is the comprehensive guide to Visual Basic programming. Straight from the Microsoft Visual Basic product team, the PROGRAMMER'S GUIDE covers everything from programming fundamentals and "Your First Visual Basic Program" to optimizing and distributing applications.


Microsoft® Visual Basic®, Deluxe Learning Edition

By: Microsoft Corporation
Price: $ 129.99 US
Length: 1278
ISBN: 1-57231-551-2

Release Date: 3/26/97

MICROSOFT VISUAL BASIC DELUXE LEARNING EDITION is a comprehensive training kit that will teach you how to put Microsoft Visual Basic to work. The kit contains the complete version of Visual Basic 5.0 Learning Edition, and is the easiest way to learn to use it.


Microsoft® Visual C++® Language Reference

By: Microsoft Corporation
Price: $ 29.99 US
Length: 768
ISBN: 1-57231-521-0

Release Date: 3/26/97

Within the four-volume Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 Programmer’s Reference Set, this is the C, C++, and preprocessor reference for the Microsoft Visual C++ development system. All volumes in the Reference Set are available separately.


Microsoft® Visual C++® MFC Library Reference, Part 1

By: Microsoft Corporation
Price: $ 39.99 US
Length: 1456
ISBN: 1-57231-518-0

Release Date: 4/9/97

Within the four-volume Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 Programmer’s Reference Set, this is the first of two volumes that completely describe the classes, macros, and global functions and variables in the Microsoft Foundation Class (MFC) library. All volumes in the Reference Set are available separately.


Microsoft® Visual C++® MFC Library Reference, Part 2

By: Microsoft Corporation
Price: $ 39.99 US
Length: 1392
ISBN: 1-57231-519-9

Release Date: 4/9/97

Within the four-volume Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 Programmer’s Reference Set, this is the second of two volumes that completely describe the classes, macros, and global functions and variables in the Microsoft Foundation Class (MFC) library. All volumes in the Reference Set are available separately.


Microsoft® Visual C++® Run-Time Library Reference

By: Microsoft Corporation
Price: $ 39.99 US
Length: 1328
ISBN: 1-57231-520-2

Release Date: 4/2/97

Within the four-volume Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 Programmer’s Reference Set, this is the volume that completely describes all the functions and parameters in the Microsoft Visual C++ iostream class and run-time libraries. All volumes in the Reference Set are available separately.


Microsoft® Windows® 95 Help Authoring Kit

By: Microsoft Corporation
Price: $ 49.95 US
Length: 336
ISBN: 1-55615-892-0

Release Date: 11/7/95

The MICROSOFT® WINDOWS® 95 HELP AUTHORING KIT is an invaluable source for beginning and veteran Help authors, providing all the information and software needed to create online help files for Windows 95 applications (also for earlier versions of Windows and Windows NTTM version 3.51 or later).


PC 98 System Design Guide

By: Microsoft Corporation
Price: $ 29.99 US
Length: 672
ISBN: 1-57231-716-7

Release Date: 10/15/97

This book provides the latest, most authoritative guidelines for everyone who's creating next-generation PCs, components, peripherals, and device drivers. And that makes PC 98 SYSTEM DESIGN GUIDE the must-have reference you'll want to keep close at hand.


Programming Windows® 95

By: Charles Petzold
Price: $ 49.95 US
Length: 1120
ISBN: 1-55615-676-6

Release Date: 3/19/96

Updated for Windows 95 (with key contributions from Paul Yao), this Charles Petzold bestseller is the best-known, most widely praised, and most widely used how-to programming book on the planet. All sample programs are included on CD-ROM.


Rapid Development

By: Steve McConnell
Price: $ 35 US
Length: 680
ISBN: 1-55615-900-5

Release Date: 7/2/96

If you wrestle with development mileposts and deadlines, this book can show you the tested strategies and tactics you need to keep your projects on time and on budget. In the tradition of McConnell's bestselling Code Complete (Microsoft Press, 1996), RAPID DEVELOPMENT brings together the best research and hard-won experience to help you get control of your development projects.


Readings on Microsoft® Windows® & WOSA

By: Microsoft Corporation
Price: $ 39.95 US
Length: 512
ISBN: 1-55615-836-X

Release Date: 11/25/95

If you design custom solutions using Microsoft tools and technologies, or if you are preparing for the Microsoft Windows Operating Systems and Services Architecture I and II exams as part of the Microsoft Certified Developer program, this is the book you need.


Software Project Survival Guide

By: Steve McConnell
Price: $ 24.99 US
Length: 304
ISBN: 1-57231-621-7

Release Date: 10/15/97

This is the field guide for everyone involved in software development--especially those without formal management training. Acclaimed expert Steve McConnell maps out a proven approach to project management that you can learn and use successfully right away.


Windows® Interface Guidelines for Software Design, The

By: Microsoft Corporation
Price: $ 29.95 US
Length: 576
ISBN: 1-55615-679-0

Release Date: 7/11/95

If you develop applications for Windows and want to save training time, boost productivity, and promote user confidence, here are Microsoft's official guidelines for designing visually and functionally consistent user interfaces for Windows-based programs.


Writing Solid Code

By: Steve Maguire
Price: $ 24.95 US
Length: 288
ISBN: 1-55615-551-4

Release Date: 6/6/95

Here, from a former Microsoft developer, are super secrets for developing bug-free C programs. You'll see examples of how bugs are caught at Microsoft (actual case histories) and how to use these proven programming techniques to get products to market faster.

Internet Development

Active Visual J++TM

By: Scott Ladd
Price: $ 39.99 US
Length: 352
ISBN: 1-57231-609-8

Release Date: 8/6/97

Use this book to grasp the unmatched power and compatibility of Microsoft Visual J++ and go beyond Java's Web-based roots. See how to combine important technologies-Application Foundation Classes (AFC), Java, and ActiveXTM-to create awesome, interactive Web and intranet applications. CD-ROM included.


ActiveXTM Controls Inside Out, Second Edition

By: Adam Denning
Price: $ 39.95 US
Length: 672
ISBN: 1-57231-350-1

Release Date: 1/8/97

ACTIVEX CONTROLS INSIDE OUT is an in-depth guide for C++ and Microsoft® Visual Basic® programmers who want to build powerful custom controls and "componentware" using Microsoft's new tools and revolutionary COM (Component Object Model) technology.


AFC Programmer's Guide

By: Stephen Davis
Price: $ 39.99 US
Length: 512
ISBN: 1-57231-732-9

Release Date: 12/23/97

Kick your Internet application development into high gear. This book, designed for intermediate-level Java programmers, will show you how to use the advanced building blocks in the Application Foundation Classes (AFC)--Java class libraries from Microsoft.


Build Your Own Web Site

By: Louis Kahn
Price: $ 29.95 US
Length: 256
ISBN: 1-57231-304-8

Release Date: 8/8/96

BUILD YOUR OWN WEB SITE shows you how to publish your content on the Internet or your corporate intranet using Microsoft® Windows NT® Server and Microsoft Internet Information Server--even if you have little or no programming or networking experience.


Communications Programming for Windows® 95

By: Charles Mirho
Price: $ 39.95 US
Length: 320
ISBN: 1-55615-668-5

Release Date: 5/29/96

COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAMMING FOR WINDOWS 95 explains from the ground up the two most important communications components in Windows: the Telephony API (TAPI) and the Messaging API (MAPI). The book also includes valuable advice for adding communications capabilities to existing software applications.


Debugging the Development Process

By: Steve Maguire
Price: $ 24.95 US
Length: 216
ISBN: 1-55615-650-2

Release Date: 8/9/94

Steve Maguire gives you a compelling look at the software development process using candid accounts of his experience at Microsoft. He describes how to bring together and maintain effective teams and develop timely, high-quality commercial applications.


Developing International Software for Windows® 95 and Windows NT®

By: Nadine Kano
Price: $ 35 US
Length: 768
ISBN: 1-55615-840-8

Release Date: 6/2/95

Localize programs more easily, more quickly, and less expensively with this collection of critical reference material plus Microsoft's own guidelines for creating international software. It contains international standards and information on the culture-specific issues you need to consider when developing international software.


Dynamics of Software Development

By: Jim McCarthy
Price: $ 24.95 US
Length: 208
ISBN: 1-55615-823-8

Release Date: 8/26/95

Author Jim McCarthy insists that shipping great software on time can be done, and this book tells you how. DYNAMICS OF SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT, destined to be a cult classic, charts the progress from initial design to successful product.


HTML in Action

By: Bruce Morris
Price: $ 29.95 US
Length: 288
ISBN: 1-55615-948-X

Release Date: 8/13/96

HTML IN ACTION is a powerhouse collection of the techniques and tricks you need to challenge the World Wide Web's most innovative sites with ultra cool ones of your own.


Inside COM

By: Dale Rogerson
Price: $ 34.99 US
Length: 416
ISBN: 1-57231-349-8

Release Date: 12/27/96

To understand distributed computing, OLE, ActiveXTM, and customizing Microsoft applications, you must understand the Component Object Model (COM). This concise, accessible guide is your key to COM and to building simple, elegant COM components...


Inside Dynamic HTML

By: Scott Isaacs
Price: $ 39.99 US
Length: 496
ISBN: 1-57231-686-1

Release Date: 10/30/97

Dynamic HTML takes the Internet to the next level of excitement in interactivity. In this book, one of the creators of DHTML gives developers the rich information and valuable techniques they need for using this important technology.


Inside Microsoft® Visual Basic® Scripting Edition

By: Scot Hillier
Price: $ 39.95 US
Length: 496
ISBN: 1-57231-444-3

Release Date: 10/30/96

INSIDE MICROSOFT VISUAL BASIC, SCRIPTING EDITION shows you how to leverage your Visual Basic programming skills to create dazzling World Wide Web applications using Visual Basic Script and ActiveX TM controls.


Inside Microsoft® Visual InterDevTM

By: Kenneth Spencer
Price: $ 39.99 US
Length: 616
ISBN: 1-57231-583-0

Release Date: 11/26/97

If you want to build high performance Web sites or create intranets, Microsoft Visual InterDev is the answer. With Visual InterDev, you get sophisticated database connectivity options; tight integration with other Microsoft tools such as Microsoft Visual Basic®, Microsoft Visual C++®, and Microsoft Visual J++TM; and site management capabilities. INSIDE MICROSOFT VISUAL INTERDEV gives you an insider's perspective on this powerful development tool.


Introducing Microsoft® FrontPage® 97

By: Kerry Lehto
Price: $ 24.99 US
Length: 416
ISBN: 1-57231-571-7

Release Date: 12/18/96

Packed with creative insights, INTRODUCING MICROSOFT FRONTPAGE 97 teaches you to create your own attractive and appealing Web pages--whether or not you have programming experience.


Learn Java Now

By: Stephen Davis
Price: $ 39.95 US
Length: 416
ISBN: 1-57231-428-1

Release Date: 10/9/96

Go beyond authoring Internet home pages! Use this book-and-disc package to add exciting interactivity to your Internet or intranet web sites with Microsoft Visual J++, Microsoft's powerful JavaTM compiler. The fully functional Publisher's Edition of Visual J++ is included on the enclosed CD-ROM.


Learn Microsoft® Visual Basic® Scripting Edition Now

By: Gary Cornell
Price: $ 34.95 US
Length: 336
ISBN: 1-57231-347-1

Release Date: 12/23/97

There is one best way to get Microsoft's powerful scripting language for the Internet and Windows 95 working for you today--LEARN MICROSOFT VISUAL BASIC SCRIPTING EDITION NOW.


Microsoft® FrontPage® 97 At a Glance

By: Stephen Nelson
Price: $ 16.99 US
Length: 272
ISBN: 1-57231-573-3

Release Date: 1/23/97

For fast answers, a picture is worth a thousand words. Here's the remarkable, visual way to learn to use the Web site development features of Microsoft FrontPage 97. MICROSOFT FRONTPAGE 97 AT A GLANCE lets you focus on a particular task and shows you, with clear, numbered steps, the easiest way to get it done right now.


Microsoft® FrontPage® 97 Step by Step

By: Catapult, Inc.
Price: $ 29.99 US
Length: 320
ISBN: 1-57231-336-6

Release Date: 1/15/97

Enjoy quick and easy training on FrontPage 97, Microsoft's powerful Web site development software, with this book-and-disk self-training package. The step-by-step method allows you to choose your best starting point and learn at your own pace.


Microsoft® FrontPage® 98 At a Glance

By: Stephen Nelson
Price: $ 16.99 US
Length: 224
ISBN: 1-57231-637-3

Release Date: 10/15/97

Here's the visual way to quickly get to work using the powerful features of Microsoft® FrontPageTM 98. MICROSOFT FRONTPAGE 98 AT A GLANCE lets you focus on a particular task and shows you, with clear, numbered steps, the easiest way to get it done.


Microsoft® FrontPage® 98 Step by Step

By: Catapult, Inc.
Price: $ 29.99 US
Length: 304
ISBN: 1-57231-636-5

Release Date: 11/17/97

MICROSOFT® FRONTPAGE® 98 STEP BY STEP is the easiest and fastest way to teach yourself to create attractive and appealing Web pages using Microsoft® FrontPage® 98.


Microsoft® Office 97/Visual Basic® Programmer's Guide

By: Microsoft Corporation
Price: $ 34.99 US
Length: 560
ISBN: 1-57231-340-4

Release Date: 12/27/96

Microsoft Office 97 is the newest version of the world’s most popular office suite--and a powerful development environment. This book shows everyone--from professional developers to power users--how to make the most of it.


Microsoft® OLE DB 1.1 Programmer's Reference and Software Development Kit

By: Microsoft Corporation
Price: $ 39.99 US
Length: 720
ISBN: 1-57231-612-8

Release Date: 4/16/97

Here's the information you need to get the most from OLE DB, the basis of Microsoft's new universal access architecture. This is an official technical document created by Microsoft's OLE DB team.


Microsoft® Publisher 97 by Design

By: Luisa Simone
Price: $ 27.95 US
Length: 560
ISBN: 1-57231-355-2

Release Date: 2/26/97

MICROSOFT PUBLISHER 97 BY DESIGN is packed with design examples and procedures that will help you create World Wide Web pages and effective, professional-quality publications quickly and easily, using Microsoft Publisher 97!


Official Microsoft® FrontPage® 98 Book

By: Kerry Lehto
Price: $ 24.99 US
Length: 400
ISBN: 1-57231-629-2

Release Date: 10/8/97

The OFFICIAL MICROSOFT FRONTPAGE 98 BOOK gives you all the information you need to use Microsoft FrontPage 98 quickly and effectively. Packed with creative insights, this book is the ideal guide to follow as you build great Web pages.


Official Microsoft® Internet Explorer 4 Site Builder Toolkit

By: Alan Simpson
Price: $ 39.99 US
Length: 664
ISBN: 1-57231-572-5

Release Date: 11/26/97

This authoritative guide, written by bestselling Internet author Alan Simpson, starts you off with a basic HTML review and an introduction to scripting, and then builds on those skills to show you how to manipulate objects in your Web pages.


Official Microsoft® Intranet Solutions

By: Micro Modeling Associates, Inc.
Price: $ 39.99 US
Length: 704
ISBN: 1-57231-509-1

Release Date: 4/9/97

Build on your investment in Microsoft Office documents, experience, and technical resources--learn how to use Microsoft Office 97, Microsoft FrontPageTM 97, and Microsoft Internet Explorer to develop and support professional-quality intranets.


Programming Active Server Pages

By: New Technology Solutions
Price: $ 49.99 US
Length: 336
ISBN: 1-57231-700-0

Release Date: 11/17/97

Active Server Pages give you the power to generate customized HTML pages on the fly. It's a breakthrough-and PROGRAMMING ACTIVE SERVER PAGES shows you how to make the most of it.


Running Microsoft® FrontPage® 98

By: Jim Buyens
Price: $ 39.99 US
Length: 688
ISBN: 1-57231-645-4

Release Date: 10/22/97

It's packed with everything from quick, clear instructions for new users to comprehensive answers for power users. And it's complete in one volume. In short, RUNNING MICROSOFT FRONTPAGE 98 is the authoritative handbook you'll keep by your computer and use every day.


Understanding ActiveXTM and OLE

By: David Chappell
Price: $ 22.95 US
Length: 352
ISBN: 1-57231-216-5

Release Date: 9/17/96

Now strategic decision-makers like you can learn about COM (Microsoft's object technology), OLE (Microsoft's technology for compound documents), and ActiveX (Microsoft's powerful new technology for the Internet). And you won't get bogged down in programming details.


Understanding Electronic Commerce

By: David Kosiur
Price: $ 19.99 US
Length: 304
ISBN: 1-57231-560-1

Release Date: 4/23/97

Here’s where technical managers and others get a clear view of revolutionary online transaction technology and its strategic implications for business. This book is part of the Strategic Technology Series, so it’s colorful, quick, comprehensive, and easy to browse.


Windows® Interface Guidelines for Software Design, The

By: Microsoft Corporation
Price: $ 29.95 US
Length: 576
ISBN: 1-55615-679-0

Release Date: 7/11/95

If you develop applications for Windows and want to save training time, boost productivity, and promote user confidence, here are Microsoft's official guidelines for designing visually and functionally consistent user interfaces for Windows-based programs.

Jet Database Engine

Client/Server Programming with Microsoft® Visual Basic®

By: Kenneth Spencer
Price: $ 34.95 US
Length: 304
ISBN: 1-57231-232-7

Release Date: 7/16/96

CLIENT/SERVER PROGRAMMING WITH MICROSOFT VISUAL BASIC teaches you easy ways to build effective, robust client/server applications using Visual Basic 4, along with helping you maximize its new remote OLE automation capabilities.


Microsoft® Jet Database Engine Programmer's Guide, Second Edition

By: Microsoft Corporation
Price: $ 49.99 US
Length: 792
ISBN: 1-57231-342-0

Release Date: 8/13/97

This is the official programmer's guide from Microsoft--the definitive reference created by the same team that developed Microsoft Jet. Inside you'll find newly updated and expanded coverage of all aspects of Microsoft Jet, including its structure and services.


Microsoft® Office 97/Visual Basic® Language Reference

By: Microsoft Corporation
Price: $ 129.99 US
Length: 4848
ISBN: 1-57231-339-0

Release Date: 3/26/97

It’s the Official Technical Reference to Visual Basic for Applications! And it’s your key to rolling out, deploying, administering, and developing for Microsoft Office 97--whether you’re creating custom applications or modifying the existing applications.

Miscellaneous Developer Topics

Active Visual J++TM

By: Scott Ladd
Price: $ 39.99 US
Length: 352
ISBN: 1-57231-609-8

Release Date: 8/6/97

Use this book to grasp the unmatched power and compatibility of Microsoft Visual J++ and go beyond Java's Web-based roots. See how to combine important technologies-Application Foundation Classes (AFC), Java, and ActiveXTM-to create awesome, interactive Web and intranet applications. CD-ROM included.


Automation Programmer's Reference

By: Microsoft Corporation
Price: $ 24.99 US
Length: 496
ISBN: 1-57231-584-9

Release Date: 2/26/97

This is the comprehensive and official reference documentation on Automation! Use it to discover how ActiveX and OLE can multiply the power, the usefulness, and the value of all your applications for Microsoft Windows® 95 and Microsoft Windows NTTM.


Code Complete

By: Steve McConnell
Price: $ 35 US
Length: 896
ISBN: 1-55615-484-4

Release Date: 9/14/95

This runaway bestseller is a practical guide to software design that discusses the art and science of constructing software. Examples are provided in C, PascalTM, Basic, FORTRAN, and Ada, but the focus is on successful programming techniques.


Communications Programming for Windows® 95

By: Charles Mirho
Price: $ 39.95 US
Length: 320
ISBN: 1-55615-668-5

Release Date: 5/29/96

COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAMMING FOR WINDOWS 95 explains from the ground up the two most important communications components in Windows: the Telephony API (TAPI) and the Messaging API (MAPI). The book also includes valuable advice for adding communications capabilities to existing software applications.


Debugging the Development Process

By: Steve Maguire
Price: $ 24.95 US
Length: 216
ISBN: 1-55615-650-2

Release Date: 8/9/94

Steve Maguire gives you a compelling look at the software development process using candid accounts of his experience at Microsoft. He describes how to bring together and maintain effective teams and develop timely, high-quality commercial applications.


Developing International Software for Windows® 95 and Windows NT®

By: Nadine Kano
Price: $ 35 US
Length: 768
ISBN: 1-55615-840-8

Release Date: 6/2/95

Localize programs more easily, more quickly, and less expensively with this collection of critical reference material plus Microsoft's own guidelines for creating international software. It contains international standards and information on the culture-specific issues you need to consider when developing international software.


Dynamics of Software Development

By: Jim McCarthy
Price: $ 24.95 US
Length: 208
ISBN: 1-55615-823-8

Release Date: 8/26/95

Author Jim McCarthy insists that shipping great software on time can be done, and this book tells you how. DYNAMICS OF SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT, destined to be a cult classic, charts the progress from initial design to successful product.


Inside COM

By: Dale Rogerson
Price: $ 34.99 US
Length: 416
ISBN: 1-57231-349-8

Release Date: 12/27/96

To understand distributed computing, OLE, ActiveXTM, and customizing Microsoft applications, you must understand the Component Object Model (COM). This concise, accessible guide is your key to COM and to building simple, elegant COM components...


Inside OLE, 2nd Edition

By: Kraig Brockschmidt
Price: $ 49.95 US
Length: 1232
ISBN: 1-55615-843-2

Release Date: 6/12/95

Kraig Brockschmidt uses disc-based examples to show you the principles of OLE, including structured storage, OLE Automation, and in-place activation. He builds sample programs using OLE-based code you can incorporate into your own applications.


Inside the Registry for Microsoft® Windows® 95

By: Günter Born
Price: $ 24.99 US
Length: 368
ISBN: 1-57231-424-9

Release Date: 1/22/97

Here’s a clear, straightforward look at one of the least documented aspects of the Microsoft Windows 95 operating system. This is the indispensable information--and safety net--that every developer, system administrator, troubleshooter, and advanced user needs.


Inside Visual C++®, Fourth Edition

By: David Kruglinski
Price: $ 49.99 US
Length: 1040
ISBN: 1-57231-565-2

Release Date: 6/4/97

Building on the solid achievements of three previous editions, INSIDE VISUAL C++, FOURTH EDITION presents detailed and comprehensive coverage of Visual C++ and the intricacies of 32-bit programming in Windows. This book offers by far the best overall explanation of the capabilities of Microsoft's powerful and complex development tool.


Learn Visual C++® Now

By: Mark Andrews
Price: $ 39.95 US
Length: 480
ISBN: 1-55615-845-9

Release Date: 5/14/96

LEARN VISUAL C++ NOW will help you master the powerful visual tools and automated features in Visual C++. On CD-ROM, you get a complete working Visual C++ compiler (version 1.0) that will equip you to create your own applications.


Microsoft Press® Programmer's Bookshelf for Windows® 95

By: Microsoft Press
Price: $ 69.95 US
Length:
ISBN: 1-57231-311-0

Release Date: 6/13/96

Now you can access five important programming books for Windows 95 on a single CD-ROM! Includes the full content of Programming Windows 95 (Microsoft Press, 1996), by Charles Petzold; Advanced Windows (Microsoft Press, 1996), by Jeffrey Richter; Developing International Software for Windows 95 and Windows NT® (Microsoft Press, 1996) by Nadine Kano; OLE Controls Inside Out (Microsoft Press, 1996), by Adam Denning; and Programming the Windows 95 User Interface (Microsoft Press, 1995), by Nancy Winnick Cluts.


Microsoft® Access/Visual Basic® Step by Step

By: Evan Callahan
Price: $ 29.95 US
Length: 368
ISBN: 1-55615-890-4

Release Date: 12/18/95

Learn to build personalized and customized Microsoft Access solutions the easy way with MICROSOFT ACCESS/VISUAL BASIC STEP BY STEP. Includes 15 self-paced lessons with disk-based practice files so you can learn at your own pace.


Microsoft® ODBC 3.0 Software Development Kit and Programmer's Reference

By: Microsoft Corporation
Price: $ 99.99 US
Length: 1488
ISBN: 1-57231-516-4

Release Date: 2/26/97

This is the kit that gives developers everything they need for using the Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) standard to build robust database connectivity into their applications.


Microsoft® Office 97 Developer's Handbook

By: Christine Solomon
Price: $ 39.99 US
Length: 608
ISBN: 1-57231-440-0

Release Date: 4/16/97

All you need is Microsoft Office 97 and this book. Here you'll discover how to build applications that extend and customize the office suite, mesh with network and data resources, and expand and automate your business.


Microsoft® Office 97, Developer Edition, Resource Library

By: Christine Solomon
Price: $ 99.99 US
Length: 1888
ISBN: 1-57231-606-3

Release Date: 6/11/97

Microsoft Office 97, Developer Edition is a terrific development platform. To get the most from it, apply the powerful development strategies you'll find in this indispensable three-volume resource set. The accompanying CD-ROM contains all sample code from all three books.


Microsoft® Office 97/Visual Basic® Language Reference

By: Microsoft Corporation
Price: $ 129.99 US
Length: 4848
ISBN: 1-57231-339-0

Release Date: 3/26/97

It’s the Official Technical Reference to Visual Basic for Applications! And it’s your key to rolling out, deploying, administering, and developing for Microsoft Office 97--whether you’re creating custom applications or modifying the existing applications.


Microsoft® Office 97/Visual Basic® Programmer's Guide

By: Microsoft Corporation
Price: $ 34.99 US
Length: 560
ISBN: 1-57231-340-4

Release Date: 12/27/96

Microsoft Office 97 is the newest version of the world’s most popular office suite--and a powerful development environment. This book shows everyone--from professional developers to power users--how to make the most of it.


Microsoft® Visual Basic®, Deluxe Learning Edition

By: Microsoft Corporation
Price: $ 129.99 US
Length: 1278
ISBN: 1-57231-551-2

Release Date: 3/26/97

MICROSOFT VISUAL BASIC DELUXE LEARNING EDITION is a comprehensive training kit that will teach you how to put Microsoft Visual Basic to work. The kit contains the complete version of Visual Basic 5.0 Learning Edition, and is the easiest way to learn to use it.


Microsoft® Visual C++® Language Reference

By: Microsoft Corporation
Price: $ 29.99 US
Length: 768
ISBN: 1-57231-521-0

Release Date: 3/26/97

Within the four-volume Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 Programmer’s Reference Set, this is the C, C++, and preprocessor reference for the Microsoft Visual C++ development system. All volumes in the Reference Set are available separately.


Microsoft® Visual C++® MFC Library Reference, Part 1

By: Microsoft Corporation
Price: $ 39.99 US
Length: 1456
ISBN: 1-57231-518-0

Release Date: 4/9/97

Within the four-volume Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 Programmer’s Reference Set, this is the first of two volumes that completely describe the classes, macros, and global functions and variables in the Microsoft Foundation Class (MFC) library. All volumes in the Reference Set are available separately.


Microsoft® Visual C++® MFC Library Reference, Part 2

By: Microsoft Corporation
Price: $ 39.99 US
Length: 1392
ISBN: 1-57231-519-9

Release Date: 4/9/97

Within the four-volume Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 Programmer’s Reference Set, this is the second of two volumes that completely describe the classes, macros, and global functions and variables in the Microsoft Foundation Class (MFC) library. All volumes in the Reference Set are available separately.


Microsoft® Visual C++® Run-Time Library Reference

By: Microsoft Corporation
Price: $ 39.99 US
Length: 1328
ISBN: 1-57231-520-2

Release Date: 4/2/97

Within the four-volume Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 Programmer’s Reference Set, this is the volume that completely describes all the functions and parameters in the Microsoft Visual C++ iostream class and run-time libraries. All volumes in the Reference Set are available separately.


Microsoft® Windows® 95 Help Authoring Kit

By: Microsoft Corporation
Price: $ 49.95 US
Length: 336
ISBN: 1-55615-892-0

Release Date: 11/7/95

The MICROSOFT® WINDOWS® 95 HELP AUTHORING KIT is an invaluable source for beginning and veteran Help authors, providing all the information and software needed to create online help files for Windows 95 applications (also for earlier versions of Windows and Windows NTTM version 3.51 or later).


PC 98 System Design Guide

By: Microsoft Corporation
Price: $ 29.99 US
Length: 672
ISBN: 1-57231-716-7

Release Date: 10/15/97

This book provides the latest, most authoritative guidelines for everyone who's creating next-generation PCs, components, peripherals, and device drivers. And that makes PC 98 SYSTEM DESIGN GUIDE the must-have reference you'll want to keep close at hand.


Programming Active Server Pages

By: New Technology Solutions
Price: $ 49.99 US
Length: 336
ISBN: 1-57231-700-0

Release Date: 11/17/97

Active Server Pages give you the power to generate customized HTML pages on the fly. It's a breakthrough-and PROGRAMMING ACTIVE SERVER PAGES shows you how to make the most of it.


Programming Windows® 95

By: Charles Petzold
Price: $ 49.95 US
Length: 1120
ISBN: 1-55615-676-6

Release Date: 3/19/96

Updated for Windows 95 (with key contributions from Paul Yao), this Charles Petzold bestseller is the best-known, most widely praised, and most widely used how-to programming book on the planet. All sample programs are included on CD-ROM.


Rapid Development

By: Steve McConnell
Price: $ 35 US
Length: 680
ISBN: 1-55615-900-5

Release Date: 7/2/96

If you wrestle with development mileposts and deadlines, this book can show you the tested strategies and tactics you need to keep your projects on time and on budget. In the tradition of McConnell's bestselling Code Complete (Microsoft Press, 1996), RAPID DEVELOPMENT brings together the best research and hard-won experience to help you get control of your development projects.


Readings on Microsoft® Windows® & WOSA

By: Microsoft Corporation
Price: $ 39.95 US
Length: 512
ISBN: 1-55615-836-X

Release Date: 11/25/95

If you design custom solutions using Microsoft tools and technologies, or if you are preparing for the Microsoft Windows Operating Systems and Services Architecture I and II exams as part of the Microsoft Certified Developer program, this is the book you need.


Software Project Survival Guide

By: Steve McConnell
Price: $ 24.99 US
Length: 304
ISBN: 1-57231-621-7

Release Date: 10/15/97

This is the field guide for everyone involved in software development--especially those without formal management training. Acclaimed expert Steve McConnell maps out a proven approach to project management that you can learn and use successfully right away.


Windows® Interface Guidelines for Software Design, The

By: Microsoft Corporation
Price: $ 29.95 US
Length: 576
ISBN: 1-55615-679-0

Release Date: 7/11/95

If you develop applications for Windows and want to save training time, boost productivity, and promote user confidence, here are Microsoft's official guidelines for designing visually and functionally consistent user interfaces for Windows-based programs.


Writing Solid Code

By: Steve Maguire
Price: $ 24.95 US
Length: 288
ISBN: 1-55615-551-4

Release Date: 6/6/95

Here, from a former Microsoft developer, are super secrets for developing bug-free C programs. You'll see examples of how bugs are caught at Microsoft (actual case histories) and how to use these proven programming techniques to get products to market faster.

ODBC

Client/Server Programming with Microsoft® Visual Basic®

By: Kenneth Spencer
Price: $ 34.95 US
Length: 304
ISBN: 1-57231-232-7

Release Date: 7/16/96

CLIENT/SERVER PROGRAMMING WITH MICROSOFT VISUAL BASIC teaches you easy ways to build effective, robust client/server applications using Visual Basic 4, along with helping you maximize its new remote OLE automation capabilities.


Field Guide to Microsoft® Access 2 for Windows®

By: Stephen Nelson
Price: $ 9.95 US
Length: 192
ISBN: 1-55615-581-6

Release Date: 3/26/96

This illustrated pocket-size guide is arranged by task and organized in easy-to-use, easy-to-remember sections with rich cross-referencing for easy lookup. The colorful, lighthearted approach to information will put you at ease, and the tips, hints, and tricks make using Microsoft Access easier.


Microsoft® ODBC 3.0 Software Development Kit and Programmer's Reference

By: Microsoft Corporation
Price: $ 99.99 US
Length: 1488
ISBN: 1-57231-516-4

Release Date: 2/26/97

This is the kit that gives developers everything they need for using the Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) standard to build robust database connectivity into their applications.


Microsoft® SQL ServerTM Training

By: Microsoft Corporation
Price: $ 199.95 US
Length: 1088
ISBN: 1-55615-930-7

Release Date: 9/25/96

This two-volume kit with two CD-ROMs will train you to install, configure, and troubleshoot SQL Server in your organization and will help you to prepare for the Microsoft Certified Professional exams for Microsoft SQL Server.


Readings on Microsoft® Windows® & WOSA

By: Microsoft Corporation
Price: $ 39.95 US
Length: 512
ISBN: 1-55615-836-X

Release Date: 11/25/95

If you design custom solutions using Microsoft tools and technologies, or if you are preparing for the Microsoft Windows Operating Systems and Services Architecture I and II exams as part of the Microsoft Certified Developer program, this is the book you need.

OLE

ActiveXTM Controls Inside Out, Second Edition

By: Adam Denning
Price: $ 39.95 US
Length: 672
ISBN: 1-57231-350-1

Release Date: 1/8/97

ACTIVEX CONTROLS INSIDE OUT is an in-depth guide for C++ and Microsoft® Visual Basic® programmers who want to build powerful custom controls and "componentware" using Microsoft's new tools and revolutionary COM (Component Object Model) technology.


Automation Programmer's Reference

By: Microsoft Corporation
Price: $ 24.99 US
Length: 496
ISBN: 1-57231-584-9

Release Date: 2/26/97

This is the comprehensive and official reference documentation on Automation! Use it to discover how ActiveX and OLE can multiply the power, the usefulness, and the value of all your applications for Microsoft Windows® 95 and Microsoft Windows NTTM.


Client/Server Programming with Microsoft® Visual Basic®

By: Kenneth Spencer
Price: $ 34.95 US
Length: 304
ISBN: 1-57231-232-7

Release Date: 7/16/96

CLIENT/SERVER PROGRAMMING WITH MICROSOFT VISUAL BASIC teaches you easy ways to build effective, robust client/server applications using Visual Basic 4, along with helping you maximize its new remote OLE automation capabilities.


Inside COM

By: Dale Rogerson
Price: $ 34.99 US
Length: 416
ISBN: 1-57231-349-8

Release Date: 12/27/96

To understand distributed computing, OLE, ActiveXTM, and customizing Microsoft applications, you must understand the Component Object Model (COM). This concise, accessible guide is your key to COM and to building simple, elegant COM components...


Inside OLE, 2nd Edition

By: Kraig Brockschmidt
Price: $ 49.95 US
Length: 1232
ISBN: 1-55615-843-2

Release Date: 6/12/95

Kraig Brockschmidt uses disc-based examples to show you the principles of OLE, including structured storage, OLE Automation, and in-place activation. He builds sample programs using OLE-based code you can incorporate into your own applications.


Microsoft Press® Programmer's Bookshelf for Windows® 95

By: Microsoft Press
Price: $ 69.95 US
Length:
ISBN: 1-57231-311-0

Release Date: 6/13/96

Now you can access five important programming books for Windows 95 on a single CD-ROM! Includes the full content of Programming Windows 95 (Microsoft Press, 1996), by Charles Petzold; Advanced Windows (Microsoft Press, 1996), by Jeffrey Richter; Developing International Software for Windows 95 and Windows NT® (Microsoft Press, 1996) by Nadine Kano; OLE Controls Inside Out (Microsoft Press, 1996), by Adam Denning; and Programming the Windows 95 User Interface (Microsoft Press, 1995), by Nancy Winnick Cluts.


Microsoft® OLE DB 1.1 Programmer's Reference and Software Development Kit

By: Microsoft Corporation
Price: $ 39.99 US
Length: 720
ISBN: 1-57231-612-8

Release Date: 4/16/97

Here's the information you need to get the most from OLE DB, the basis of Microsoft's new universal access architecture. This is an official technical document created by Microsoft's OLE DB team.


Microsoft® SQL ServerTM Training

By: Microsoft Corporation
Price: $ 199.95 US
Length: 1088
ISBN: 1-55615-930-7

Release Date: 9/25/96

This two-volume kit with two CD-ROMs will train you to install, configure, and troubleshoot SQL Server in your organization and will help you to prepare for the Microsoft Certified Professional exams for Microsoft SQL Server.


Programming Windows® 95

By: Charles Petzold
Price: $ 49.95 US
Length: 1120
ISBN: 1-55615-676-6

Release Date: 3/19/96

Updated for Windows 95 (with key contributions from Paul Yao), this Charles Petzold bestseller is the best-known, most widely praised, and most widely used how-to programming book on the planet. All sample programs are included on CD-ROM.


Readings on Microsoft® Windows® & WOSA

By: Microsoft Corporation
Price: $ 39.95 US
Length: 512
ISBN: 1-55615-836-X

Release Date: 11/25/95

If you design custom solutions using Microsoft tools and technologies, or if you are preparing for the Microsoft Windows Operating Systems and Services Architecture I and II exams as part of the Microsoft Certified Developer program, this is the book you need.


Understanding ActiveXTM and OLE

By: David Chappell
Price: $ 22.95 US
Length: 352
ISBN: 1-57231-216-5

Release Date: 9/17/96

Now strategic decision-makers like you can learn about COM (Microsoft's object technology), OLE (Microsoft's technology for compound documents), and ActiveX (Microsoft's powerful new technology for the Internet). And you won't get bogged down in programming details.


Windows® Interface Guidelines for Software Design, The

By: Microsoft Corporation
Price: $ 29.95 US
Length: 576
ISBN: 1-55615-679-0

Release Date: 7/11/95

If you develop applications for Windows and want to save training time, boost productivity, and promote user confidence, here are Microsoft's official guidelines for designing visually and functionally consistent user interfaces for Windows-based programs.

Visual Basic

Active Visual Basic® 5.0

By: Guy Eddon
Price: $ 39.99 US
Length: 416
ISBN: 1-57231-512-1

Release Date: 4/9/97

A valuable, practical alternative to learning new programming languages and tools, ACTIVE VISUAL BASIC shows you how to take advantage of your existing knowledge of Visual Basic to create new Internet-enabled applications and interactive Web content.


Advanced Microsoft® Visual Basic® 5

By: The Mandelbrot Set, Ltd.
Price: $ 49.99 US
Length: 832
ISBN: 1-57231-414-1

Release Date: 7/23/97

Here's an invaluable collection of advanced experience, skills, and insights from seasoned pros. The focus is on core topics, including client/server issues, intranet subjects, designing distributed applications, and much more. The enclosed CD contains complete source code plus utilities.


Building Applications with Microsoft® OutlookTM 97

By: Microsoft Corporation
Price: $ 39.99 US
Length: 528
ISBN: 1-57231-536-9

Release Date: 3/12/97

BUILDING MICROSOFT OUTLOOK 97 APPLICATIONS is a results-oriented book that gives you the information, strategies, and sample applications you need to easily build useful groupware applications, make your workplace more productive, and get the most out of your Office 97 investment. You can learn it in less than a day!


Client/Server Programming with Microsoft® Visual Basic®

By: Kenneth Spencer
Price: $ 34.95 US
Length: 304
ISBN: 1-57231-232-7

Release Date: 7/16/96

CLIENT/SERVER PROGRAMMING WITH MICROSOFT VISUAL BASIC teaches you easy ways to build effective, robust client/server applications using Visual Basic 4, along with helping you maximize its new remote OLE automation capabilities.


Hardcore Visual Basic®, Second Edition

By: Bruce McKinney
Price: $ 49.99 US
Length: 760
ISBN: 1-57231-422-2

Release Date: 7/9/97

Discover object-oriented solutions for unleashing the hardcore power of Microsoft® Visual Basic 5.0. Here's coverage on everything from the improved type library to the deeper mysteries of interfaces and the Common Object Model. Includes a CD-ROM full of samples, tools, and utilities.


Hitchhiker's Guide to Visual Basic® and SQL ServerTM, 5th edition

By: William Vaughn
Price: $ 49.99 US
Length: 816
ISBN: 1-57231-567-9

Release Date: 5/28/97

Greatly expanded and updated, the newest edition of this bestseller gives you a ton of information for using Visual Basic (including Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0) to design, code, debug, and tune front-end applications for SQL Server.


Inside Microsoft® Visual Basic® Scripting Edition

By: Scot Hillier
Price: $ 39.95 US
Length: 496
ISBN: 1-57231-444-3

Release Date: 10/30/96

INSIDE MICROSOFT VISUAL BASIC, SCRIPTING EDITION shows you how to leverage your Visual Basic programming skills to create dazzling World Wide Web applications using Visual Basic Script and ActiveX TM controls.


Learn Visual Basic® Now

By: Michael Halvorson
Price: $ 39.95 US
Length: 480
ISBN: 1-55615-905-6

Release Date: 2/20/96

Easy step-by-step exercises help you design a user interface and build programming code for Microsoft Windows® 95-based applications. You also get a CD-ROM of the Visual Basic 4.0 Working Model--a great way to "kick the tires" of Visual Basic without having to spend a lot of money on software!


Microsoft® Access 97 Developer's Handbook

By: Microsoft Corporation
Price: $ 39.99 US
Length: 624
ISBN: 1-57231-358-7

Release Date: 2/26/97

This is the book for everyone who wants to use Microsoft Access 97 and its built-in Visual Basic® for Applications (VBA) 32-bit programming language to develop and distribute information systems, custom interfaces, and custom database applications.


Microsoft® Access 97/Visual Basic® Step by Step

By: Evan Callahan
Price: $ 34.95 US
Length: 416
ISBN: 1-57231-319-6

Release Date: 2/12/97

MICROSOFT ACCESS 97/VISUAL BASIC STEP BY STEP provides quick, easy, book-and-disk self-training on Microsoft Access/Visual Basic-to help you create custom applications, automate database tasks, and much more. The step-by-step method allows you to choose your best starting point and learn at your own pace.


Microsoft® Access/Visual Basic® Step by Step

By: Evan Callahan
Price: $ 29.95 US
Length: 368
ISBN: 1-55615-890-4

Release Date: 12/18/95

Learn to build personalized and customized Microsoft Access solutions the easy way with MICROSOFT ACCESS/VISUAL BASIC STEP BY STEP. Includes 15 self-paced lessons with disk-based practice files so you can learn at your own pace.


Microsoft® Excel 97 Developer's Handbook

By: Micro Modeling Associates, Inc.
Price: $ 39.99 US
Length: 656
ISBN: 1-57231-359-5

Release Date: 5/7/97

With Microsoft Excel 97 and its built-in Microsoft Visual Basic® for Applications (VBA) 32-bit programming language, you can build and distribute professional-quality access and analysis tools. This easy-to-read, clearly illustrated book shows you how.


Microsoft® Excel 97 Developer's Kit

By: Microsoft Corporation
Price: $ 49.99 US
Length: 608
ISBN: 1-57231-498-2

Release Date: 6/4/97

This is THE authoritative technical reference for extending and customizing Microsoft Excel using C and the Microsoft Excel API. Plus, the enclosed CD-ROM supplies sample code from the book, VBA and C source code, and tools and utilities.


Microsoft® Excel 97/Visual Basic® Step by Step

By: Reed Jacobson
Price: $ 34.95 US
Length: 368
ISBN: 1-57231-318-8

Release Date: 3/19/97

MICROSOFT EXCEL 97/VISUAL BASIC STEP BY STEP provides quick, easy, book-and-disk self-training on Microsoft Excel/Visual Basic--to help you create custom applications, automate spreadsheet tasks, and much more. The step-by-step method allows you to choose your best starting point and learn at your own pace.


Microsoft® Office 97 Developer's Handbook

By: Christine Solomon
Price: $ 39.99 US
Length: 608
ISBN: 1-57231-440-0

Release Date: 4/16/97

All you need is Microsoft Office 97 and this book. Here you'll discover how to build applications that extend and customize the office suite, mesh with network and data resources, and expand and automate your business.


Microsoft® Office 97/Visual Basic® Language Reference

By: Microsoft Corporation
Price: $ 129.99 US
Length: 4848
ISBN: 1-57231-339-0

Release Date: 3/26/97

It’s the Official Technical Reference to Visual Basic for Applications! And it’s your key to rolling out, deploying, administering, and developing for Microsoft Office 97--whether you’re creating custom applications or modifying the existing applications.


Microsoft® Office 97/Visual Basic® Programmer's Guide

By: Microsoft Corporation
Price: $ 34.99 US
Length: 560
ISBN: 1-57231-340-4

Release Date: 12/27/96

Microsoft Office 97 is the newest version of the world’s most popular office suite--and a powerful development environment. This book shows everyone--from professional developers to power users--how to make the most of it.


Microsoft® Office 97/Visual Basic® Step by Step

By: David Boctor
Price: $ 34.99 US
Length: 368
ISBN: 1-57231-389-7

Release Date: 6/18/97

MICROSOFT OFFICE 97/VISUAL BASIC STEP BY STEP gives you quick and easy self-paced training in Visual Basic for Applications. Work through every lesson to complete the full course, or do individual lessons to learn just the skills you need. Either way, you learn at your optimum pace from the teacher who knows you best--you.


Microsoft® Visual Basic® 5 Step by Step

By: Michael Halvorson
Price: $ 34.99 US
Length: 416
ISBN: 1-57231-435-4

Release Date: 3/5/97

MICROSOFT VISUAL BASIC 5 STEP BY STEP provides quick, easy, book-and-disk self-training on Microsoft Visual Basic 5--to help you easily create custom programs for Microsoft Windows 95.


Microsoft® Visual Basic® 5.0 ActiveXTM Controls Reference

By: Microsoft Corporation
Price: $ 24.99 US
Length: 784
ISBN: 1-57231-508-3

Release Date: 3/12/97

The ACTIVEX CONTROLS REFERENCE has two parts: The first provides A-Z entries for all the custom controls that ship with Visual Basic. Then, for each control, the relevant properties, events, and methods are described alphabetically.


Microsoft® Visual Basic® 5.0 Developer's Workshop, Fourth Edition

By: John Craig
Price: $ 44.99 US
Length: 752
ISBN: 1-57231-436-2

Release Date: 5/14/97

MICROSOFT VISUAL BASIC 5.0 DEVELOPER'S WORKSHOP is a one-of-a-kind book-and-software package that gives you the recipes to build powerful, full-featured graphical applications for Windows® 95 and Windows NT®. This book demonstrates everything from creating a screen saver to building ActiveX controls that can be used in a Web page.


Microsoft® Visual Basic® 5.0 Language Reference

By: Microsoft Corporation
Price: $ 39.99 US
Length: 1600
ISBN: 1-57231-507-5

Release Date: 3/5/97

The LANGUAGE REFERENCE contains A-Z listings for the objects, functions, statements, methods, properties, and events encompassed by the Visual Basic language. Additional appendixes supply reference information to the ANSI character set, Visual Basic data types, operators, and derived math functions.


Microsoft® Visual Basic® 5.0 Programmer's Guide

By: Microsoft Corporation
Price: $ 29.99 US
Length: 912
ISBN: 1-57231-604-7

Release Date: 2/26/97

For beginning Visual Basic users or experienced developers, this is the comprehensive guide to Visual Basic programming. Straight from the Microsoft Visual Basic product team, the PROGRAMMER'S GUIDE covers everything from programming fundamentals and "Your First Visual Basic Program" to optimizing and distributing applications.


Microsoft® Visual Basic®, Deluxe Learning Edition

By: Microsoft Corporation
Price: $ 129.99 US
Length: 1278
ISBN: 1-57231-551-2

Release Date: 3/26/97

MICROSOFT VISUAL BASIC DELUXE LEARNING EDITION is a comprehensive training kit that will teach you how to put Microsoft Visual Basic to work. The kit contains the complete version of Visual Basic 5.0 Learning Edition, and is the easiest way to learn to use it.


Microsoft® Word 97/Visual Basic® Step by Step

By: Michael Halvorson
Price: $ 34.99 US
Length: 320
ISBN: 1-57231-388-9

Release Date: 4/30/97

MICROSOFT WORD 97/VISUAL BASIC STEP BY STEP provides quick, easy, book-and-disk self-training on Microsoft Word/Visual Basic--to help you create custom applications, automate word processing tasks, and much more. The step-by-step method allows you to choose your best starting point and learn at your own pace.


Readings on Microsoft® Windows® & WOSA

By: Microsoft Corporation
Price: $ 39.95 US
Length: 512
ISBN: 1-55615-836-X

Release Date: 11/25/95

If you design custom solutions using Microsoft tools and technologies, or if you are preparing for the Microsoft Windows Operating Systems and Services Architecture I and II exams as part of the Microsoft Certified Developer program, this is the book you need.