Visual Basic Concepts

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To help narrow your information search, these topics assemble links to information found throughout the documentation, and organize them based on tasks common to Visual Basic programming.

Topics for a Quick Start with Visual Basic

Links to topics that get you started quickly with a step-by-step introduction, or that give you background information you can use to learn about Visual Basic more thoroughly.

Topics on Designing Applications

Links to topics on planning your application, whether you are programming for standalone distribution or for integrated client/server applications.

Topics on Accessing Data

Links to topics on accessing data locally or remotely.

Topics on Programming with ActiveX/OLE

Links to topics on using ActiveX to create controls, ActiveX documents, code components, and other objects.

Topics on Internet Programming

Links to topics on client- and server-side Internet/intranet programming.

Topics on Enterprise Programming

Links to topics on the development tools provided in the Enterprise Edition and on architectural and design guidelines for using these tools to build three-tiered client/server applications.

Topics on Debugging, Handling Errors, and Enhancing Performance

Links to topics offering techniques to help you make applications run perfectly.

Topics on Compiling and Distributing

Links to topics on packaging your application for use by others.

Topics on Efficient Programming

Links to topics on making your development work easier and faster.