Visual Basic Concepts

Topics on Efficient Programming

You can make your development work easier and faster using tools provided with Visual Basic, tools you create yourself, and by following tips provided in the documentation.

Tools Topics

What's New in Wizards?

All Editions Provides links to information on wizards.

Working with Templates

All Editions Introduces you to using templates that make it easier to build applications and objects.

Extending the Visual Basic Environment with Add-Ins

Professional and Enterprise Editions Provides a complete guide to using the Visual Basic extensibility object model to tailor the development environment to your unique needs.

Data Access Tools

Professional and Enterprise Editions Describes controls, designers, and technologies in Visual Basic for meeting data access programming needs.

Visual Basic Enterprise Edition Features

Enterprise Edition Describes the tools included with the Enterprise edition to assist in building component-based applications, and for testing and deploying them across the network.

Techniques Topics

Working with Resource Files

All Editions Introduces you to using resource files to store version-specific text and bitmaps.

Using Resource Files for Localization

All Editions Describes how to create, localize, and use a resource file for separating localizable information from your code.

Working with Command Line Switches

All Editions Explains how to use command line switches to control how Visual Basic executes.

Visual Basic Coding Conventions

All Editions Suggests guidelines for writing consistent and readable code.