Visual Basic 6 Programming: Business Applications with a Design Perspective

Table of Contents

Chapter 14 Beyond the Core

• 14.1 Using the Windows API
  • Why API?
  • Using API
  • The API Text Viewer
  • Sample Uses of API
  • Additional Remarks
• 14.2 Using the Windows Registry
  • A Simple Text Browser Project
  • "Remembering" the "Default" Font
  • Additional Remarks
• 14.3 Automation
  • Types of ActiveX components
  • Using a Code Component Exe
  • Using the Word Objects
  • Using Excel in Your VB Program
  • Creating an Object without the Object Library
  • Automation and Extensibility
• 14.4 Creating an ActiveX DLL
  • Setting Up the Project
  • Compiling the ActiveX DLL project
  • Using the ActiveX DLL You Have Created
  • Developing and Debugging an ActiveX DLL Project
• Summary
• Visual Basic Explorers
• Exercises
• Projects