Useful links for you novice users.

[Kiehlster]

I've been looking around here and noticed that there seems to be a lot of pretty novice programmers here in the VB discussion.&nbsp;&nbsp;I don't know if you've even read anything about the language before you started diving into it.&nbsp;&nbsp;There are a number of resources that I think come in handy.<br>I've been programming in basic since it's infancy, so I know all the little tricks of the trade that microsoft rolled over from the late dos versions of basic and qBasic.&nbsp;&nbsp;I have this old qBasic book that Microsoft wrote that explains everything in detail along with requirements and examples.&nbsp;&nbsp;No Microsoft has their MSDN Library which comes close, but isn't nearly has helpful as the old manuals they used to make.&nbsp;&nbsp;Even the ASCII table has changed a bit since the dos age.&nbsp;&nbsp;No one but true programmers know exactly what those boxes on the newer ASCII tables really are.&nbsp;&nbsp;And they only know what they are when the program is made for dos.&nbsp;&nbsp;But anyway, nothing is as good as it used to be, but I hope these can help somebody out there.<br><br><b>Microsoft's Developers Network Library</b><br>(Find references for virtually any language and Microsoft produce that's out today.&nbsp;&nbsp;Look in the Visual Studio and Books section for most of the Visual Basic content.)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;<A HREF="

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp"

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http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp</A><br><br><b><i>Some

Sites for VB Tips</i></b><br><br><b>The VB Accelerator</b><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;<A HREF="

http://www.vbaccelerator.com/"

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http://www.vbaccelerator.com/</A><br><br><b>VB

Helper</b><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;<A HREF="

http://www.vb-helper.com/"

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http://www.vb-helper.com/</A><br><br><b>VB

Wire</b><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;<A HREF="

http://www.vbwire.com/"

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http://www.vbwire.com/</A><br><br><b>DevX</b>

Development Exchange<br>The leading site for online information service for a number of languages including Visual Basic.&nbsp;&nbsp;This is a very useful site if you ask me.&nbsp;&nbsp;It's recommended by a number of my college professors.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;<A HREF="

http://www.devx.com/"

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http://www.devx.com/</A><br><br>Hope

you can find these sites useful.&nbsp;&nbsp;I surely do sometimes.&nbsp;&nbsp;I've been working on trying to learn DirectX/VB programming and although not exceeding very well, I find it useful to look at sites like devx and the msdn library for help.&nbsp;&nbsp;And for those of you who hate reading like I do, these sites have a lot of examples to use.&nbsp;&nbsp;I know I learned a lot by example, but if you want to really understand it, read it.<br><br>Laters,<br>Steve Kiehl<br><br><br>