Microsoft's Visual Basic for Applications is a long-awaited universal batch
language--a glue designed to hold together the components of an
application. O'Reilly editor Ron Petrusha introduces the
relationships between VBA, COM, and the Object Model.
Shortcuts, customization, freeing-up drive space, protecting your
settings.... Learn
10
Cool Things to do in Windows 98
from Tim O'Reilly, Troy Mott & Walter Glenn, authors of
Windows 98 in a
Nutshell.
Windows 98 in a
Nutshell [New!]
is a comprehensive reference that covers almost
every Windows 98 command and utility available, gives advice for using the
Registry, includes short-hand instructions on many important Win98 tasks,
and much more. Sample
reference entries from throughout the book are available online now.
Is there a reasonable explanation for the behavior of Objects and ByVal or
ByRef? Find out in the latest Ron's
VB Forum, a column written by O'Reilly's VB and Windows editor (and
sometimes author) Ron Petrusha. There's lots of code examples included to
smooth the way to understanding.
Steve Roman, author of
Writing Excel
Macros,
Learning Word
Programming, and
Access Database
Design & Programming has developed an enhanced Object Model Browser which is designed to provide
various structured views of an object (or type) library, displaying the
parent-child relationship among the objects in the library in a tree-like
form. Check it out online today!
O'Reilly author Shelley Powers has created a
book support
Web site for her book
Developing ASP
Components. Check out the updates and bonus articles!
Targeted at medium-sized installations and up,
Managing Microsoft
Exchange Server [New!]
addresses the difficult problems these users face:
Internet integration, storage management, cost of ownership, system
security, and performance management. Going beyond the basics, it provides
hands-on advice about what you need to know after you have your first site
up-and-running and are facing issues of growth, optimization, or recovery
planning.
Sample
Chapter 2, on Exchange Architecture, is available online now.
Interested in calling
Win32 dynamic link libraries from Visual Basic? Check out this
updated excerpt from Inside the Windows 95
Registry.
ActiveServerPages.com says that Shelly Powers' upcoming
Developing ASP
Components is "the ASP book of 1999".
And don't miss our interview with
author Shelley Powers.
O'Reilly network administrator Eric Pearce earned his UNIX administrator
creds the old fashioned way: He earned them by teaching himself, from his
peers, and from reading books, newsgroups, and magazines. So why did he
decide to become an MCSE? Find out in
Why I became an
MCSE (from a UNIX perspective).
