Getting started -- The Visual Basic environment and help system -- Customizing a form and writing simple programs -- First steps in building the user interface -- First steps in programming -- Displaying information -- Controlling program flow -- Built-in functions -- Writing your own functions and procedures -- Organizing information via code -- Organizing information via controls -- Building larger projects -- VB objects and an introduction to object-oriented programming -- Finishing the interface -- Tools and techniques for testing, debugging, and optimization -- An introduction to graphics -- Monitoring mouse activity -- Basic file handling -- File system controls and file system objects -- Communicating with other Windows applications -- Recursion -- A survey of database development using Visual Basic -- Building your own ActiveX controls -- Visual Basic and the internet : building a special-purpose browser -- Visual Basic and the internet : VBScript and dynamic HTML -- Distributing your application : the package and deployment wizard.