Visual Basic Programming


VB as it is known, is one of my favorite programming languages. I've been programming in it since Version 1! And I went to the trouble to studying up on, and taking the exam to be Microsoft certified in VB5. In this section of the site you will find some useful resources and interesting reading on Visual Basic.

Visual Basic Naming Conventions
This article covering coding conventions in Visual Basic will be especially useful to VB-5 and VB-6 developers.

Writing VB Mahjongg in Visual Basic (BitBlt Version)
Can you write a fun playable game in Microsoft Visual Basic 5 or 6? In the Freeware section of this site you can download and install a fun, fully functional version of Mahjongg. Now, in this article, we will explore how it was written. In addition, we will provide you with the Visual Basic source code used to create the game. Some of the things we cover are a shuffling routine, using Windows APIs to do BitBlt operations, lessons learned while writing this program and more.

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