Newbie

[prat12]

Hello,I m 15 years old and i m from india.I am very very keen to learn vb6 and i can do anything for it.I have vb6 installed in my pc.Please tell me where i should start from.I needs the help of all of you.Please guide me through

[damasterjo]

http://directx4vb.vbgamer.com/Direct...nks_VBProg.asp
check that out
stick on these forums ask anything, it will help tremendously
I recomend buying a book.

[prat12]

Can you please refer me the names of few good books that i should buy.Thanks a lot for heklping

[wiz126]

First of all if you are really new to vb i suggest to learn vb.net since this is the future visual basic. net 2005 is comming out soon and itsw nothing like vb6.

Second since you allready have vb6 installed you mgiht want to stick with it, Don't buy books unless you have googled for over 2 houres and didn't learn from tutorials

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=vb6+tutorial

[wiccaan]

If you are started fresh without a clue, you should first, stop and get to know the IDE of VB. IDE is the interface which you will be programming in. Learn where each tool / utility can be found and make note of it for future events.

As for small basics in tutorials. Searching google will get you what you need for beginners work. Also, some code sites would be a great start as well.

www.pscode.com Has millions of lines of code for many programming languages included VB6. This site has many excellent starting programs for new comers into the world of programming as well.

Search for something like "beginner" "newbie" ect. Basic things that would constitute towards a new user.

Also, welcome to the land of programming Hope you learn fast ^^

[ganeshmoorthy]

there are lots of books for vb.... I suggest the Microsoft Press's books.... I have some..
If you are from Chennai, then I can give it to you... and you can always get in touch with me...

[joel2892]

One of the best things to do, which is how i learnt was mainly from loaning books for a short while say from a library or suchlike, learning the syntax and short simple things so that you understand the language and then just experiment on your own. if you have any problems there is always vbforums.com

[Hack]

Moved to General Developer

[si_the_geek]

www.pscode.com Has millions of lines of code for many programming languages included VB6. This site has many excellent starting programs for new comers into the world of programming as well.

It also has many more programs that are very badly coded, and give you methods which are far from ideal (and often take more code too). I would recommend avoiding PSC until you can tell what is good or not - you don't want to be learning bad habits.

A much better place in my opinion is our sister site www.FreeVBCode.com , which has decent quality control, and therefore much better examples to learn from.