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You might want to look at Delphi. It is a more modern, integrated product. VB
is old, with many layers of newer versions put on it. Parts of it are clunky
and disconnected. Delphi is much "smoother" in that regard.
In a message dated 5/20/99 4:58:31 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
owen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> After doing some programming back when DOS was king, I've fumbled
> with Visual Basic a few times and found it drives me nuts just trying to
> get the essentials down. (Well, mostly I get lost in the development
> environment; messing up on the important stuff is a step further than
> I've gotten.) But I'd have to agree with others that it seems the logical
> place to begin. and in the next month or so I'll force myself to stick with
> it long enough to figure out how VB works.
>
> If you do decide to go with VB, pick up a copy of Gary Cornell's book
> on VB6. From the look of it, and based on the testimony of several
> capable programmers, it really will carry you from rank beginnner to
> competent pro.
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