Client/server programming with visual basic 5.0

As in AS1400 Client Server Programming with Visual Basic 4. 0, Chris Peters explains Visual Basic using AS/400 terms and analogies. Peters presents event-driven programming and introduces object-oriented programming-the keys to Windows client/server programming-in terms you'll easily understand, so you can rapidly develop new client/server applications and convert legacy programs.

You'll learn how to use Visual Basic with a client/server strategy you can support while leveraging your existing AS/400 skills to deliver fast, reliable, production-quality visual applications. You'Il also learn about interfacing with PC applications (like MS Word or Excel) using Visual Basics Jet database engine; using ODBC with bound controls, VBs Data Access Object, and MS Access; using data queues with VB and RPG in a client/server application; and using Client Access/400's new ActiveX controls, system list control, submit remote command control, and AS/400 data queue control. You'Il even get a valuable introduction to IBMs Lightning SDK.

The book comes complete with all Visual Basic and AS/400 example code on diskette. It also includes the new 32-bit version of the popular AS/400 Spool File Downloader, which allows you to import AS/400 printed output directly into PC text files, MS Excel, or Word.

Contents

• Chapter 1 Introduction
• Chapter 2 Visual basic program Development
• Chapter 3 Starter VB Concepts
• Chapter 4 Common Controls
• Chapter 5 Variables Used in a Visual Basic Program
• Chapter 6 Visual Basic Starter Code
• Chapter 7 Error Handling and Debugging
• Chapter 8 Advanced Controls and Code
• Chapter 9 Procedure calls, Functions, and APIs
• Chapter 10 Introduction to AS/400 Client Server
• Chapter 11 Using the ODBC Driver to Access AS/400 Data
• Chapter 12 Client/Server Programming with AS/400 Data Queues
• Chapter 13 AS/400 Client/Server Programming with APPC
• Chapter 14 Additional Client/Server Programming Techniques
• Chapter 15 Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming
• Chapter 16 AS/400 Client/Server Middleware
• Chapter 17 Where to Go From Here
• Appendix A AS/400 and VB-Cross Reference
• Appendix B Middleware Suppliers
• Appendix C The AS/400 Report Downloader
• Index