WHAT YOU NEED TO BEGIN


This book was written using Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition for its examples. All of the figures and examples that you see as you read along will show Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition running on Windows XP. Therefore, if you are using a different Windows operating system, or if you are using a different version of Visual Basic, such as the version of Visual Basic supplied with Visual Studio 2003, you may notice small differences in the way some things look. However, you should still be able to follow along with the examples shown in this book with little, if any, trouble.

If you don't already have Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition, you should be able to download a copy from msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/vb/ through November 6, 2006. After this date, Microsoft may begin selling Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition for profit on-line and at your local computer or office supply store. Before you purchase Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition, you'll want to make sure that your computer has enough horsepower to run it. First off, your computer must run one of the following operating systems:

  • Windows 2003 Server

  • Windows XP Home Edition

  • Windows XP Professional

  • Windows 2000 Professional

In addition, you'll want to make sure that your computer meets the minimum hardware requirements specified in the following table. However, minimum requirements are just that. In order to really take advantage of Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition, you'll be a lot better off if your computer meets the table's recommended requirements.

Table A: Minimum Requirements for Running Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition

Requirement

Minimum

Recommended

Processor

600 MHz Pentium

1 GHz Pentium

Memory

192 MB

256 MB

Hard Disk

1.3 MB

2 GB

That's it. All you'll need is a copy of Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition running on your computer and this book. You'll find that everything you need to write, test, and compile Visual Basic programs is provided as part of the Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition package.




Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition Programming for the Absolute Beginner
Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition Programming for the Absolute Beginner
ISBN: 1592008143
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2006
Pages: 126

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