Acknowledgments

Writing a book always requires a substantial commitment of time and effort, and for that we are grateful to our spouses and families for their support in helping to bring this project through to completion. Steve would like to thank Donna; Ron would like to thank Vanessa, Sean, and Ami; Paul would like to thank Deb, Russel, and Victoria; Tim would like to thank Maki and Spencer.

In expectation of the 15^th anniversary of Visual Basic, we would also like to acknowledge the contributions of the designers and developers who transformed Visual Basic from an idea into a reality. Truly, it has been a monumental accomplishment that has changed the way in which applications are created.

We'd also like to thank the book's original technical reviewers, Daniel Creeron, Budi Kurniawan, and Matt Childs, for their thoughtful, careful reviews of our work. We'd also like to thank Alan Carter, Chris Dias, Amanda Silver, Sam Spencer, Jay Roxe, and Joe Binder at Microsoft for their help in answering our annoying questions and for reviewing portions of the manuscript. Scott Isaacs, William Murray, and Gerry O'Brien provided great technical reviews for the third edition.