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Subclassing and Hooking with Visual Basic |
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Not for Dot Net |
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2005-02-07 13:08:41 |
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Robert Plates
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Dot Net Stuff simply does not work.
Examples do not compile.
References in example code are no where to be found.
To be fair I already knew how to Subclass in VB6 and was looking for a guide to migrating to VB.NET
Only considered chapters that were specific to dot net. Seems like the concepts are OK but example code does not work. Thus my opinion is that this is mostly words without substance because the author does not prove them with working examples in VB. No mention in the errata about these glaring errors.
If you are like me and have mounds of existing subclassing code for VB6, have mastered the techniques involved, and are looking for some samples to get you started in VB .NET, this book is NOT for you.
Look elsewhere.
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Not for Dot Net, February 07 2005
Submitted by Anonymous Reader [Respond | View]
I am Robert Plates
There is a means to getting the proper source code that works properly. That is to download the examples.
I sincerely apologize to the author if I have damadged or hurt his feelings. That is why this thread is here.
But for those of us that prefer to code the examples from the book to get a more intimate understanding of the concepts, (I guess us oldtimers), the examples in the book should be codable. If not, some caveats explaining what we need to do to get the printed code to work MUST be nearby the examples so we understand that the examples need translation and give us a means to find out exactly what the translations should be.
I do not know whos fault this misunderstanding is but for those that do not dig further, they will miss out on some good information.
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