This outstanding and extensive tutorial explaining and illustrating all details of programming in Visual Objects provides complete orientation to the VO Interactive Development Environment, highlights object-oriented programming and event-driven programming, shows how to develop complete Windows Multiple Document Interface applications from scratch, and more.

This text, using a solutions-oriented approach, introduces readers to visual programming and explains how it is used in developing various parts of an application. The book teaches development methodology while presenting the Windows database development tool, CA-Visual Objects.

Wessel, a computing trainer and author, and Bless, an advisor and coach for object technology, describe how to develop CA-Visual Object 2.6 programs which can stand up in a world of modern Office applications and which use the options of e-mail and the Internet. Emphasis is on the use of efficient API interfaces for Windows, COM, and XML. All examp

A Visual Objects expert introduces readers to the principles of object-oriented programming with CA-Visual Objects. Stephen Straley covers advanced programming and offers a thorough introduction to the object oriented paradigm. Extensive examples, illustrations, and source-code listings are provided. The disk includes source-code listings, data files for all examples in the book, plus a Class library.

In-depth discussions of how to program for Windows, OOP concepts, VO's IDE, VO's editors and browsers, converting your clipper apps, and creating help files; gives tips on how to use VO to its full potential; and includes over 110 pages of hands-on exercises to get you up-to-speed.