"Tomas" <tomas_nordlan***@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I have worked with VB.NET for half a year (semi-newbie). Currently I am
> looking around for some books for those that crossed the starting
> hurdle. There are too many books out there-make choosing, a bit of a
> gamble.
>
> If you have experience of good VB.NET books on general and office
> automattion, you could  recommend, it would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Tomas Nordlander
>

> I don't know what version of VB.Net you're using. I really
> like Francesco Balena's book on VB:The Language. It only
> covers the language, not the forms or data. I have the 2005
> version, but he has earlier versions as well. This isn't
> really a book for someone who's never done .Net; in each
> section, he goes from simple examples to complex info
> pretty quickly. I learned a lot from reading this book.
>
> He also has a Standard Practices book that I found a lot
> of neat information in.
>
> For data binding, check out Brian Noyes's book.
>
> If you want to know how to write a whole app, check out
> Tim Patrick's new book, Start-to-Finish Visual Basic 2005.
> I have it on order, so I can't vouch for it personally,
> but there is a good review on amazon, and chapter 1 was
> pretty interesting.
>
> Hope that helps.
> Robin S.
> ----------------------------
> "Tomas" <tomas_nordlan***@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1164034587.677585.158900@f16g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have worked with VB.NET for half a year (semi-newbie). Currently I am
> > looking around for some books for those that crossed the starting
> > hurdle. There are too many books out there-make choosing, a bit of a
> > gamble.
> >
> > If you have experience of good VB.NET books on general and office
> > automattion, you could  recommend, it would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Tomas Nordlander
> >

"Tomas" <tomas_nordlan***@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks Robin (I use 2005 VB.NET), I appriciate the recomendations, and
> will get them ordered.
>
> Tomas :)
>
>
> RobinS wrote:
>
>> I don't know what version of VB.Net you're using. I really
>> like Francesco Balena's book on VB:The Language. It only
>> covers the language, not the forms or data. I have the 2005
>> version, but he has earlier versions as well. This isn't
>> really a book for someone who's never done .Net; in each
>> section, he goes from simple examples to complex info
>> pretty quickly. I learned a lot from reading this book.
>>
>> He also has a Standard Practices book that I found a lot
>> of neat information in.
>>
>> For data binding, check out Brian Noyes's book.
>>
>> If you want to know how to write a whole app, check out
>> Tim Patrick's new book, Start-to-Finish Visual Basic 2005.
>> I have it on order, so I can't vouch for it personally,
>> but there is a good review on amazon, and chapter 1 was
>> pretty interesting.
>>
>> Hope that helps.
>> Robin S.
>> ----------------------------
>> "Tomas" <tomas_nordlan***@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:1164034587.677585.158900@f16g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I have worked with VB.NET for half a year (semi-newbie). Currently I am
>> > looking around for some books for those that crossed the starting
>> > hurdle. There are too many books out there-make choosing, a bit of a
>> > gamble.
>> >
>> > If you have experience of good VB.NET books on general and office
>> > automattion, you could  recommend, it would be greatly appreciated.
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance,
>> >
>> > Tomas Nordlander
>> >
>