"Microsoft "R" Mastering: Microsoft "R" Visual Basic "R" 6.0 Development" offers skills-focused instruction for creating database applications using components. Intermediate-level developers work through the curriculum in print and online. As they progress through essential development topics -- including visual data access tools, class modules, ActiveX controls, ActiveX Data Objects, COM components, Internet programming, and application deployment -- the hands-on lab exercises reinforce learning and provide practical experience with programming tasks. By the end of the course, students have created a full-featured database solution. The Microsoft Mastering CD-ROM contains the interactive lessons narrated demonstrations, and complete source code.