NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #19/NN_1992_19.iso/spool/comp/os/mswindo/programm/tools/811

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From: [e-mail] (Daniel P. B. Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools
Subject: Re: VB Dev Kits
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Date: 1 Sep 92 01:04:21 GMT
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I can only speak about the VB Professional Toolkit. Can't compare it with
anything else.  The VB Pro Toolkit is one of the best $99 values I've
ever bought.  One nice thing is that the documentation is VERY well done.

Important pieces: the "Setup kit" lets you build automatic installation
programs.  On the one hand, it's a LITTLE amateurish (actually has a bug
in the file copy program). On the other hand, IT WORKS.  And it's easy
to customize and modify.  And the routines and DLL it comes with have
applications elsewhere.  I have a very good, usable setup program -- and
without the kit I just never would have gotten around to getting it all
done.

The help files.  WINSDK.HLP (only 3.0, unfortunately).  A collection of
what seem to be all the VB-related files from the Microsoft Knowledge Base
in help-file format. One that documents the INTERNAL API calls of VB
itself.

And the controls.  I don't know how I lived without the THREED and the
GRID controls.  (Although the "spin button" seems totally bogus -- there's
something wrong about the way it handles clicks, there's a strong tendency
for it to trigger TWICE when you click it ONCE).

And a few other goodies, like the CDK.

It was a THOROUGHLY satisfactory purchase and I recommend it highly.


--
Daniel P. B. Smith
[e-mail]