Introduction to Programming, Visual Basic, Programming with Visual Basic/Business, Computer Science/4-year and 2-year colleges and universities, Continuing Education. Eliason/Malarkey introduce students to the VB6 environment and basic programming concepts. The text emphasizes applications design and guides students through creating interactive Web pages. Three chapters are devoted to the development of database applications and one to Internet applications.* NEW - The text has been organized so that object types, variables, and collections are presented next to class modules. * NEW - A new chapter on ActiveX Data Objects has been added (Chapter 25). * NEW - The Modular Design chapter has been revised - Includes more material on the design of the user interface and the Einstein University design has been added. * NEW - Additional skill building exercises have been added to each chapter. * NEW - Error-trapping has been expanded in working with sequential files. * NEW - The Visual Basic Internet chapter has been expanded - Includes DHTML and IIS features. * NEW - The New string functions provided by Visual Basic 6.0 are described. * Step-by-step approach - Focuses on teaching student