Visual Basic Shell Programming

by J. P. Hamilton

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Hamilton, J.P.

Visual basic shell programming : integrating applications with the Windows shell / J.P. Hamilton. p. cm.

ISBN 1-56592-670-6

1. Microsoft Visual BASIC. 2. BASIC (Computer program language) 3. Application software. I. Title.

QA76.73.B3 H339 2000

005.26'8--dc21

00-033974

ISBN: 1-56592-670-6

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