Absolute Beginner's Guide to Programming, Second Edition

Using the Wizard for the Internet

Visual Basic's Application Wizard does lots of work for you when you want your application to access the Internet. If you make the correct choice within the wizard, Visual Basic automatically adds the access and gives your application worldwide communication capabilities.

Note

The Internet tools described in this chapter work equally well for Internet and intranet applications. The Internet is the worldwide networked system of computers, whereas an intranet is a local networked system (perhaps a network inside a single building or even a small area on the same floor) that provides the same connectivity and Web page display as the Internet itself.

Visual Basic's Application Wizard provides Internet access. It ...