Acknowledgments

Many people contributed to this book, and I would like to thank them all. I first want to express my deep appreciation to Mark Ridgeway for contributing the Web-related chapters (Chapters 25, 26, and 27) and Chapter 5, "The Vista Interface," and to John Mueller for providing the technical edit of this book. I want to thank the programmers at Microsoft for their commitment to Visual Basic. Visual Basic has evolved from a small, limited programming environment to a first-class development tool for building all types of Windows and Web applications, from small hobbyist projects to enterprise scale applications.

Special thanks to the talented people at Sybex — to all of them and to each one individually. Starting with editor Toni Zuccarini Ackley, who has taken this book under her wing and improved it in numerous ways. To acquisitions editor Tom Cirtin, who has followed the progress of the book, its ups and downs, and managed to coordinate the entire team. To production editor Daniel Scribner, who kept this project in order and on schedule. Thanks, Daniel. To copyeditor Sharon Wiley, proofreader Nancy Riddiough, indexer Ron Strauss and everyone else who added their expertise and talent