In Advanced Visual Basic 6, leading Visual Basic expert Matthew Curland demonstrates powerhouse techniques programmers can use to write high-performance, robust, and reusable VB code. Readers learn how to leverage the close relationships between VB, COM, and OLE Automation, extending the envelope of VBs capabilities and building high-quality, object-based systems./P> Key topics include how to: *Control VB array variables explicitly to directly access arbitrary memory locations *Call pointers to standard, cdecl, and class module functions *Aggregate complete interface implementations into any VB object *Override functions on any interface, including those implemented automatically by VB *Turn any user-defined type into a lightweight COM object *Minimize memory usage in systems with a large number of objects *Safely create and manage threads in ActiveX EXEs and DLLs *Interact with messages to customize windowed and windowless UserControl objects The CD-ROM accompanying this book contains extensive source code samples to enable all techniques without external DLLs. It also provides integrated type library add-ins for creating and editing referenced libraries, modifying binary compatib