In this chapter, we’ll take a look at multimedia and user interface elements to see how they can help you as a developer in a commercial environment and how they can enhance the user’s experience with your applications.
In this chapter, I’ll show you ways in which multimedia and attention to user interface issues can enhance your applications in Visual Basic 5 without reams of difficult code. Along the way, you might need to set aside any preconceived notions that multimedia is just a set of bells and whistles for the latest home market product and that it is not for business applications.
It’s time to put away those ideas about multimedia and look at how you can produce good-looking systems that not only run well but are easy and intuitive to use and also help reduce the time it takes to get your users up to speed with your applications.