Volume 1 is the Language Reference. It contains A-Z listings for the objects, functions, statements, methods, properties, and events encompassed by Visual Basic 5.0. Additional appendices supply reference information to the ANSI character set, VB data types, operators, and derived math functions.

Volume 2 is the Controls Reference, which has two parts. The first provides A-Z entries for the custom controls that ship with Visual Basic. For each control, the relevant properties, events, and methods are described alphabetically. The second part of this volume is a tutorial to custom control development.