About the Author

Tim Patrick is a software architect and developer with nearly 25 years of experience in designing and building custom software solutions. As a Microsoft Certified Solution Developer, he spends his days gainfully employed in writing Visual Basic 2005 applications. Tim is the author of The Visual Basic Style Guide and The Visual Basic .NET Style Guide, and coauthor of Visual Basic 2005 in a Nutshell and Visual Basic 2005 Cookbook.