Welcome to the online portion of Visual Basic .NET Database Programming For Dummies.

The download files are in a compressed format. You will need a program like WinRAR to decompress the files to your hard drive. You can download WinRAR at http://www.rarlabs.com/download.htm.

To download the included code samples, follow these steps:

1. Download Code.rar.
2. Choose a location to save the file on your hard drive.
3. After the download is complete, run WinRAR or another software program that decompresses rar files and extract the files into the directory of your choice.