MARK F. RUSSO is Senior Researcher with Bristol-Myers Squibb's Combinatorial Drug Discovery Group and an Adjunct Professor in the School of Biomedical Engineering, Science, and Health Systems at Drexel University. He is the developer of several laboratory computer applications and robot systems and has published extensively on related topics. MARTIN M. ECHOLS is Site Manager for Combinatorial Chemistry Automation for Bristol-Myers Squibb. He has authored several software applications for automating laboratory systems.

• VISUAL BASIC(r) AND THE INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT. Background. IDE Fundamentals. A Review of the Visual Basic(r) Language. The Structure of a Visual Basic(r) Application. Object-Oriented Programming in Visual Basic(r). DEVICE COMMUNICATIONS. Introducing the Virtual Instrument. Dynamic Data Exchange. Using Dynamic Data Exchange in Visual Basic(r). RS-232 Communications. RS-232 Communications in Visual Basic(r). TCP/IP Networking. TCP/IP Networking in Visual Basic(r). File Communications. DEVICE CONTROL AND DATA HANDLING. Multithreading. Multithreading in Visual Basic(r). Concepts of State. State Machines-Implementing State Diagrams in Visual Basic(r). Parsing-Understanding Message Content. A Visual Basic(r) Parser Class. Device Monitoring and Control. Device Controllers in VB. GRAPHICAL INTERFACES AND DATA PRESENTATION. Scientific Plotting with MSChart. Tabular Data Display and Editing. Visual Basic(r) Graphics Fundamentals. Active Graphic Displays. Interactive Graphic Displays. Appendices. Index.