Daniel Appleman is the president of Desaware Inc., a developer of add-on products and components for Microsoft Visual Studio. He is a cofounder of APress and is the author of numerous books including "Moving to VB.NET: Strategies, Concepts and Code," "How Computer Programming Works," "Dan Appleman's Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to the Win32 API," "
Always Use Protection: A Teen's Guide to Safe Computing" and a series of ebooks on various technology and security topics. Reach him by e-mail .