Microsoft Visual Basic 2008 Step by Step Book

Acknowledgments; Introduction; What Is Visual Basic 2008?; Finding Your Best Starting Point in This Book; Visual Studio 2008 System Requirements; Prerelease Software; Installing and Using the Practice Files; Uninstalling the Practice Files; Conventions and Features in This Book; Helpful Support Links; Part I: Getting Started with Microsoft Visual Basic 2008; Chapter 1: Exploring the Visual Studio Integrated Development Environment; 1.1 The Visual Studio Development Environment; 1.2 The Visual Studio Tools; 1.3 The Properties Window; 1.4 Moving and Resizing the Programming Tools; 1.5 Switching Among Open Files and Tools by Using the IDE Navigator; 1.6 Opening a Web Browser Within Visual Studio; 1.7 Getting Help; 1.8 Customizing IDE Settings to Match Step-by-Step Exercises; 1.9 One Step Further: Exiting Visual Studio; 1.10 Quick Reference; Chapter 2: Writing Your First Program; 2.1 Lucky Seven: Your First Visual Basic Program; 2.2 Programming Steps; 2.3 Creating the User Interface; 2.4 Setting the Properties; 2.5 The Picture Box Properties; 2.6 Writing the Code; 2.7 A Look at the Button1_Click Procedure; 2.8 Running Visual Basic Applications; 2.9 Sample Projects on Disk; 2.10 Building an Executable File; 2.11 Deploying Your Application; 2.12 One Step Further: Adding to a Program; 2.13 Quick Reference; Chapter 3: Working with Toolbox Controls; 3.1 The Basic Use of Controls: The Hello World Program; 3.2 Using the DateTimePicker Control; 3.3 Controls for Gathering Input; 3.4 One Step Further: Using the LinkLabel Control; 3.5 Quick Reference; Chapter 4: Working with Menus, Toolbars, and Dialog Boxes; 4.1 Adding Menus by Using the MenuStrip Control; 4.2 Adding Access Keys to Menu Commands; 4.3 Processing Menu Choices; 4.4 Adding Toolbars with the ToolStrip Control; 4.5 Using Dialog Box Controls; 4.6 Event Procedures That Manage Common Dialog Boxes; 4.7 One Step Further: Assigning Shortcut Keys to Menus; 4.8 Quick Reference; Part II: Programming Fundamentals; Chapter 5: Visual Basic Variables and Formulas, and the .NET Framework; 5.1 The Anatomy of a Visual Basic Program Statement; 5.2 Using Variables to Store Information; 5.3 Using Variables in a Program; 5.4 Using a Variable to Store Input; 5.5 Using a Variable for Output; 5.6 Working with Specific Data Types; 5.7 Working with Visual Basic Operators; 5.8 Working with Methods in the Microsoft .NET Framework; 5.9 One Step Further: Establishing Order of Precedence; 5.10 Quick Reference; Chapter 6: Using Decision Structures; 6.1 Event-Driven Programming; 6.2 Using Conditional Expressions; 6.3 If…Then Decision Structures; 6.4 Select Case Decision Structures; 6.5 One Step Further: Detecting Mouse Events; 6.6 Quick Reference; Chapter 7: Using Loops and Timers; 7.1 Writing For…Next Loops; 7.2 Displaying a Counter Variable in a TextBox Control; 7.3 Creating Complex For…Next Loops; 7.4 Writing Do Loops; 7.5 Avoiding an Endless Loop; 7.6 The Timer Control; 7.7 Creating a Digital Clock by Using a Timer Control; 7.8 Using a Timer Object to Set a Time Limit; 7.9 One Step Further: Inserting Code Snippets; 7.10 Quick Reference; Chapter 8: Debugging Visual Basic Programs; 8.1 Finding and Correcting Errors; 8.2 Three Types of Errors; 8.3 Identifying Logic Errors; 8.4 Debugging 101: Using Debugging Mode; 8.5 Tracking Variables by Using a Watch Window; 8.6 Visualizers: Debugging Tools That Display Data; 8.7 Using the Immediate and Command Windows; 8.8 Switching to the Command Window; 8.9 One Step Further: Removing Breakpoints; 8.10 Quick Reference; Chapter 9: Trapping Errors by Using Structured Error Handling; 9.1 Processing Errors by Using the Try…Catch Statement; 9.2 Writing a Disc Drive Error Handler; 9.3 Using the Finally Clause to Perform Cleanup Tasks; 9.4 More Complex Try…Catch Error Handlers; 9.5 Comparing Error Handlers with Defensive Programming Techniques; 9.6 One Step Further: The Exit Try Statement; 9.7 Quick Reference; Chapter 10: Creating Modules and Procedures; 10.1 Working with Modules; 10.2 Working with Public Variables; 10.3 Creating Procedures; 10.4 Writing Function Procedures; 10.5 Writing Sub Procedures; 10.6 One Step Further: Passing Arguments by Value and by Reference; 10.7 Quick Reference; Chapter 11: Using Arrays to Manage Numeric and String Data; 11.1 Working with Arrays of Variables; 11.2 Preserving Array Contents by Using ReDim Preserve; 11.3 One Step Further: Processing Large Arrays by Using Methods in the Array Class; 11.4 Quick Reference; Chapter 12: Working with Collections and the System.Collections Namespace; 12.1 Working with Object Collections; 1111112.2 Creating Your Own Collections; 12.3 One Step Further: VBA Collections; 12.4 Quick Reference; Chapter 13: Exploring Text Files and String Processing; 13.1 Displaying Text Files by Using a Text Box Object; 13.2 Using the StreamReader Class and My.Computer.FileSystem to Open Text Files; 13.3 Creating a New Text File on Disk; 13.4 Processing Text Strings with Program Code; 13.5 One Step Further: Examining the Sort Text Program Code; 13.6 Quick Reference; Part III: Designing the User Interface; Chapter 14: Managing Windows Forms and Controls at Run Time; 14.1 Adding New Forms to a Program; 14.2 How Forms Are Used; 14.3 Working with Multiple Forms; 14.4 Positioning Forms on the Windows Desktop; 14.5 Adding Controls to a Form at Run Time; 14.6 Organizing Controls on a Form; 14.7 One Step Further: Specifying the Startup Object; 14.8 Quick Reference; Chapter 15: Adding Graphics and Animation Effects; 15.1 Adding Artwork by Using the System.Drawing Namespace; 15.2 Adding Animation to Your Programs; 15.3 Expanding and Shrinking Objects While a Program Is Running; 15.4 One Step Further: Changing Form Transparency; 15.5 Quick Reference; Chapter 16: Inheriting Forms and Creating Base Classes; 16.1 Inheriting a Form by Using the Inheritance Picker; 16.2 Creating Your Own Base Classes; 16.3 One Step Further: Inheriting a Base Class; 16.4 Quick Reference; Chapter 17: Working with Printers; 17.1 Using the PrintDocument Class; 17.2 Printing Multipage Text Files; 17.3 One Step Further: Adding Print Preview and Page Setup Dialog Boxes; 17.4 Quick Reference; Part IV: Database and Web Programming; Chapter 18: Getting Started with ADO.NET; 18.1 Database Programming with ADO.NET; 18.2 Using Bound Controls to Display Database Information; 18.3 One Step Further: SQL Statements, LINQ, and Filtering Data; 18.4 Quick Reference; Chapter 19: Data Presentation Using the DataGridView Control; 19.1 Using DataGridView to Display Database Records; 19.2 Formatting DataGridView Cells; 19.3 Datacentric Focus:Adding a Second Grid and Navigation Control; 19.4 One Step Further: Updating the Original Database; 19.5 Quick Reference; Chapter 20: Creating Web Sites and Web Pages by Using Visual Web Developer and ASP.NET; 20.1 Inside ASP.NET; 20.2 Building a Web Site by Using Visual Web Developer; 20.3 Using the Web Page Designer; 20.4 Adding Server Controls to a Web Site; 20.5 Adding Additional Web Pages and Resources to a Web Site; 20.6 Displaying Database Records on a Web Page; 20.7 One Step Further: Setting the Web Site Title in Internet Explorer; 20.8 Quick Reference; 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