Sams Teach Yourself Visual Basic 2008 in 24 Hours: Complete Starter Kit (Sams Teach Yourself Series) Book

Introduction 1

Pt. I The Visual Basic 2008 Environment

Hour 1 Jumping in with Both Feet: A Visual Basic 2008 Programming Tour 7

Hour 2 Navigating Visual Basic 2008 33

Hour 3 Understanding Objects and Collections 63

Hour 4 Understanding Events 85

Pt. II Building a User Interface

Hour 5 Building Forms: The Basics 105

Hour 6 Building Forms: Advanced Techniques 127

Hour 7 Working with Traditional Controls 155

Hour 8 Using Advanced Controls 183

Hour 9 Adding Menus and Toolbars to Forms 203

Pt. III Making Things Happen: Programming

Hour 10 Creating and Calling Code Procedures 229

Hour 11 Using Constants, Data Types, Variables, and Arrays 249

Hour 12 Performing Arithmetic, String Manipulation, and Date/Time Adjustments 281

Hour 13 Making Decisions in Visual Basic Code 305

Hour 14 Looping for Efficiency 323

Hour 15 Debugging Your Code 337

Hour 16 Designing Objects Using Classes 361

Hour 17 Interacting with Users 381

Pt. IV Working with Data

Hour 18 Working with Graphics 405

Hour 19 Performing File Operations 425

Hour 20 Working with Text Files and the Registry 443

Hour 21 Working with a Database 467

Hour 22 Controlling Other Applications Using Automation 485

Pt. V Deploying Solutions and Beyond

Hour 23 Deploying Applications 499

Hour 24 The 10,000-Foot View 509

Index 517