Starting Out with Visual Basic 2005 Book

Contents


 


Preface


 

Chapter 1 Introduction to Programming and Visual Basic 2005
1.1 Computer Systems: Hardware and Software


1.2 Programs and Programming Languages


TUTORIAL 1-1: Running an application that demonstrates objects


TUTORIAL 1-2: Running an application that demonstrates event procedures


1.3 More about Controls and Programming


TUTORIAL 1-3: Running an application that demonstrates various controls


1.4 The Programming Process


1.5 Visual Studio and Visual Basic Express (the Visual Basic Environment)


TUTORIAL 1-4: Starting Visual Studio


TUTORIAL 1-5: Opening the Design, Solution Explorer, Dynamic Help, and Properties windows in Visual Studio


TUTORIAL 1-6: Getting familiar with Visual Studio


 

Chapter 2 Creating Applications with Visual Basic
2.1 Focus on Problem Solving: Building the Directions Application


TUTORIAL 2-1: Beginning the Directions application


TUTORIAL 2-2: Adding a Label control


TUTORIAL 2-3: Setting the Label’s TextAlign property


TUTORIAL 2-4: Changing the Label’s font size and style


TUTORIAL 2-5: Deleting a control


TUTORIAL 2-6: Inserting a PictureBox control


TUTORIAL 2-7: Saving and running the application


TUTORIAL 2-8: Closing a Visual Basic project


TUTORIAL 2-9: Opening an existing project


TUTORIAL 2-10: Using the Object box, Alphabetical button, and Categorized button


2.2 Focus on Problem Solving: Responding toEvents


TUTORIAL 2-11: Placing the lblDirections, btnDisplayDirections, and btnExit controls


TUTORIAL 2-12: Writing event procedures for the Directions application


TUTORIAL 2-13: Changing the text colors


TUTORIAL 2-14: Setting the FormBorderStyle property and locking the controls


2.3 Modifying the Text Property with Code


TUTORIAL 2-15: Examining an application that displays messages


2.4 The AutoSize, BorderStyle, and TextAlign Properties


2.5 Clickable Images


TUTORIAL 2-16: Writing Click event procedures for PictureBox controls


2.6 Using Visual Basic Help


TUTORIAL 2-17: Using Visual Basic Help


2.7 Debugging Your Application


TUTORIAL 2-18: Locating a compile error in Design mode


 

Chapter 3 Input, Variables, Exceptions, and Calculations
3.1 Gathering Text Input


TUTORIAL 3-1: Using a TextBox control


3-2: Building the Date String application


TUTORIAL 3-3: Using the Focus method


TUTORIAL 3-4: Changing the tab order


TUTORIAL 3-5: Setting access keys, accept, and cancel buttons


3.2 Variables


TUTORIAL 3-6: Assigning text to a variable


3.3 Performing Calculations and Working with Numbers


TUTORIAL 3-7: Examining a Simple Calculator application


3.4 Exception Handling


TUTORIAL 3-8: Salary Calculation program with exception handling


3.5 Formatting Numbers for Output


TUTORIAL 3-9: Examining the Format Demo application


3.6 Group Boxes and the Load Event Procedure


3.7 Focus on Program Design and Problem Solving: Building the Room Charge Calculator Application


TUTORIAL 3-10: Beginning the Room Charge Calculator application


TUTORIAL 3-11: Changing a label’s colors


3.8 More about Debugging: Locating Logic Errors


TUTORIAL 3-12: Single-stepping through an application’s execution


 

Chapter 4 Making Decisions and Working with Strings
4.1 The Decision Structure


4.2 The If...Then Statement


TUTORIAL 4-1: Examining an application that uses the If...Then statement


4.3 The If...Then...Else Statement


TUTORIAL 4-2: Completing an application that uses the If...Then...Else statement


4.4 The If...Then...ElseIf Statement


TUTORIAL 4-3: Completing an application that uses the If...Then...ElseIf statement


TUTORIAL 4-4: Comparing an If...Then...ElseIf statement to a series of If...Then statements


4.5 Nested If Statements


TUTORIAL 4-5: Completing an application with a nested If statement


4.6 Logical Operators


4.7 Comparing, Testing, and Working with Strings


TUTORIAL 4-6: Examining an application that performs string comparisons


TUTORIAL 4-7: Completing a string searching application


4.8 Focus on GUI Design: The Message Box


4.9 The Select Case Statement


TUTORIAL 4-8: Examining Crazy Al’s Sales Commission Calculator application


4.10 Introduction to Input Validation


4.11 Focus on GUI Design: Radio Buttons and Check Boxes


TUTORIAL 4-9: Completing an application with radio buttons and check boxes


4.12 Class-Level Variables


4.13 Focus on Program Design and Problem Solving: Building the Health Club Membership Fee Calculator Application


TUTORIAL 4-10: Building the Health Club Membership Fee Calculator application


 

Chapter 5 Lists, Loops, Validation, and More
5.1 Input Boxes


5.2 List Boxes


TUTORIAL 5-1: Creating list boxes


5.3 Introduction to Loops: The Do While Loop


TUTORIAL 5-2: Completing an application that uses the Do While loop


TUTORIAL 5-3: Modifying the Do While Loop Demo program to use a posttest loop


TUTORIAL 5-4: Using a loop to keep a running total


TUTORIAL 5-5: Examining an application that uses a user-controlled loop


5.4 The Do Until and For...Next Loops


TUTORIAL 5-6: Examining an application that uses the Do Until loop


TUTORIAL 5-7: Examining an application that uses the For...Next loop


TUTORIAL 5-8: Completing an application that uses the For...Next loop


5.5 Nested Loops


5.6 Multicolumn List Boxes, Checked List Boxes, and Combo Boxes


TUTORIAL 5-9: Creating combo boxes


5.7 Input Validation


TUTORIAL 5-10: Completing an application that demonstrates input validation


TUTORIAL 5-11: An example of inconvenient data input correction


TUTORIAL 5-12: Modifying the Validation Demo project to use the SelectAll method


5.8 ToolTips


TUTORIAL 5-13: Adding ToolTips to an application


5.9 Focus on Program Design and Problem Solving: Building the Vehicle Loan Calculator Application


TUTORIAL 5-14: Building the Loan Calculator application


 

Chapter 6 Sub Procedures and Functions
6.1 Sub Procedures


TUTORIAL 6-1: Examining an application with a Sub procedure


TUTORIAL 6-2: Creating a Sub procedure


6.2 Passing Arguments to Procedures


TUTORIAL 6-3: Examining an application that demonstrates passing an argument to a procedure


TUTORIAL 6-4: Working with ByVal and ByRef


6.3 Function Procedures


TUTORIAL 6-5: Examining the GPA Calculator application


6.4 More about Debugging: Stepping Into, Over, and Out of Procedures and Functions


TUTORIAL 6-6: Practicing the Step Into, Step Over, and Step Out commands


6.5 Focus on Program Design and Problem Solving: Building the Bagel and Coffee Price Calculator Application


TUTORIAL 6-7: Building the Bagel House application


 

Chapter 7 Multiple Forms, Standard Modules, and Menus
7.1 Multiple Forms


TUTORIAL 7-1: Completing an application that displays modal and modeless forms


TUTORIAL 7-2: Completing an application with multiple forms


7.2 Standard Modules


TUTORIAL 7-3: Examining an application that uses a standard module


7.3 Menus


TUTORIAL 7-4: Building a menu


7.4 Focus on Problem Solving: Building the High Adventure Travel Agency Price Quote Application


TUTORIAL 7-5: Building the High Adventure Travel Agency Price Quote application


 

Chapter 8 Arrays, Timers, and More
8.1 Arrays


TUTORIAL 8-1: Completing an application that uses an array


8.2 More about Array Processing


TUTORIAL 8-2: Examining an application that uses parallel arrays


8.3 Sub Procedures and Functions That Work with Arrays


TUTORIAL 8-3: Examining an application with functions and with arrays


8.4 Multidimensional Arrays


TUTORIAL 8-4: Completing an application that sums the rows of a two-dimensional array


8.5 Focus on GUI Design: The Enabled Property, Timer Control, and Splash Screens


TUTORIAL 8-5: The Timer Demo


TUTORIAL 8-6: Creating a splash screen


8.6 Focus on GUI Design: Anchoring and Docking Controls


8.7 Random Numbers


TUTORIAL 8-7: Examining the CatchMe Program


8.8 Focus on Problem Solving: Building the Demetris Leadership Center Application


TUTORIAL 8-8: Building the Demetris Leadership Center Sales Reporting application


 

Chapter 9 Files, Printing, and Structures
9.1 Using Files


TUTORIAL 9-1: Completing an application that writes data to a file


TUTORIAL 9-2: Completing an application that reads a file


TUTORIAL 9-3: Examining an application that detects the end of a file


9.2 The OpenFileDialog, SaveFileDialog, FontDialog, and ColorDialog Controls


TUTORIAL 9-4: Creating a simple text editor application


9.3 The PrintDocument Control


TUTORIAL 9-5: Adding printing capabilities to the Simple Text Editor application


9.4 Structures


TUTORIAL 9-6: Examining an application with a structure


9.5 Focus on Problem Solving: Modifying the Demetris Leadership Center Application


TUTORIAL 9-7: Modifying the Demetris Leadership Center Sales-Reporting application


 

Chapter 10 Working with Databases
10.1 What Is a Database?


10.2 Using the DataGridView


TUTORIAL 10-1: Showing a database table in a DataGridView control


10.3 Selecting Dataset Rows


TUTORIAL 10-2: Filtering rows in the SalesStaff table


10.4 Data-Bound Controls


TUTORIAL 10-3: Displaying the Members table in a list box


TUTORIAL 10-4: Inserting Karate student payments


TUTORIAL 10-5: Adding a total to the Karate student payments


10.5 Structured Query Language (SQL)


10.6 Focus on Problem Solving: Karate School Management Application


TUTORIAL 10-6: Creating the Karate School Manager startup window


TUTORIAL 10-7: Adding the Membership/List all function to the Karate School Manager


TUTORIAL 10-8: Adding the Membership/Add new member function to the Karate School Manager


TUTORIAL 10-9: Adding the Membership/Find member function to the Karate School Manager


TUTORIAL 10-10: Adding the Payments/All members function to the Karate School Manager


TUTORIAL 10-11: Adding the Payments/One member function to the Karate School Manager


 

Chapter 11 Developing Web Applications
11.1 Programming for the Web


11.2 Creating ASP.NET Applications


TUTORIAL 11-1: Creating the Click application


11.3 Web Server Controls


TUTORIAL 11-2: Student Picnic program


11.4 Designing Web Forms


TUTORIAL 11-3: Signing up for a Kayak Tour


11.5 Applications with Multiple Web Pages


TUTORIAL 11-4: Adding a description form to the Kayak Tour program


11.6 Using Databases


TUTORIAL 11-5: Displaying the Karate Members table in a GridView


TUTORIAL 11-6: Updating the Karate Members table


 

Chapter 12 Classes, Exceptions, Collections, and Scrollable Controls
12.1 Classes and Objects


12.2 Creating a Class


TUTORIAL 12-1: Creating the Student Data application


12.3 Collections


12.4 Focus on Problem Solving: Creating the Student Collection Application


TUTORIAL 12-2: Completing the Student Collection program


12.5 The Object Browser


TUTORIAL 12-3: Using the Object Browser


12.6 Focus on GUI Design: Scroll Bars and Track Bars


TUTORIAL 12-4: Working with scrollable controls


12.7 Introduction to Inheritance


TUTORIAL 12-5: Completing an application that uses inheritance


 


Appendix A User Interface Design Guidelines


Appendix B Converting Mathematical Expressions to Programming Statements


Appendix C Answers to Checkpoints


Appendix D Glossary


Appendix E Visual Basic 2005 Function and Method Reference (located on the Student CD-ROM)


Appendix F Binary and Random-Access Files (located on the Student CD-ROM)


Appendix G Answers to Odd-Numbered Review Questions (located on the Companion Website at http://aw.com/gaddisvb)


 


Index