Microsoft Visual Basic .NET 2003 Kick Start

Visual Basic .NET Kick Startis a rapid-progression tutorial that presents Visual Basic .NET to working programmers already familiar with another programming language or tool. This book speeds through basic concepts and focuses on practical examples showing the advantages of Visual Basic .NET in ASP programming, application design and creation, and .NET Web Services development. Because previous versions of Visual Basic are so prevalent, this book pays special attention to issues developers face when moving from VB to VB.NET. AlthoughVisual Basic .NET Kick Startassumes no knowledge of the .NET Framework, it skips the handholding and basic programming instruction associated with entry-level tutorials. Full of code examples, tips, and professional insights, this book is about maximum payoff with minimum effort for the working programming who wants to use Visual Basic .NET now.

Duncan Mackenzie is the Visual Basic Content Strategist for Microsoft's developer Web site, and as such, he chooses topics, acquires content, and writes material for the Visual Basic developer center on MSDN (http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbasic). Duncan writes the monthly MSDN programming column "Coding 4 Fun" and has authored a variety of other articles on MSDN. He has been the author or co-author of several books on Visual Basic (and related Microsoft technologies), including Sams Teach Yourself Visual Basic .NET in 21 Days, Platinum Edition Using Visual Basic 6.0, Word 2000 VBA Programmer's Reference, and more. In addition to writing, Duncan has also been active as a Visual Basic trainer and has taught many courses ranging from intermediate to advanced VB programming.

Introduction What Is.NET?
What has Changed from Visual Basic 6 to Visual Basic.NET?
What This Book Covers
Introducing Visual Basic.NET 2003
Getting Ready to Code
Introducing the New IDE
Creating Your First Windows Application
In Brief
Visual Basic
NET Language Changes
Key Changes
New and Changed "Option" Statements
Changes to Variable Declaration
Arrays
Data Type Changes
Miscellaneous Changes
References, Namespaces, and Imports
Should You Use Existing Visual Basic Syntax or the New.NET Equivalents? In Brief
Building Windows Applications
The Way Things Were
The Windows Forms Model
Handling Events in.NET
Coding Without Control Arrays
Configuring Your Form for Resizing
Programming Without Default Form Instances
Working with Multiple Forms in VB.NET. In Brief
Working with Files
The Way Things Were
Using Streams
Reading and Writing to Streams
Reading and Writing to a Text File
Working with the File System
Using Structured Exception Handling Instead of On Error. In Brief
Data Binding
Working with Data
What's New in ADO.NET? Retrieving Data
Data Binding in Windows Forms
Using the CurrencyManager to Manage your Data Binding
Formatting Bound Data. In Brief
Data Without the Binding
Data: What's Next?
Learning the Inner Workings of ADO.NET
Updating Data
Advanced Data Topics. In Brief
Object-Oriented Programming in Visual Basic.NET
What Is Object-Oriented Programming and Why Is it Important?
New OOP Features in Visual Basic.NET. In Brief
Building Custom Controls
Control Development Changes in.NET
Extending Through Inheritance
Combining Controls
Drawing Your Own Interface
Creating Non-Visual Controls. In Brief
Integrating with COM
COM and.NET Interoperability
Important COM Interop Concepts
Accessing COM Objects from Visual Basic.NET
Using ActiveX Controls on VB.NET Forms
Exposing VB.NET Objects to COM Clients
Some Additional Considerations. In Brief
Advanced Topics
What Makes These Topics Advanced?
Introducing ASP.NET and Web Forms
Using XML in Visual Basic.NET
Learning About Web Services. In Brief
The Upgrade Challenge
Deciding Whether to Upgrade
Planning Your Upgrade
The Code Advisor for Visual Basic 6.0. Resolving Architectural Issues
Upgrading
Summary
Index
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