Sams Teach Yourself Visual Basic 2005 in 24 Hours, Complete Starter Kit

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ISBN: 9780672327391 | 0672327392
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 3/27/2006

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Sams Teach Yourself Visual Basic 2005 in 24 Hours, Complete Starter Kitprovides you with 24 structured lessons with step-by-step guidance to real-world programming tasks for developing Windows applications. Each chapter includes practice exercises, tips, notes, and cautions, providing easy-to-understand advice on how to start programming quickly. Sidebars provide more advanced tips that will ease your migration from Visual Basic 6 to Visual Basic .NET, or help you as you continue to work with Visual Basic 2005 programming. The accompanying CD includes Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition, which will provide you with a visual integrated development environment for creating Windows applications. The Express Edition makes Windows programming with Visual Basic fun and easy-to-learn. Together withSams Teach Yourself Visual Basic 2005 in 24 Hours, Complete Starter Kit, it's the perfect way for experienced Visual Basic 6.0 developers to try out new features.

Introduction	p. 1
The Visual Basic 2005 Environment
Jumping In with Both Feet: A Visual Basic 2005 Programming Tour	p. 7
Starting Visual Basic 2005	p. 8
Creating a New Project	p. 9
Understanding the Visual Studio Environment	p. 12
Changing the Characteristics of Objects	p. 13
Adding Controls to a Form	p. 18
Designing an Interface	p. 20
Writing the Code Behind an Interface	p. 24
Running a Project	p. 28
Summary	p. 29
Q&A	p. 30
Workshop	p. 30
Navigating Visual Basic 200533
Using the Visual Basic 2005 Start Page	p. 34
Navigating and Customizing the Visual Basic Environment	p. 36
Working with Toolbars	p. 41
Adding Controls to a Form Using the Toolbox	p. 42
Setting Object Properties Using the Properties Window	p. 44
Managing Projects	p. 49
A Quick-and-Dirty Programming Primer	p. 56
Getting Help	p. 57
Summary	p. 58
Q&A	p. 59
Workshop	p. 59
Understanding Objects and Collections	p. 61
Understanding Objects	p. 62
Understanding Properties	p. 63
Understanding Methods	p. 69
Building a Simple Object Example Project	p. 70
Understanding Collections	p. 76
Using the Object Browser	p. 79
Summary	p. 80
Q&A	p. 80
Workshop	p. 81
Understanding Events	p. 83
Understanding Event-Driven Programming	p. 83
Building an Event Example Project	p. 91
Keeping Event Names Current	p. 96
Summary	p. 97
Q&A	p. 97
Workshop	p. 97
Building a User Interface
Building Forms-The Basics	p. 101
Changing the Name of a Form	p. 102
Changing the Appearance of a Form	p. 103
Showing and Hiding Forms	p. 114
Summary	p. 120
Q&A	p. 120
Workshop	p. 121
Building Forms-Advanced Techniques	p. 123
Working with Controls	p. 123
Adding a Control by Double-Clicking It in the Toolbox	p. 124
Adding a Control by Dragging from the Toolbox	p. 125
Adding a Control by Drawing It	p. 125
Creating Topmost Nonmodal Windows	p. 142
Creating Transparent Forms	p. 142
Creating Scrollable Forms	p. 143
Creating MDI Forms	p. 144
Setting the Startup Form	p. 148
Summary	p. 149
Q&A	p. 150
Workshop	p. 150
Working with Traditional Controls	p. 153
Displaying Static Text with the Label Control	p. 153
Allowing Users to Enter Text Using a Text Box	p. 155
Creating Buttons	p. 162
Creating Containers and Groups of Option Buttons	p. 165
Displaying a List with the List Box	p. 169
Creating Drop-Down Lists Using the Combo Box	p. 177
Summary	p. 178
Q&A	p. 179
Workshop	p. 180
Using Advanced Controls	p. 183
Creating Timers	p. 183
Creating Tabbed Dialog Boxes	p. 186
Storing Pictures in an Image List Control	p. 190
Building Enhanced Lists Using the List View Control	p. 191
Creating Hierarchical Lists with the Tree View Control	p. 197
Summary	p. 200
Q&A	p. 201
Workshop	p. 201
Adding Menus and Toolbars to Forms	p. 203
Building Menus	p. 204
Using the Toolbar Control	p. 215
Creating a Status Bar	p. 221
Summary	p. 222
Q&A	p. 223
Workshop	p. 223
Making Things Happen-Programming
Creating and Calling Code Procedures	p. 227
Creating Visual Basic Code Modules	p. 228
Writing Code Procedures	p. 230
Calling Code Procedures	p. 236
Exiting Procedures	p. 242
Avoiding Infinite Recursion	p. 242
Summary	p. 244
Q&A	p. 244
Workshop	p. 245
Using Constants, Data Types, Variables, and Arrays	p. 247
Understanding Data Types	p. 248
Defining and Using Constants	p. 252
Declaring and Referencing Variables	p. 255
Working with Arrays	p. 261
Determining Scope	p. 264
Declaring Variables of Static Scope	p. 268
Naming Conventions	p. 270
Using Variables in Your Picture Viewer Project	p. 271
Summary	p. 276
Q&A	p. 276
Workshop	p. 277
Performing Arithmetic, String Manipulation, and Date/Time Adjustments	p. 279
Performing Basic Arithmetic Operations with Visual Basic	p. 280
Comparing Equalities	p. 284
Understanding Boolean Logic	p. 285
Working with Dates and Times	p. 293
Summary	p. 299
Q&A	p. 300
Workshop	p. 300
Making Decisions in Visual Basic Code	p. 303
Making Decisions Using If ... Then	p. 303
Evaluating an Expression for Multiple Values Using Select Case	p. 309
Branching Within a Procedure Using Go To	p. 315
Summary	p. 317
Q&A	p. 317
Workshop	p. 318
Looping for Efficiency	p. 321
Looping a Specific Number of Times Using For ... Next	p. 321
Using Do ... Loop to Loop an Indeterminate Number of Times	p. 328
Summary	p. 332
Q&A	p. 333
Workshop	p. 333
Debugging Your Code	p. 335
Adding Comments to Your Code	p. 336
Identifying the Two Basic Types of Errors	p. 338
Using Visual Basic 2005's Debugging Tools	p. 341
Writing an Error Handler Using Try ... Catch ... Finally	p. 348
Summary	p. 355
Q&A	p. 356
Workshop	p. 356
Designing Objects Using Classes	p. 359
Understanding Classes	p. 360
Instantiating Objects from Classes	p. 369
Summary	p. 376
Q&A	p. 376
Workshop	p. 377
Interacting with Users	p. 379
Displaying Messages Using the MessageBox.Show() Function	p. 379
Creating Custom Dialog Boxes	p. 385
Using InputBox() to Get Information from a User	p. 388
Interacting with the Keyboard	p. 391
Using the Common Mouse Events	p. 394
Summary	p. 397
Q&A	p. 397
Workshop	p. 398
Working with Graphics	p. 399
Understanding the Graphics Object	p. 399
Working with Pens	p. 402
Using System Colors	p. 403
Working with Rectangles	p. 406
Drawing Shapes	p. 407
Drawing Text	p. 409
Persisting Graphics on a Form	p. 410
Building a Graphics Project Example	p. 410
Summary	p. 416
Q&A	p. 417
Workshop	p. 417
Working with Data
Performing File Operations	p. 421
Using the Open File Dialog and Save File Dialog Controls	p. 421
Manipulating Files with the File Object	p. 427
Manipulating Directories with the Directory Object	p. 436
Summary	p. 437
Q&A	p. 437
Workshop	p. 438
Working with Text Files and the Registry	p. 441
Working with the Registry	p. 441
Reading and Writing Text Files	p. 452
Summary	p. 461
Q&A	p. 461
Workshop	p. 462
Working with a Database	p. 465
Introducing ADO.NET	p. 466
Manipulating Data	p. 469
Summary	p. 480
Q&A	p. 480
Workshop	p. 480
Controlling Other Applications Using Automation	p. 483
Creating a Reference to an Automation Library	p. 484
Creating an Instance of an Automation Server	p. 486
Manipulating the Server	p. 487
Automating Microsoft Word	p. 490
Summary	p. 493
Q&A	p. 493
Workshop	p. 494
Deploying Solutions and Beyond
Deploying Applications	p. 497
Understanding ClickOnce Technology	p. 497
Using the Publish Wizard to Create a ClickOnce Application	p. 498
Testing Your Picture Viewer ClickOnce Install Program	p. 502
Uninstalling an Application You've Distributed	p. 502
Setting Advanced Options for Creating ClickOnce Programs	p. 503
Summary	p. 504
Q&A	p. 504
Workshop	p. 505
The 10,000-Foot View	p. 507
The .NET Framework	p. 507
Common Language Runtime	p. 508
Microsoft Intermediate Language	p. 509
Namespaces	p. 510
Common Type System	p. 512
Garbage Collection	p. 512
Further Reading	p. 513
Summary	p. 513
Index	p. 515
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