Visual Basic .NET: your Visual blueprint for building versatile programs on the .NET framework

Bowman R.0764534254, 0764536494

This text introduces the development of applications for Windows computers and the Internet using Visual Basic .NET. The author takes the reader through the process of using the Development Studio, writing advanced Windows applications, and developing Web application. No familiarity with Visual Basic programming is assumed. The CD-ROM contains the source code used in the book, an Adobe Acrobat version of the text, and some evaluation version programs useful for working with the text’s examples. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Table of contents :
Visual Basic® .NET……Page 1
Front of Book……Page 3
General Book Information……Page 4
About maranGraphics……Page 6
Credits & Acknowledgements……Page 7
About the Author & Acknowledgements……Page 8
Dedication……Page 9
Table of Contents……Page 10
How to Use This Book……Page 16
AN INTRODUCTION TO VISUAL BASIC .NET……Page 18
INSTALL VISUAL STUDIO .NET……Page 20
USING THE DEVELOPMENT STUDIO……Page 22
OBJECT-ORIENTED CONCEPTS……Page 24
UNDERSTANDING THE FRAMEWORK……Page 26
LANGUAGE BASICS……Page 28
LANGUAGE CHANGES FROM VISUAL BASIC 6……Page 30
USING THE UPGRADE WIZARD……Page 32
CREATE A PROJECT……Page 34
WORK WITH PROJECT FILES……Page 36
BUILD AND RUN A PROJECT……Page 38
CREATE A WINDOWS APPLICATION……Page 40
AN INTRODUCTION TO WINDOWS FORMS……Page 42
ADD A CONTROL TO A FORM……Page 44
SET A PROPERTY……Page 46
WRITE EVENT CODE……Page 48
RESIZE CONTROLS……Page 50
ADD A MENU……Page 52
CREATE A CONTEXT-SENSITIVE MENU……Page 54
ADD A NEW FORM……Page 56
CREATE A DIALOG BOX……Page 58
USING MESSAGE BOXES……Page 60
ADD AN OWNED FORM……Page 62
ORDER TAB KEY MOVEMENT……Page 64
USING BUTTONS……Page 66
USING LABEL CONTROLS……Page 67
WORK WITH IMAGELISTS……Page 68
ALLOW TEXT ENTRY……Page 70
USING THE RICH TEXT CONTROL……Page 72
PROVIDE OPTION CONTROLS……Page 74
FRAME CONTROLS……Page 76
WORK WITH PANELS……Page 77
LIST ITEMS……Page 78
SELECT NUMERIC DATA……Page 80
CREATE TIMED EVENTS……Page 82
PROVIDE DATE SELECTION……Page 84
EXPLORE LIST VIEWS……Page 86
EXPLORE TREE VIEWS……Page 88
CREATE A TOOLBAR……Page 90
PROVIDE STATUS INFORMATION……Page 92
CREATE A TAB INTERFACE……Page 94
PROVIDE ERROR MESSAGES……Page 96
CREATE A CONSOLE APPLICATION……Page 98
ADD A METHOD……Page 100
DECLARE A VARIABLE……Page 102
USING VARIABLE DATA TYPES……Page 104
WORK WITH OPERATORS……Page 106
CREATE A STRING……Page 108
WORK WITH STRINGS……Page 110
PASS INFORMATION THROUGH A METHOD……Page 112
USING THE IF STATEMENT……Page 114
USING THE SELECT CASE STATEMENT……Page 116
USING FOR LOOPS……Page 118
USING DO LOOPS……Page 120
CREATE AN ARRAY……Page 122
WORK WITH ARRAYS……Page 124
USING A FILE STREAM……Page 126
READ FROM A STREAM……Page 128
WRITE TO A STREAM……Page 129
WATCH FOR FILE SYSTEM CHANGES……Page 130
ACCESS FILE INFORMATION……Page 132
ACCESS DIRECTORY INFORMATION……Page 134
PROVIDE A FILE DIALOG BOX……Page 136
USING THE PRINTDOCUMENT CONTROL……Page 138
USING THE PRINTER DIALOG BOX……Page 140
USING THE PAGE SETUP DIALOG BOX……Page 142
CREATE A PRINT PREVIEW……Page 144
DOWNLOAD FROM A WEB SERVER……Page 146
MAKE A CONNECTION TO A SERVER……Page 148
ACCEPT INCOMING CONNECTIONS……Page 150
ADD A PICTURE TO A FORM……Page 152
USING THE COLOR DIALOG BOX……Page 154
UNDERSTANDING THE GRAPHICS OBJECT……Page 156
CREATE A BRUSH……Page 158
CREATE A PEN……Page 160
DRAW BITMAPS AND IMAGES……Page 162
DRAW SIMPLE PRIMITIVES……Page 164
DRAW A CURVE……Page 166
DRAW TEXT……Page 168
CREATE A PATH……Page 170
USING REGIONS……Page 172
CREATE A SHAPED WINDOW……Page 174
CREATE A CLASS……Page 176
DEFINE A MEMBER VARIABLE……Page 178
DEFINE A PROPERTY……Page 180
CREATE A CONSTRUCTOR OR DESTRUCTOR……Page 182
CREATE AN EVENT……Page 184
USING AN EXISTING CLASS……Page 186
DEFINE AN INTERFACE……Page 188
IMPLEMENT AN INTERFACE……Page 190
USING STRUCTURES……Page 192
USING COLLECTIONS……Page 194
OVERLOAD A METHOD……Page 196
INHERIT FROM AN EXISTING CLASS……Page 198
CREATE A SHARED METHOD……Page 200
CREATE A SHARED VARIABLE……Page 202
USING DELEGATE AND ADDRESSOF……Page 204
USING NAMESPACES……Page 206
CREATE A NAMESPACE……Page 208
INHERIT A FORM……Page 210
CREATE A THREAD……Page 212
WRITE THREAD-SAFE CODE……Page 214
MODIFY THREAD EXECUTION……Page 216
AN INTRODUCTION TO DATABASES……Page 218
AN INTRODUCTION TO ADO.NET……Page 220
CREATE A DATABASE CONNECTION……Page 222
ADD A CONNECTION TO A FORM……Page 224
WORK WITH DATA TABLES……Page 226
WORK WITH DATA COLUMNS……Page 228
WORK WITH DATA ROWS……Page 230
ADD A DATAVIEW COMPONENT……Page 232
BIND A CONTROL ON A FORM……Page 234
MOVE THROUGH A DATASET……Page 236
EDIT DATA USING BOUND CONTROLS……Page 238
VALIDATE DATA……Page 240
CREATE A DATA RELATIONSHIP……Page 242
ADD A DATA GRID CONTROL……Page 244
AN INTRODUCTION TO WEB FORMS……Page 246
CREATE A WEB APPLICATION……Page 248
USING A WEB FORM……Page 250
ADD A LABEL CONTROL……Page 252
ADD A HYPERLINK CONTROL……Page 253
ADD A BUTTON CONTROL……Page 254
ADD OPTION CONTROLS……Page 256
WORK WITH OPTION LIST CONTROLS……Page 258
USING VALIDATION CONTROLS……Page 260
WORK WITH REGULAR EXPRESSION VALIDATION……Page 262
PROVIDE A VALIDATION SUMMARY……Page 264
ADD AN ADDITIONAL WEB FORM……Page 266
BIND A FIELD TO A LIST CONTROL……Page 268
ADD A DATAGRID CONTROL……Page 270
CHANGE THE APPEARANCE OF A DATAGRID……Page 272
EDIT DATA IN A DATAGRID……Page 274
CREATE A WINDOWS SERVICE……Page 276
USING THE EVENT LOG……Page 278
INSTALL A WINDOWS SERVICE……Page 280
MONITORING A WINDOWS SERVICE……Page 282
CREATE A WEB SERVICE……Page 284
ADD A WEB SERVICE METHOD……Page 286
USING THE SERVICE HELP INTERFACE……Page 288
USING WEB SERVICES……Page 290
AN INTRODUCTION TO COMPONENT CREATION……Page 292
CREATE A COMPONENT……Page 294
CREATE A WINDOWS FORMS CONTROL……Page 296
HANDLE DEFAULT PROPERTIES……Page 298
ADD A MEMBER……Page 300
ADD AN EVENT……Page 302
USING STANDARD CONTROLS……Page 304
CREATE A CONTROL FROM SCRATCH……Page 306
REFERENCE A LIBRARY……Page 308
CREATE A WEB USER CONTROL……Page 310
ADD A WEB CONTROL TO A PAGE……Page 312
USING WEB CONTROL LIBRARIES……Page 314
DEBUG AN APPLICATION……Page 316
MONITOR PROGRAM EXECUTION……Page 318
RECOVER FROM AN ERROR……Page 320
USING THE REGISTRY……Page 322
PROVIDE ACCESS TO DISABLED USERS……Page 324
CREATE A WINDOWS INSTALLER……Page 326
CUSTOMIZE YOUR INSTALLATION……Page 328
WHAT’S ON THE CD-ROM……Page 330
USING THE E-VERSION OF THIS BOOK……Page 332
End-User License Agreement……Page 334
Index……Page 336
Other Books in the Visual Series……Page 352
Order Form……Page 354