Visual Basic .NET made clear!
- Covers all aspects of VB .NET programming in seven self-contained minibooks: Visual Basic .NET Programming Fundamentals, Advanced Visual Basic .NET Programming, The .NET Editor, Object-Oriented Programming, Programming for the Web, Database Programming, and Graphics and Games
- Visual Basic is the primary tool of more than fifty percent of all professional developers, so the upgrade to VB .NET represents a major paradigm shift; this handy all-in-one guide gives them easy access to valuable information
- Guides the reader through getting integrated with the rest of Visual Studio .NET, covers programmatic encryption and other .NET security capabilities, and shows how to program for Web services with VB .NET and ASP.NET
- Companion Web site includes a must-have bonus appendix that provides parallel VB 6 and VB .NET sample code to help VB programmers make the somewhat difficult transition to .NET
Table of Contents:
Introduction: Welcome to .NET 1
Book I The Fundamentals of Visual Basic .NET Programming 11
Chapter 1: Getting With the Program 13
Chapter 2: Common Tasks 21
Chapter 3: Managing Files and Directories 49
Chapter 4: Old Concepts in New Clothes 57
Book II Tapping the Power of .NET Editor 73
Chapter 1: Organizing Your Projects 75
Chapter 2: Viewing Your Work 85
Chapter 3: Investigating the Toolbox 97
Chapter 4: Windows, Windows Everywhere 113
Chapter 5: Customization — Doing It Your Way 125
Book III Advanced Visual Basic .NET Programming 133
Chapter 1: Understanding Variable Types 135
Chapter 2: Working with Arrays 157
Chapter 3: Serious Serialization and Streams 171
Chapter 4: Creating Runtime Controls 191
Chapter 5: Overloaded Functions and Parameters 207
Chapter 6: Smashing Bugs 217
Chapter 7: No More Paranoia — Programmatic Encryption 233
Book IV Programming for the Web 259
Chapter 1: Introduction to ASP.NET 261
Chapter 2: Everything’s Eventual 277
Chapter 3: Using ASP.NET Controls 291
Chapter 4: Making Database Connections on WebForms 303
Chapter 5: Creating a Web Service 317
Chapter 6: Bugs in the Web 335
Book V Visual Basic .NET Database Programming 351
Chapter 1: The Basics of Databases 353
Chapter 2: User Interface Techniques 377
Chapter 3: Managing DataSets 403
Chapter 4: Migrating to ADO.NET 429
Chapter 5: Deeper into ADO.NET 449
Chapter 6: Querying Data 463
Book VI Fun and Games with Graphics 489
Chapter 1: You Be Picasso 491
Chapter 2: The Creative Photographer 517
Chapter 3: Mastering .NET Printing (It’s Complicated Until You Know How) 527
Chapter 4: Constructing Wolfram Diagrams 541
Book VII Visual Basic .NET Object-Oriented Programming 559
Chapter 1: Introduction to OOP 561
Chapter 2: Creating Classes 571
Chapter 3: Inheritance 579
Chapter 4: Your First OOP Project 589
Chapter 5: Exploiting the .NET Framework 605
Appendix: Dictionary of VB.NET 623
Index 753
About the Author :
Richard Mansfield was a member of the Visual Basic .NET technical beta from its start. Hes the author of 32 computer books, including four bestsellers.
