Beginning Visual Basic 2012 / Bryan Newsome

Includes bibliographical references.

Cover; Chapter 1: Welcome to Visual Basic 2012; Event-Driven Programming; Installing Visual Basic 2012; The Visual Studio 2012 IDE; Creating a Simple Application; Using the Help System; Summary; Chapter 2: The Microsoft .NET Framework; Microsoft's Reliance on Windows; Writing Software for Windows; Common Language Runtime; The Common Type System and Common Language Specification; Summary; Chapter 3: Writing Software; Information and Data; Working with Variables; Comments and Whitespace; Data Types; Storing Variables; Methods; Summary; Chapter 4: Controlling the Flow; Making Decisions. The If StatementSelect Case; Loops; Summary; Chapter 5: Working with Data Structures; Understanding Arrays; Understanding Enumerations; Understanding Constants; Structures; Working with ArrayLists; Working with Collections; Building Lookup Tables with Hashtable; Advanced Array Manipulation; Summary; Chapter 6: Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML); What Is XAML?; XAML Syntax; Windows Presentation Foundation; Summary; Chapter 7: Building Windows Applications; Responding to Events; Building a Simple Application; Counting Characters; Counting Words; Creating More Complex Applications. Creating the ToolbarCreating the Status Bar; Creating an Edit Box; Clearing the Edit Box; Responding to Toolbar Buttons; Using Multiple Forms; About Dialog; Summary; Chapter 8: Displaying Dialogs; The MessageBox; The OpenFileDialog Control; The SaveDialog Control; The FontDialog Control; The ColorDialog Control; The PrintDialog Control; The FolderBrowserDialog Control; Summary; Chapter 9: Creating Menus; Understanding Menu Features; Creating Menus; Context Menus; Summary; Chapter 10: Debugging and Error Handling; Major Error Types; Debugging; Error Handling; Summary. Chapter 11: Building ObjectsUnderstanding Objects; Building Classes; Reusability; Designing an Object; Constructors; Inheritance; Objects and Structures; The Framework Classes; Summary; Chapter 12: Advanced Object-Oriented Techniques; Building a Favorites Viewer; An Alternative Favorite Viewer; Using Shared Properties and Methods; Understanding Object-Oriented Programming and Memory Management; Summary; Chapter 13: Building Class Libraries; Understanding Class Libraries; Using Strong Names; Registering Assemblies; Designing Class Libraries; Using Third-Party Class Libraries. Viewing Classes with the Object BrowserSummary; Chapter 14: Creating Windows Forms User Controls; Windows Forms Controls; Creating and Testing a User Control; Exposing Properties from User Controls; Design Time or Runtime; Creating a Command Link Control; Summary; Chapter 15: Accessing Data Using Structured Query Language; What You Need to Complete This Chapter's Exercises; What Is a Database?; Understanding Basic SQL Syntax; Executing Queries in SQL Server; Summary; Chapter 16: Database Programming with SQL Server and ADO.NET; ADO.NET; ADO.NET Data Namespaces; The ADO.NET Classes in Action.

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