Visual Basic 2005 By Practice (Programming Series)

528 Pages·2007·6.07 MB·English

by  Mike Mostafavi

V B 2005
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Contents
Preface xv
Acknowledgments xix
1 Introduction to Programming in Visual Basic 1
Introduction 1
A Few Words about Computers 2
In-House and Canned Programs 3
Programming Languages 4
Mainstream Support for the Visual Basic 6.0 Family 12
Other Areas of Programming 12
Structured Programming Techniques 14
Procedural vs. Nonprocedural 15
Object-Oriented Programming 16
Why Object Oriented? 18
Object-Oriented Programming Languages 19
The Visual Studio 2005 Product Line 21
Summary 21
Discussion Questions 22
2 Getting to Know Visual Studio 2005 23
Exploring Visual Studio 2005 with .NET Framework 2.0 Support 23
Some of the Changes in .NET Framework 2.0 24
Getting Familiar with Some Terms 26
Installing the Software 26
Launching Visual Studio 2005 27
Understanding the IDE 31
Adding Controls to the Formusing the Snap Line 41
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Docking 42
Auto Hide 43
Resetting the Layout 44
Saving the Project 45
Multimedia Demonstration 46
Getting Help 47
Code Snippets 47
Summary 49
Discussion Questions 50
3 Writing Programs 51
Problem-Solving Techniques 51
Data and Information 53
What is a Program? 54
The Nature of the Instructions 54
Adding Controls to the Form 63
Design, Compile/Break, and Runtime 78
Selecting Multiple Controls 82
Knowing the Solution Files 83
Setting Line Continuation 83
Practicing with Events 84
Setting Tab Order 86
Setting the Options 86
Programming Tips 101
Housekeeping Hints 102
Flowchart 102
Summary 104
Discussion Questions 104
Contents ix
4 More Controls 105
More about GroupBox 105
What are RadioButtons 106
CheckBoxes 106
Introducing the MaskedTextBox 106
What is a LinkLabel? 107
System.Dianostic.Process.StartMethod 107
More aboutMessageBoxes 111
EnabledProperties and MouseEnterMethods 118
Loading Images at Runtime Using the FromFileMethod 122
Debugging the Project 129
Simple Debugging Practice 130
More Programming Tips 136
Summary 137
Discussion Questions 138
5 Calculations, Constants, Variables, Conditions, and Data Types 139
Arithmetic Operations 139
Data Types 142
Constants and Variables 148
Identifier Type Characters 151
Other Types of Constants 151
Adding Up Strings 153
Other Operators 155
Data Type Conversions 157
The Scopes and Lifetimes of Variables and Constants 166
Conditional Statements 167
StaticVariables 177
ReadOnlyVariables 177