Visual Basic .NET All-In-One Desk Reference For Dummies
by Richard Mansfield
Visual Basic (VB) is a Microsoft-developed programming environment in which a programmer uses a graphical user interface to choose and modify preselected sections of code written in BASIC. This book offers coverage of topics such as programmatic encryption and other .NET security features.
Paperback
English
Brand New
Publisher Description
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 GamesVisual 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 informationGuides 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 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
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7 books in 1 – your key to Visual Basic .NET success! Your one-stop guide to getting started or switching over to Visual Basic .NET So all this Visual Basic .NET stuff makes you just a little nervous? Relax! These 7 handy minibooks cover every essential aspect of , and the companion Web site even supplies valuable sample code. In no time, you’ll be creating Web services, designing databases, or porting over your VB6 code without a second thought. The Dummies Way Coverage of the essentials and beyond Explanations in plain English "Get in, get out" information Thumbtabs and other navigation aids Tear-out cheat sheet A dash of humor and fun
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7 books in 1 - your key to Visual Basic .NET success! Your one-stop guide to getting started or switching over to Visual Basic .NET So all this Visual Basic .NET stuff makes you just a little nervous? Relax! These 7 handy minibooks cover every essential aspect of , and the companion Web site even supplies valuable sample code. In no time, you'll be creating Web services, designing databases, or porting over your VB6 code without a second thought. The Dummies Way Coverage of the essentials and beyond Explanations in plain English "Get in, get out" information Thumbtabs and other navigation aids Tear-out cheat sheet A dash of humor and fun
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 261 Chapter 2: Everything's Eventual 277 Chapter 3: Using 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 429 Chapter 5: Deeper into 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 623 Index 753
Long Description
7 books in 1 your key to Visual Basic .NET success! Your one-stop guide to getting started or switching over to Visual Basic .NET So all this Visual Basic .NET stuff makes you just a little nervous? Relax! These 7 handy minibooks cover every essential aspect of , and the companion Web site even supplies valuable sample code. In no time, you'll be creating Web services, designing databases, or porting over your VB6 code without a second thought. The Dummies Way Coverage of the essentials and beyond Explanations in plain English "Get in, get out" information Thumbtabs and other navigation aids Tear-out cheat sheet A dash of humor and fun
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Teaches readers how to get integrated with the rest of Visual Studio .NET. Covers programming for Web services with and . Discusses programming fundamentals, the .NET Editor, object-oriented programming, programming for the Web, database programming, and graphics and games.
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