Welcome to the only guidebook series that takes a visual approach to professional-level computer topics. Open the book and you'll discover step-by-step screen shots that demonstrate over 100 key Visual Basic 2005 techniques, including:Installing VB 2005. Creating forms, menus, and dialog boxes. Setting defaults and creating controls. Declaring variables, expressions, and arrays. Creating conditional statements. Developing assorted loops. Defining subroutines. Using classes. Debugging and packaging applications.And, of course, you ll find the Visual series features you ve come to expect, such as:High-resolution screen shots demonstrate each task. Succinct explanations walk you through step by step. Two-page lessons break big topics into bite-sized modules. "Apply It" and "Extra" sidebars highlight useful tips. Order your copy today.
1 GETTING STARTED WITH VB.NET Install Visual Studio 2005 Create a New Project Using Parts of a Project Create a “Hello World” Application 2 WORKING WITH WINDOWS FORMS Create a New Form Add a Control to a Form Set the Properties of a Control Resize a Control Create a Menu Create a Dialog Box Set the Tab Key Order Create a Message Box Write Code for an Event 3 CREATING WINDOWS CONTROLS: LABELS, TEXT BOXES, AND LISTS Add a TextBox Control to a Form Access a TextBox Control Set Defaults for a TextBox Control Add a Label Control to a Form Add a ListBox Control Set Defaults for a ListBox Control Write Items to a ListBox Control Access an Item Selected from a ListBox Control Add a ComboBox Control Access an Item Selected from a ComboBox Control 4 CREATING WINDOWS CONTROLS: BUTTONS, RADIO BUTTONS, AND CHECK BOXES Add a Button Control Write a Button Control Event Change the Label of a Button Control Using an Image for a Button Control Make a Button the Default Button Add a Radio Button Access a Radio Button Add a Check Box Access a Check Box Create a GroupBox Control 5 DECLARING VARIABLES, EXPRESSIONS, AND STATEMENTS Understanding Variable Types Declare a Variable Initialize a Variable Assign a Value to a Variable Using Variables Change the Value of a Variable Convert Data Types Create a Simple Expression Create a Complex Expression Using Operator Precedence Create a Statement Create More Complex Expressions 6 CREATING CONDITIONAL STATEMENTS Understanding Conditional Statements Create an If...Then Statement Create an Equivalent Logical Expression Create a Not Equivalent Logical Expression Create a Compound Logical Expression Create an If...Then...Else Statement Create an If...Then...ElseIf...Then Statement Create an If...Then...ElseIf...Then...Else Statement Create a Nested If...Then Statement Create a Select Case Statement Create a Select Case...Case Else Statement 7 CREATING LOOPS 8 DECLARING ARRAYS 9 DEFINING SUBROUTINES AND FUNCTIONS 10 UNDERSTANDING DATABASES 11 DEBUGGING YOUR APPLICATION 12 USING CLASSES 13 CREATING COMPONENTS 14 CREATING GRAPHICS 15 PROVIDING INPUT AND OUTPUT 16 PACKAGING YOUR APPLICATION INDEX