Visual Basic 2005 For Dummies,9780764577284

Visual Basic 2005 For Dummies

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ISBN13: 9780764577284
ISBN10: 076457728X
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Pub. Date: 2005-11-07
Publisher(s): For Dummies
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Summary

Visual Basic is Microsoft's premier programming language, used by more than three million developers and in 50 million Windows applications Programming pro and veteran Wrox author Bill Sempf has thoroughly overhauled the book's organization and content, making it even more accessible to programming beginners Highlights new VB features and functions, including important advances in compatibility with older VB versions Offers plain-English explanations of variables, constants, loops, VB syntax, forms, controls, objects, and other fundamentals The CD-ROM includes all source code and third-party software tools

Author Biography

I am Bill Sempf, and you’ll notice that I don’t write in third person. I have spent an inordinate amount of time in the last several years writing about, thinking about, and coding in VB.NET. I am a coauthor of Pro Visual Studio.NET, Effective Visual Studio.NET, Professional ASP.NET Web Services and Professional VB.NET (among others), and a frequent contributor to the Microsoft Developer Network, Builder.com, Hardcore Web Services, Inside Web Development Journal, and Intranet Journal.
I have recently been an invited speaker for DevEssentials, the International XML Web Services Expo, and the Association of Information Technology Professionals. As a graduate of Ohio State University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Microsoft Certified Professional, Certified Internet Business Strategist, and Certified Internet Webmaster, I have developed over one hundred Web applications for startups and Fortune 500 companies alike.
I began my career in 1985 by helping my father (also named Bill) manage Apple IIe systems for the local library. Since then, I have built applications for the likes of Lucent Technologies, Bank One, the State of Ohio, Nationwide Insurance, and Sears, Roebuck and Co. I specialized in data-driven Web applications of all types, both public and private. Currently, I am the Senior Technology Consultant at Products of Innovative New Technology in Grove City, Ohio, a Microsoft Certified Partner. I can be reached at bill@pointweb.net.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1(1)
About This Book
2(1)
Conventions Used in This Book
2(1)
What You're Not to Read
3(1)
Foolish Assumptions
3(1)
How This Book Is Organized
4(1)
Part I: Getting to Know .NET Using VB
4(1)
Part II: Building Applications with VB 2005
4(1)
Part III: Making Your Programs Work
5(1)
Part IV: Digging into the Framework
5(1)
Part V: The Part of Tens
5(1)
Icons Used in This Book
5(1)
Where to Go from Here
6(3)
Part I: Getting to Know .NET Using VB
9(52)
Wading into Visual Basic
11(12)
Visual Basic's Role in the Framework
11(3)
Saying Hello to VB 2005!
14(6)
Setting up Visual Studio
14(1)
Starting a Windows Forms project
15(2)
Adding functionality to the form with VB code
17(1)
Running and operating your Windows form
18(2)
Finding More Power in Visual Studio
20(3)
Visual Studio doesn't just do Windows!
20(1)
Visual Basic goes mobile
21(1)
VB as your one-stop development shop
21(2)
Using Visual Studio 2005
23(20)
Understanding Visual Studio Tools
23(12)
Touring the Design View
24(2)
Accessing controls with the Toolbox
26(1)
Changing details with the Properties window
27(2)
Organizing your project with the Solution Explorer
29(1)
Accessing outside resources with the Server Explorer
30(3)
Dynamically editing data with the Data Sources window
33(2)
Moving a Tool Window
35(2)
Working with Code
37(3)
Getting to Code View
37(1)
Using IntelliSense
37(1)
Reading the documentation
38(2)
Customizing with Options
40(1)
Increasing Efficiency with Third-Party Tools
41(2)
Designing Applications in VB 2005
43(18)
Making Software Simple Using the .NET Framework
44(4)
Getting to the operating system
45(2)
Integrating servers and services
47(1)
Interacting with the user
48(1)
Comparing Abstract Concepts with the Real World
48(1)
Classes
49(1)
Objects
49(1)
Planning for a Project Using the Project Lifecycle
49(4)
Scoping out the system
51(1)
Gathering requirements
52(1)
Designing the Date Calculator
53(8)
Storing data
53(1)
Designing screens
54(2)
Defining logic
56(2)
Writing a test plan
58(1)
Sticking to the plan
58(3)
Part II: Building Applications with VB 2005
61(96)
Building Windows Applications
63(20)
A Quick Look Back at Visual Basic
63(2)
Discovering Windows Controls
65(2)
Making a Windows Application
67(3)
Adding Functionality to a Windows Form
70(2)
Adding Features to Windows Forms
72(11)
Managing text input with the TextBox
72(2)
Communicating with the user using the status bar
74(3)
Giving hints with the ToolTip control
77(1)
Navigating with the MenuStrip control
78(3)
Activating the right-click with the ContextMenuStrip
81(2)
Building Web Applications
83(26)
Seeing How ASP.NET Works with Your Web App
84(2)
PostBack: Not a returned package
85(1)
A matter of State
85(1)
Discovering the Web Controls
86(3)
Building Your First Web Application
89(9)
Viewing the extras in Web Forms
89(2)
Constructing the Web Forms application
91(2)
Viewing the results in Source View
93(3)
Running your Web application
96(2)
Looking Below the Surface of Web Forms
98(5)
Validating user input
98(3)
Dealing with State
101(2)
Checking Out Some Cool Web Tricks
103(6)
Getting from one page to another
103(1)
Adding pretties
104(1)
Getting information about the user
105(4)
Building Class Libraries
109(16)
Past to Present: DLLs Defined
110(1)
Designing a Library
111(4)
Objects and classes
112(1)
The parts of a class library
112(2)
Coding a class library
114(1)
Creating a Class Library
115(6)
Getting started
115(1)
Building the Date Calculator
116(2)
Running a DLL file
118(3)
Delving Deeper into DLLs
121(4)
Telling between friends and foes
121(1)
Be nice and share
122(1)
Getting more out of less
123(2)
Building Web Services
125(16)
Getting to Know XML Web Services
125(3)
Web services: Characteristics
127(1)
Web services: Quirks
127(1)
Designing for Web Services
128(1)
Planning the design strategy
128(1)
Getting a grip on the tactics
129(1)
Building a Web Service
129(5)
Building the DateCalc Web service
131(1)
Viewing the DateCalc service in action
132(2)
Consuming a Web Service
134(3)
Web Services in More Depth
137(4)
Debugging in VB 2005
141(16)
Cool Visual Tools for Debugging
141(6)
Breakpoints
142(3)
The Watch window
145(1)
The Immediate Window
146(1)
Using the Debugging Tools in the .NET Framework
147(3)
The Debug class
147(1)
Error handling
148(2)
Debugging the Projects
150(7)
Windows Forms
150(1)
Web Forms
151(2)
Class libraries
153(1)
Web services
154(3)
Part III: Making Your Programs Work
157(80)
Interpreting Strings and Things
159(18)
Types of Information in Visual Basic
160(5)
Understanding types in Visual Basic
161(1)
Changing types with CType
162(2)
Controlling types with validation
164(1)
Making Words Work with the String Type
165(2)
The fantastic tools built into strings
165(1)
Emptiness --- handling nulls
166(1)
Finding Tools for Managing User Input
167(4)
Constructing strings with the StringBuilder class
168(1)
Manipulating strings with regular expressions
169(2)
Things That Aren't Strings --- Numbers and Dates
171(3)
Integers and reals and imaginaries, oh my!
171(1)
Working with dates and date math
172(2)
Changing Types with Parse and TryParse
174(3)
Making Decisions in Code
177(12)
Designing Business Logic
177(1)
Depicting Logic with Flowchart Components
178(4)
Communicating with the user
179(1)
Defining the process
180(1)
Making a decision
181(1)
Implementing These Processes in Visual Basic
182(7)
Single process
182(2)
Multiple choice
184(2)
Exception
186(3)
Getting Loopy
189(10)
Dealing with Zero
190(2)
Starting at zero
190(1)
Comparing specific loops and indefinite loops
190(2)
Writing Loops with For-Next
192(1)
Using the For-Each Listing with Collections
193(2)
Writing Indefinite Loops with Do-Loop
195(3)
Do-While loop, checked at start
196(1)
Do-While loop, checked at end
196(1)
Do-Until loop, checked at start
197(1)
Do-Until loop, checked at end
198(1)
Checking at the Beginning with While
198(1)
Reusing Code
199(22)
Reusing Code to Build Software
200(5)
Building functions with reuse in mind
201(2)
Extending reusability with class files
203(2)
Avoiding the Code-Complexity Trap
205(4)
Protecting the values of parameters
206(1)
Handling errors effectively in an abstract environment
207(2)
Finding Other Ways to Reuse Code
209(4)
Creating custom controls
209(2)
Adding user controls
211(1)
Making master pages
212(1)
Reusing Programs Outside of the Framework
213(5)
Referencing the old Component Object Model
214(1)
Calling methods in COM objects
215(1)
Using other programs with the Process class
215(3)
Accessing DOS: But Only as a Last Resort
218(3)
Running command line programs with Shell
218(1)
Getting focus with AppActivate
219(2)
Making Arguments, Earning Returns
221(16)
Using Classes Effectively
222(2)
Making and destroying objects
222(1)
Resource utilization
223(1)
With and Using
224(1)
Using Event Handlers
224(3)
Event handling using the Properties window
225(1)
Event Handlers using IntelliSense
226(1)
Making Sensible Procedures with Overloading
227(4)
Reusing your procedure names
227(1)
Changing built-in functions with operator overloading
228(1)
Designing for overloading
229(1)
Optional parameters
230(1)
Flexible Objects with Generics
231(2)
Building generics
231(2)
Designing for generics
233(1)
Controlling Objects with Threading
233(4)
Designing for threading
233(1)
Implementing threading
234(3)
Part IV: Digging into the Framework
237(72)
Writing Secure Code
239(14)
Designing Secure Software
240(3)
Determining what to protect
240(1)
Documenting the components of the program
240(1)
Decomposing the components into functions
241(1)
Identifying potential threats in those functions
241(1)
Rating the risk
242(1)
Building Secure Windows Forms Applications
243(4)
Authentication using Windows login
243(2)
Encrypting information
245(1)
Deployment security
246(1)
Building Secure Web Forms Applications
247(4)
SQL Injection attacks
247(1)
Script exploits
248(2)
Best practices for securing your Web Forms applications
250(1)
Using System.Security
251(2)
Accessing Data
253(18)
Getting to Know System.Data
254(2)
How the Data Classes Fit into the Framework
256(1)
Getting to Your Data
256(1)
Using the System.Data Namespace
257(14)
Connecting to a data source
257(6)
Working with the visual tools
263(3)
Writing data code
266(5)
Working with the File System
271(12)
Getting to Know System.IO
272(2)
Using the System.IO Namespace
274(9)
Opening a file
274(3)
Changing the contents of a file
277(1)
Saving a file
277(2)
Listing directories and files
279(1)
Viewing file information
279(1)
Keeping an eye on files
280(3)
Accessing the Internet
283(16)
Getting to Know System.Net
284(1)
How the Net Classes Fit into the Framework
285(1)
Using the System.Net Namespace
286(13)
Checking the network status
287(1)
Downloading a file from the Internet
288(2)
E-mailing a status report
290(3)
Logging network activity
293(6)
Creating Images
299(10)
Getting to Know System.Drawing
300(2)
Graphics
300(1)
Pens
301(1)
Brushes
301(1)
Text
302(1)
How the Drawing Classes Fit into the Framework
302(1)
Using the System.Drawing Namespace
303(6)
Getting started
304(1)
Setting up the project
305(2)
Drawing the board
307(2)
Part V: The Part of Tens
309(30)
Ten Tips for Using the VB User Interface
311(12)
Generating Event Handlers from the Properties Window
311(2)
Generating Event Handlers from the Code View
313(1)
Pasting Text as HTML
314(1)
Customizing Your Toolbars for Every File Type
315(1)
Adding Extender Providers
316(1)
Using Visual Components That Are Not So Visual
317(1)
Recording Macros
318(2)
Using the Task List
320(1)
Inserting Snippets in Your Code
321(2)
Ten Ideas for Taking Your Next Programming Step
323(12)
Get Visual Basic 2005 for Home Use
323(1)
Build Your Own Tools
324(1)
Join In an Online Competition at TopCoder
325(1)
Participate in an Open Source Project
326(1)
Use Third-Party Tools in Your Projects
327(1)
Integrate a Public Web Service
328(2)
Try Out CodeRush and Other Code Generators
330(1)
Write a Web Part
331(1)
Use the DTE
332(1)
Write an Article about What You Have Discovered
333(2)
Ten Resources on the Internet
335(4)
MSDN Library
335(1)
VBForDummies.net
336(1)
GotDotNet.com
336(1)
ASP.NET Web
336(1)
The Microsoft Public Newsgroups
337(1)
.NET 247
337(1)
Search IRC
337(1)
kbAlertz
337(1)
CodeSwap
338(1)
<Microsoft> Google for Code Snarfing
338(1)
Index 339

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