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Get the expert guidance and code samples you need to take full advantage of all the power of Microsoft® Visual Basic .NET.
Accelerate your productivity with Visual Basic® .NET—and quickly create powerful Win32® applications and high-performance, scalable applications for the Web—with this indispensable tutorial and reference. Building on the success of the author’s popular programming book for Visual Basic 6.0, this new book teaches you the best practices for porting and reusing existing Visual Basic code in the .NET Framework as well as for exploiting the language’s advanced new object-oriented capabilities. It covers the common language runtime (CLR), multithreaded programs, Windows® Forms applications, GDI+ graphic programming, Windows services, ADO.NET classes for database programs, ASP.NET Web Forms, and Web Services. It includes advanced optimization techniques and tips for leveraging the power of the Microsoft® Visual Studio® .NET environment. Topics covered include:
Getting started with Visual Basic .NET
Modules, variables, and error handling
Object-oriented features, including inheritance
Delegates and attributes
Arrays, lists, and collections
Files, directories, and streams
Object serialization
Regular expressions
Threading
Assemblies and AppDomains
Reflection
Windows Forms applications and GDI+
Windows Forms custom control creation
Windows services
ADO.NET
XML
ASP.NET Web Forms applications
User controls and custom controls
XML Web services
Table of Contents
Pt. I The Basics
1 Getting Started with Visual Basic .NET
2 Modules and Variables
3 Control Flow and Error Handling
Pt. II Object-Oriented Programming
4 Class Fundamentals
5 Inheritance
6 Interfaces and Delegates
7 Attributes
Pt. III Programming the .NET Framework
8 .NET Framework Basic Types
9 Arrays, Lists, and Collections
10 Files, Directories, and Streams
11 Object Serialization
12 Regular Expressions
13 Threading
14 Assemblies and AppDomains
15 Reflection
Pt. IV Win32 Applications
16 Windows Forms Applications
17 Controls
18 GDI+
19 Advanced Win32 Techniques
Pt. V Database Applications
20 ADO.NET in Connected Mode
21 ADO.NET in Disconnected Mode
22 XML and ADO.NET
Pt. VI Internet Applications
23 Web Forms and Controls
24 ASP.NET Applications
25 User Controls and Custom Controls
26 XML Web Services
Pages 1616
Disk 1 Companion CD(s)
Level All Levels
Published 04/17/2002
ISBN 0-7356-1375-3
Getting started with Visual Basic .NET
Modules, variables, and error handling
Object-oriented features, including inheritance
Delegates and attributes
Arrays, lists, and collections
Files, directories, and streams
Object serialization
Regular expressions
Threading
Assemblies and AppDomains
Reflection
Windows Forms applications and GDI+
Windows Forms custom control creation
Windows services
ADO.NET
XML
ASP.NET Web Forms applications
User controls and custom controls
XML Web services
Table of Contents
Pt. I The Basics
1 Getting Started with Visual Basic .NET
2 Modules and Variables
3 Control Flow and Error Handling
Pt. II Object-Oriented Programming
4 Class Fundamentals
5 Inheritance
6 Interfaces and Delegates
7 Attributes
Pt. III Programming the .NET Framework
8 .NET Framework Basic Types
9 Arrays, Lists, and Collections
10 Files, Directories, and Streams
11 Object Serialization
12 Regular Expressions
13 Threading
14 Assemblies and AppDomains
15 Reflection
Pt. IV Win32 Applications
16 Windows Forms Applications
17 Controls
18 GDI+
19 Advanced Win32 Techniques
Pt. V Database Applications
20 ADO.NET in Connected Mode
21 ADO.NET in Disconnected Mode
22 XML and ADO.NET
Pt. VI Internet Applications
23 Web Forms and Controls
24 ASP.NET Applications
25 User Controls and Custom Controls
26 XML Web Services
Pages 1616
Disk 1 Companion CD(s)
Level All Levels
Published 04/17/2002
ISBN 0-7356-1375-3