Visual basic 2010 in 24 hours

Table of Contents

Introduction

PART I: The Visual Basic 2010 Environment

HOUR 1: Jumping in with Both Feet: A Visual Basic 2010 Programming Tour
- Starting Visual Basic 2010
- Creating a New Project
- Understanding the Visual Studio 2010 Environment
- Changing the Characteristics of Objects
- Adding Controls to a Form
- Designing an Interface
- Writing the Code Behind an Interface
- Running a Project
HOUR 2: Navigating Visual Basic 2010
- Using the Visual Basic 2010 Start Page
- Navigating and Customizing the Visual Basic Environment
- Working with Toolbars
- Adding Controls to a Form Using the Toolbox
- Setting Object Properties Using the Properties Window
- Managing Projects
- A Quick-and-Dirty Programming Primer
- Getting Help
HOUR 3: Understanding Objects and Collections
- Understanding Objects
- Understanding Properties
- Understanding Methods
- Building a Simple Object Example Project
- Understanding Collections
- Using the Object Browser
HOUR 4: Understanding Events
- Understanding Event-Driven Programming
- Building an Event Example Project
- Keeping Event Names Current

PART II: Building a User Interface

HOUR 5: Building Forms: The Basics
- Changing a Form’s Name
- Changing a Form’s Appearance
- Showing and Hiding Forms
HOUR 6: Building Forms: Advanced Techniques
- Working with Controls
- Creating Topmost Nonmodal Windows
- Creating Transparent Forms
- Creating Scrollable Forms
- Creating MDI Forms
- Setting the Startup Form
HOUR 7: Working with Traditional Controls
- Displaying Static Text with the Label Control
- Allowing Users to Enter Text Using a Text Box
- Creating Buttons
- Creating Containers and Groups of Option Buttons
- Displaying a List with the List Box
- Creating Drop-Down Lists Using the Combo Box
HOUR 8: Using Advanced Controls
- Creating Timers
- Creating Tabbed Dialog Boxes
- Storing Pictures in an Image List Control
- Building Enhanced Lists Using the List View Control
- Creating Hierarchical Lists Using the Tree View Control
HOUR 9: Adding Menus and Toolbars to Forms
- Building Menus
- Using the Toolbar Control
- Creating a Status Bar

PART III: Making Things Happen—Programming

HOUR 10: Creating and Calling Code Procedures
- Creating Visual Basic Code Modules
- Writing Code Procedures
- Calling Code Procedures
- Exiting Procedures
- Avoiding Infinite Recursion
HOUR 11: Using Constants, Data Types, Variables, and Arrays
- Understanding Data Types
- Defining and Using Constants
- Declaring and Referencing Variables
- Working with Arrays
- Determining Scope
- Declaring Variables of Static Scope
- Naming Conventions
- Using Variables in Your Picture Viewer Project
HOUR 12: Performing Arithmetic, String Manipulation, and Date/Time Adjustments
- Performing Basic Arithmetic Operations with Visual Basic
- Comparing Equalities
- Understanding Boolean Logic
- Manipulating Strings
- Working with Dates and Times
HOUR 13: Making Decisions in Visual Basic Code
- Making Decisions Using If ... Then
- Branching Within a Procedure Using GoTo
HOUR 14: Looping for Efficiency
- Looping a Specific Number of Times Using For ... Next
- Using Do ... Loop to Loop an Indeterminate Number of Times
HOUR 15: Debugging Your Code
- Adding Comments to Your Code
- Identifying the Two Basic Types of Errors
- Using Visual Basic’s Debugging Tools
- Writing an Error Handler Using Try ... Catch ... Finally
HOUR 16: Designing Objects Using Classes
- Understanding Classes
- Instantiating Objects from Classes
HOUR 17: Interacting with Users
- Displaying Messages Using the MessageBox.Show ( ) Function
- Creating Custom Dialog Boxes
- Using InputBox ( ) to Get Information from a User
- Interacting with the Keyboard
- Using the Common Mouse Events
HOUR 18: Working with Graphics
- Understanding the Graphics Object
- Working with Pens
- Using System Colors
- Working with Rectangles
- Drawing Shapes
- Drawing Text
- Persisting Graphics on a Form
- Building a Graphics Project Example

PART IV: Working with Data

HOUR 19: Performing File Operations
- Using the OpenFileDialog and SaveFileDialog Controls
- Manipulating Files with the File Object
- Manipulating Directories with the Directory Object
HOUR 20: Working with the Registry and Text Files
- Working with the Registry
- Reading and Writing Text Files
HOUR 21: Working with a Database
- Introducing ADO.NET
- Manipulating Data
HOUR 22: Controlling Other Applications Using Automation
- Automating Microsoft Excel
- Automating Microsoft Word

PART V: Deploying Solutions and Beyond

HOUR 23: Deploying Applications
- Understanding ClickOnce Technology
- Using the Publish Wizard to Create a ClickOnce Application
- Testing Your Picture Viewer ClickOnce Install Program
- Uninstalling an Application You’ve Distributed
- Setting Advanced Options for Creating ClickOnce Programs
HOUR 24: The 10,000-Foot View
- The .NET Framework
- Common Language Runtime
- Microsoft Intermediate Language
- Namespaces
- Common Type System
- Garbage Collection
- Further Reading

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