Visual Basic 2005 Demystified

by Jeff Kent

Overview

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There’s no easier, faster, or more practical way to learn the really tough subjects

Visual Basic 2005 Demystified fully explains the language and its libraries and applications. You’ll even learn to create a Visual Basic program without writing code. This self-teaching guide comes complete with key points, background information, quizzes at the end of each chapter, and even a final exam. Simple enough for beginners but challenging enough for advanced students, this is a lively and entertaining brush-up, introductory text, or classroom supplement.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780072261714
Publisher:	Osborne
Publication date:	09/30/2005
Series:	Demystified
Pages:	333
Product dimensions:	7.20(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.71(d)

About the Author

Jeff Kent (Los Angeles, CA) is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Los Angeles Valley College in Valley Glen, California. He teaches a number of programming languages, including Visual Basic, C++, C#, Java, and Assembler. He also manages a network for a Los Angeles law firm. He has written several books on computer programming, recently Visual Basic.NET: A Beginner's Guide and C++ Demystified (McGraw-Hill/Osborne) and, concurrently with this book, Visual C# 2005 Demystified (McGraw-Hill). He graduated from UCLA with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics and then went on to obtain a Juris Doctor degree from Loyola (Los Angeles) School of Law and to practice law.

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	xix
	Introduction	xxi
Part 1	Introduction to Visual Basic 2005
Chapter 1	Getting Started with Your First Windows Program	3
	Obtaining and Installing Visual Basic 2005	4
	Starting Your First Visual Basic 2005 Project	7
	What Is a Computer Program?	14
	Conclusion	17
	Quiz	17
Chapter 2	Writing Your First Code	19
	Starting an Existing Project	20
	Classes and Objects	26
	Properties	28
	What Is a Windows Application?	31
	Creating an Event Procedure	35
	Conclusion	41
	Quiz	41
Chapter 3	Controls	43
	Adding Controls to the Form	44
	Important Label Properties	50
	The Label Control in Action	52
	How the Code Works	56
	Conclusion	59
	Quiz	60
Part 2	Programming Building Blocks: Variables, Data Types, and Operators
Chapter 4	Storing Information-Data Types and Variables	65
	Data Types	66
	Variables	70
	Constants	75
	Conclusion	77
	Quiz	77
Chapter 5	Letting the Program Do the Math-Arithmetic Operators	79
	Arithmetic Operators	80
	The Parse and ToString Methods	84
	Change Machine Project	86
	Type Conversions	92
	Conclusion	94
	Quiz	95
Chapter 6	Making Comparisons-Comparison and Logical Operators	97
	Debugging	98
	Comparison Operators	100
	Logical Operators	106
	Conclusion	111
	Quiz	112
Part 3	Controlling the flow of the program
Chapter 7	Making Choices-If and Select Case Control Structures	115
	The InputBox Function	116
	If Control Structure	119
	Input Validation	124
	Controls Used for If Control Structure	128
	Pizza Calculator	131
	Select Case Control Structure	134
	Conclusion	137
	Quiz	138
Chapter 8	Repeating Yourself-Loops and Arrays	139
	Loops	140
	Arrays	152
	Conclusion	155
	Quiz	155
Chapter 9	Organizing Your Code with Procedures	157
	Types of Procedures	158
	Subroutines	159
	Functions	168
	Why Write Your Own Procedures?	174
	Conclusion	175
	Quiz	176
Part 4	The User Interface
Chapter 10	Helper Forms	179
	Message Boxes	180
	Dialog Forms	188
	Conclusion	195
	Quiz	195
Chapter 11	Menus	197
	Creating a Main Menu	198
	Creating a Context Menu	209
	Text Editor Project	217
	Conclusion	220
	Quiz	220
Chapter 12	Toolbars	221
	Creating a Toolbar	222
	Associating Code with Clicks of Toolbar Buttons	233
	Conclusion	234
	Quiz	234
Part 5	Accessing Data
Chapter 13	Accessing Text Files	239
	Open and Save File Dialog Boxes	240
	Reading from a Text File	246
	Writing to a Text File	250
	Conclusion	253
	Quiz	253
Chapter 14	Databases	255
	Installing the Database	256
	Connecting to the Database	257
	Using Server Explorer	260
	Database Project	264
	Conclusion	275
	Quiz	276
Chapter 15	Web Applications	277
	ASP.NET	278
	Internet Information Services	278
	URL	284
	Creating a Web Application	287
	Creating a Database Web Application	292
	Conclusion	298
	Quiz	298
	Final Exam	301
	Answers to Quizzes and Final Exam	307
	Index	325