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- Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Back Cover
- Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition Programming for the Absolute Beginner
- Introduction
- WHO SHOULD READ THIS BOOK?
- WHAT YOU NEED TO BEGIN
- WHAT S ON THE COMPANION WEB SITE?
- Chapter 1: An Introduction to Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition
- PROJECT PREVIEW: THE JOKE MACHINE
- A FEW OPENING WORDS
- A QUICK OVERVIEW OF VISUAL BASIC
- INTRODUCING VISUAL BASIC 2005 EXPRESS EDITION
- OTHER VISUAL STUDIO 2005 EXPRESS PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
- THE MICROSOFT.NET FRAMEWORK
- BACK TO THE JOKE MACHINE
- SUMMARY
- CHALLENGES
- Chapter 2: Navigating the Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition Development Environment
- PROJECT PREVIEW: THE CLICK RACE GAME
- GETTING COMFORTABLE MOVING AROUND THE VISUAL BASIC 2005 EXPRESS EDITION IDE
- SUMMARY
- CHALLENGES
- Chapter 3: Creating an Application Interface
- PROJECT PREVIEW: THE SPEED TYPING GAME
- PUTTING TOGETHER A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE
- CREATING A STAND-ALONE EXECUTABLE
- PUBLISHING A VISUAL BASIC APPLICATION
- BACK TO THE SPEED TYPING GAME
- SUMMARY
- CHALLENGES
- Chapter 4: Working with Menus and Toolbars
- PROJECT PREVIEW: THE LOTTERY ASSISTANT GAME
- DESIGNING A MENU SYSTEM
- ADDING MENUS, MENU ITEMS, AND SUBMENUS
- CONTEXT MENUS
- ADDING CONVENIENCE WITH TOOLBARS
- BACK TO THE LOTTERY ASSISTANT GAME
- SUMMARY
- CHALLENGES
- Chapter 5: Storing and Retrieving Data in Memory
- PROJECT PREVIEW: THE STORY OF MIGHTY MOLLY
- ENHANCING YOUR CODE WITH COMMENTS
- STORING AND RETRIEVING DATA
- WORKING WITH VARIABLES
- WORKING WITH ARRAYS
- WORKING WITH STRUCTURES
- RESERVED WORDS
- BACK TO THE STORY OF MIGHTY MOLLY
- SUMMARY
- CHALLENGES
- Chapter 6: Applying Conditional Logic
- PROJECT PREVIEW: THE GUESS A NUMBER GAME
- APPLYING CONDITIONAL LOGIC
- THE IF THEN STATEMENT
- NESTING CONDITIONAL LOGIC
- THE SELECT CASE STATEMENT
- COMPARISON OPERATORS
- BACK TO THE GUESS A NUMBER GAME
- SUMMARY
- CHALLENGES
- Chapter 7: Processing Lots of Data with Loops
- PROJECT PREVIEW: THE DICE POKER GAME
- ITERATIVE PROCESSING
- ENDLESS LOOPS
- BREAKING OUT OF LOOPS
- BACK TO THE DICE POKER GAME
- SUMMARY
- CHALLENGES
- Chapter 8: Enhancing Code Structure and Organization
- PROJECT PREVIEW: THE HANGMAN GAME
- CREATING PROCEDURES
- PASSING ARGUMENTS
- PASSING OPTIONAL ARGUMENTS
- LEVERAGING THE POWER OF VISUAL BASIC S BUILT-IN FUNCTIONS AND .NET OBJECTS
- BACK TO THE HANGMAN GAME
- SUMMARY
- CHALLENGES
- Chapter 9: Getting Comfortable with Object-Oriented Programming
- PROJECT PREVIEW: THE ROCK, PAPER AND SCISSORS GAME
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