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Sams Teach Yourself Visual Basic 2010 in 24 Hours Complete Starter Kit (Sams Teach Yourself -- Hours)

ISBN: 0672331136
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2002
Pages: 253

Authors: James Foxall

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• Teach Yourself C in 24 Hours
• Table of Contents
• Book Cover
• Copyright
• About the Authors
• Acknowledgments
• Tell Us What You Think
• Introduction
• Audience and Organization
• Conventions Used in This Book
• Onward and Upward
• Part I: The Visual Studio Environment
• Hour 1. A C Programming Tour
• Starting C
• Creating a New Project
• Understanding the C Environment
• Changing the Characteristics of Objects
• Naming Objects
• Setting the Text Property of the Form
• Giving the Form an Icon
• Changing the Size of the Form
• Adding Controls to a Form
• Designing an Interface
• Adding an Invisible Control to a Form
• Coding an Interface
• Running a Project
• Summary
• QA
• Workshop
• Hour 2. Navigating C
• Using the Visual Studio .NET Start Page
• Navigating and Customizing the C Environment
• Adding Controls to a Form Using the Toolbox
• Setting Object Properties Using the Properties Window
• Managing Projects
• Managing Project Files with the Solution Explorer
• Getting Help
• Summary
• QA
• Workshop
• Hour 3. Understanding Objects and Collections
• Understanding Objects
• Understanding Properties
• Understanding Methods
• Building an Object Example Project
• Understanding Collections
• Using the Object Browser
• Summary
• QA
• Workshop
• Hour 4. Understanding Events
• Understanding Event-Driven Programming
• Building an Event Example Project
• Summary
• QA
• Workshop
• Part II: Building a User Interface
• Hour 5. Building FormsPart I
• Changing the Name of a Form
• Changing the Appearance of a Form
• Showing and Hiding Forms
• Summary
• QA
• Workshop
• Hour 6. Building FormsPart II
• Working with Controls
• Creating TopMost Windows
• Creating Transparent Forms
• Creating Scrollable Forms
• Creating MDI Forms
• Setting the Startup Object
• Summary
• QA
• Workshop
• Hour 7. Working with the 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
• Summary
• QA
• Workshop
• Hour 8. Advanced Controls
• Creating Timers
• Creating Tabbed Dialog Boxes
• Storing Pictures in an Image List
• Building Enhanced Lists Using the List View
• Creating Hierarchical Lists with the Tree View
• Summary
• QA
• Workshop
• Hour 9. Adding Menus and Toolbars to Forms
• Building Menus
• Programming Menus
• Using the Toolbar Control
• Creating a Status Bar
• Summary
• QA
• Workshop
• Hour 10. Drawing and Printing
• Understanding the Graphics Object
• Working with Pens
• Using System Colors
• Working with Rectangles
• Drawing Shapes
• Drawing Text
• Persisting Graphics on a Form
• Build a Graphics Project Example
• Summary
• QA
• Workshop
• Part III: Making Things HappenProgramming
• Hour 11. Creating and Calling Methods
• Creating Class Members
• Writing Methods
• Creating the User Interface of Your Project
• Calling Methods
• Exiting Methods
• Working with Tasks
• Summary
• QA
• Workshop
• Hour 12. Using Constants, Data Types, Variables, and Arrays
• Understanding Data Types
• Defining and Using Constants
• Declaring and Referencing Variables
• Determining Scope
• Naming Conventions
• Summary
• QA
• Workshop
• Hour 13. Performing Arithmetic, String Manipulation, and DateTime Adjustments
• Performing Basic Arithmetic
• Comparing Equalities
• Understanding Boolean Logic
• Manipulating Strings
• Working with Dates and Times
• Summary
• QA
• Workshop
• Hour 14. Making Decisions in C Code
• Making Decisions Using if Statements
• Evaluating an Expression for Multiple Values Using switch
• Branching Within Code Using goto
• Summary
• QA
• Workshop
• Hour 15. Looping for Efficiency
• Looping a Specific Number of Times Using for Statements
• Using dowhile to Loop an Indeterminate Number of Times
• Summary
• QA
• Workshop
• Hour 16. Debugging Your Code
• Adding Comments to Your Code
• Identifying the Two Basic Types of Errors
• Using C s Debugging Tools
• Writing an Error Handler Using
• Summary
• QA
• Workshop
• Hour 17. Designing Objects Using Classes
• Understanding Classes
• Instantiating Objects from Classes
• Summary
• QA
• Workshop
• Hour 18. Interacting with Users
• Displaying Messages Using the MessageBox.Show() Method
• Creating Custom Dialog Boxes
• Interacting with the Keyboard
• Using the Common Mouse Events
• Summary
• QA
• Workshop
• Part IV: Working with Data
• Hour 19. Performing File Operations
• Using the Open File Dialog and Save File Dialog Controls
• Manipulating Files with the File Object
• Manipulating Directories with the Directory Object
• Summary
• QA
• Workshop
• Hour 20. Controlling Other Applications Using Automation
• Creating a Reference to an Automation Library
• Creating an Instance of an Automation Server
• Manipulating the Server
• Summary
• QA
• Workshop
• Hour 21. Working with a Database
• Introduction to ADO.NET
• Connecting to a Database
• Manipulating Data
• Using the Data Form Wizard
• Summary
• QA
• Workshop
• Part V: Deploying Solutions and Beyond
• Hour 22. Deploying a Solution
• Creating a Custom Setup Program
• Running a Custom Setup Program
• Uninstalling an Application You ve Distributed
• Summary
• QA
• Workshop
• Hour 23. Introduction to Web Development
• XML
• SOAP
• ASP.NET
• Web Forms
• XML Web Services
• Summary
• QA
• Workshop
• Hour 24. The 10,000-Foot View
• The .NET Framework
• Common Language Runtime (CLR)
• Microsoft Intermediate Language
• Namespaces
• Common Type System
• Garbage Collection
• Summary
• QA
• Workshop
• Appendix A. Answers to QuizzesExercises
• Answers for Hour 1
• Answers for Hour 2
• Answers for Hour 3
• Answers for Hour 4
• Answers for Hour 5
• Answers for Hour 6
• Answers for Hour 7
• Answers for Hour 8
• Answers for Hour 9
• Answers for Hour 10
• Answers for Hour 11
• Answers for Hour 12
• Answers for Hour 13
• Answers for Hour 14
• Answers for Hour 15
• Answers for Hour 16
• Answers for Hour 17
• Answers for Hour 18
• Answers for Hour 19
• Answers for Hour 20
• Answers for Hour 21
• Answers for Hour 22
• Answers for Hour 23
• Answers for Hour 24