Index

A

Abort, 117

About dialog box, 282–83

Abstraction

inheritance, 430–32

limitations of, 432

AcceptButton, 1009

AcceptChanges, 341, 343, 346

AcceptRejectRule, 351

accessibility clause

classes, 441–42, 1023

constants, 166

events, 467–68, 1025

subroutines, 194–95

variable declaration, 131, 141, 873

Access time, last, 792–94

Activate, 1015

Activated, 1018

ActiveControl, 1009

ActiveForm, 1009

ActiveMdiChild, 1009

Add

Add Class, 16

Add Connection, 313

AddExistingItem, 16

Add Existing Item, 16

AddHandler, 469–73

AddMessageFilter, 764

AddMetafileComment, 561

AddNew, 356, 359

Add New Data Source, 34, 326

Add New Item, 16

AddOwnedForm, 1015

Add Query, 34

AddRange, 504

Add Reference, 17

AddShieldToButton, 419

Add Tab, 54

Add Watch, 68

Add Web Reference, 17

ArrayList, 504

ControlAdded, 1018

dictionary, 512

File menu, 11

NameValueCollection, 510

strongly typed collections, 508

strongly typed dictionaries, 517

Add-in Manager, 38

Addition operator (+), 172, 177

Administer Test Controllers, 48

Advanced Compile Options, 114–15

Advanced Compiler Settings, 114–15

Advanced submenu, 13

Aliases

defined, 563

Imports, 536–37

namespaces, 483–84

See also Anti-aliasing

Alignment

Align submenu, 34

composite formatting, 1052

page numbers, 664

Pen, 584, 586–87

StringFormat, 618–19

AllKeys, 510

Allow

AllowDBNull, 347

AllowDelete, 355

AllowDrop, 1009

AllowEdit, 355

AllowNew, 355

AllUsersApplicationData, 801

All Windows Forms, 53–54

AltDirectorySeparatorChar, 797

Anchor, 82–84, 89–91

Form, 1010

LineCap, 547

setting at design time, 90

setting at run time, 91

vertical/horizontal directions, 90

And

bitwise operator, 176

logical operator, 175, 177, 881

AndAlso

bitwise operator, 177, 881

logical operator, 175, 881

Animation

AnimatedButton, 724–28

pixel manipulation, 648–51

UseAnimation, 991

XAML, 715–17, 724–28

Anti-aliasing, 563–67

AntiAlias, 551–52

AntiAliasGridFit, 551

InterpolationMode, 565–67

SmoothingMode, 563–64

TextRenderingHint, 563–65

UseAntiAlias, 964

AppendAll, 789

AppendText, 778, 789, 793, 971

Application, 763–68, 1052–53

ApplicationExit, 766

Application manifest, 420

building. See Building application

Exit, 765, 766

icons, 286

methods, 764–66, 1057

My.Application, 739, 1059–63

properties, 763–64, 1055–56

Solution Explorer options, 108

Application events

error handling, defining, 240–41

listing of, 766–67, 1057

ApplyResources, 761–62

Arc

DrawArc, 554

XAML drawing of, 722

Arithmetic operations, 171–72

assignment operators, 178–79, 879

values, converting with Calculator, 172

Arrays, 494–504

Array.BinarySearch, 503–4

ArrayList, 504–6

Array.Reverse, 500

Array.Sort, 500–503

bounds, specifying, 148–49

CompoundArray, 587–88

control arrays, 99

defined, 493–94

dimensions, 495

initializing, 150–52

lower bounds, 495–96

multidimensional, 150–51

object arrays, 152

parameter arrays, 201–2

parameter declarations, 197–98

as reference types, 453

resizing, 496–97

speed, 497–99

As, 153

Ascent, 631

AsciiOnly, 940

Assembly

Assembly Information, 108–9

defined, 109

Assign, 44

Assignment operators, 178–79, 882

Asynchronous read, 770

Asynchronous write, 770

Attach to Process, 31, 36

Attribute(s)

AttributeUsage, 191

customized, 191, 374–75

defined, 190

DirectoryInfo, 792

FileInfo, 793

GetAttributes, 789

listing of. See attribute_list

SetAttr, 784

SetAttributes, 790

attribute_list, 190–93

classes, 440, 1023

enumerated data types, 164

events, 467, 471

list of attributes, 191–93

location of, 191

usefulness of, 190–91

variable declarations, 140, 873

Audio

ContainsAudio, 412

GetAudioStream, 412

My.Computer methods, 1063–64

SetAudio, 412

AutoFlush, 777

Auto Hide, 49

Auto Hide All, 49

AutoIncrement, 347

AutoRecover, 46

AutoRedraw, 642–46

Form, 642

implementing, 643–46

PictureBox, 642–44

resizing, 646

Auto scroll

AutoScroll, 267–68, 980, 1010

AutoScrollMargin, 1010

AutoScrollPosition, 1010

Panel, 955–56

ScrollControlIntoView, 1017

SetAutoScrollMargin, 1017

AutoSize, 956

Autos window, 29

AutoZoom, 964