S

Satellite resources, 758–59

Save

bitmaps, 641–42

files, 11

Graphics object, 562, 577–79

Image, 639

Import/Export Settings, 39

My.Settings, 751

Registry values, 745

Save All, 11

SaveFile, 972

SaveFileDialog, 265, 273, 973–74

Save Form1.vb, 11

Save Form1.vb As, 11

SaveMruList, 300

Savepoints, 330

SaveSetting, 745

Save TemporaryMacro, 40

SByte data type, 132, 138

Scale

DrawImageUnscaled, 554

graphical transformations, 567–79

LinearGradientBrush, 596

PageScale, 562

Scale, Form, 1017

ScaleTransform, 563, 567–79, 585, 593, 596

TextureBrush, 593

ScaleTransform, 567–79

Graphics object, 563

LinearGradientBrush, 596

PathGradientBrush, 601

Pen, 585

TextureBrush, 593

XAML, 714

S character, 135

Schema

database, 316–18

Schema Editor, 317

Scope

block scope, 156–57

defined, 131, 156

limiting, benefits of, 158

module scope, 158

procedure scope, 157–58

Screen

Full Screen, 15

My.Computer.Screen, 1073–74

PointToScreen, 1016

screen coordinates, 1017

splash screen, 282–83

Script Explorer, 30

Scroll, 987

AutoScroll, 980

Scrolling mode, 729

ScrollToCaret, 972, 987

Scroll bars

HScrollBar, 263, 269, 272, 925

ScrollBars, 970

ScrollControlIntoView, 1017

VScrollBar, 266, 269, 272, 998

See also Auto Scroll

Secondary windows, rearranging, 52–53

Secret-key encryption, 841

Security

certificate authority, 391

cryptographic operations, 841–45

signature authority, 390–91

strongly named assemby, 389–90

See also Passwords;

User Account Control (UAC) security

Seek

BinaryWriter, 774

within file, 783

Streams, 771

Select

DataTable, 343

Select Active Test Run Configuration, 48

SelectCommand, 331, 336

SelectNextControl, 1017

Select Thaw, 29

Select Case

and block scope, 157

CaseElse, 889

compared to Choose, 217–18

comma-separated expressions, 213–14, 888–89

control functions of, 210–14

and enumerated types, 214–15

compared to If Then, 211–12

Is keyword, 213

To keyword, 212

syntax for, 210–11, 888

SendToBack, 35, 1017

Separated validation, 101–2

Sequential-file access, 784–85

methods, 784–85

Serializable class

NonSerializedAttribute, 193

Serializable, 193

Serializable objects, 404–5

SerialPort

control, 265

events, 1071

methods, 1070

online help about, 974

properties, 1069–70

ServerVersion, 324

Service contract, Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), 824, 825–27

ServiceController, 265, 974–75

Service-oriented architecture (SOA), 823

See also Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)

ServicePack, 743

Set, 511

SetAllCursors, 285

SetAttr, 784

SetAttributes, 790

SetAudio, 412

SetBlendTriangularShape

LinearGradientBrush, 596

PathGradientBrush, 601

SetBounds, 1017

SetClip, 563

SetColumnError, 346

SetCreationTime, 788, 790

SetCreationTimeUtc, 788, 790

SetCurrentDirectory, 788

SetData, 412

SetDataObject, 410–12

SetDesktopBounds, 1017

SetDesktopLocation, 1017

SetEnvironmentVariable, 744

SetFileDropList, 412

SetImage, 412

SetLastAccessTime, 788, 790

SetLastAccessTimeUtc, 788, 790

SetLastWriteTime, 788, 790

SetLastWriteTimeUtc, 788, 790

SetLength, 771

SetLineCap, 585

SetMeasurableCharacterRanges, 619, 628–30

SetNextStatement, 68

SetParentRow, 346

SetPixel, 640, 646–48

SetRange, 505

SetResolution, 640

SetSigmaBellShape

LinearGradientBrush, 596

PathGradientBrush, 601

SetSuspendState, 765

SetTabStops, 619, 623–24

SetText, 412

Settings

AllUsersApplicationData, 801

CurrentUserApplicationData, 801

defined, 106

editing from property pages, 108

GetSetting, 300

Import/Export Settings, 39

My.Settings, 739, 751

System Registry, 744–46

SetValue, 747

Shadows

classes, 434

and classes, 442–43

classes, 1023

events, 468, 1026

function of, 194, 442

multiple variable declarations, 153

parent features, 378–79

subroutines, 194

variable declarations, 142–44, 873

Shaped forms, creating, 281–82

Shared

and constants, 166

methods, 475–77

multiple variable declarations, 153

subroutines, 194

variable declarations, 141–42, 474–75, 873

Short-circuit evaluation, 175

Shortcuts

array objects. See Object arrays

IDE menus, 9

keyboard shortcuts, 44

My namespace, 738–39

Short data type, 132, 135, 138

Show, 44, 1017

Show All, 54

Show All Files, 16

Show Data Sources, 34

ShowDialog, 1017

ShowHelp, 952, 955, 959

Show Hidden Files, 105

ShowIcon, 1014

ShowInTaskbar, 1014

ShowNetwork, 955, 959

Show Next Statement, 68

ShowValues, 328

Side effects

defined, 175–76, 210

and If Then, 210

Signing

security method, 841

Signature authority, 390–91

Signed Assembly, building, 389–91

Simulations, AllowSimulations, 921

SingleBitPerPixel, 551

SingleBitPerPixelGridFit, 551

Single data type, 132, 135, 138

Single data type, data type character (!), 134

Single-document interface (SDI), 46, 292–93

examples of, 293

compared to MDI, 298–99

Single page mode, 729

Size

Form, 93–94, 1014

Image, 639

SizeGripStyle, 1014

Size to Grid, 35

System.Drawing, 545

See also Resize

Slider, 1003

Smart Tags, 46

SmoothingMode

actions of, 563–64

Graphics object, 563

Snippets. See Code snippets

Software, My.Computer, 739

SolidBrush

actions of, 592–93

System.Drawing, 544

Solution(s)

Close Solution, 11

defined, 4, 106

program files, viewing, 4

Solution Explorer

Application tab, 108

Assembly Information, 108–9

Compile tab, 114–15

controls, creating, 74–76

database building, 316–18

functions of, 8

hidden files, 105–9

icons, 285–86

project/solution related files, 4

project solutions, example, 105–6

Resources tab, 108

windows, rearranging, 52–53

Sort

ArrayList, 505

arrays, 500–503

Crystal Reports groups, 684

DataView, 356

ListBox, 928

ListView, 376–78, 935–38

Query Builder, 335

SortedDictionary, 527

SortedList, 520–21, 527

Sort Items Alphabetically, 54

toolbox items, 54

Source, 244

Source Control, 46

Source Safe, 46

Spaghetti code, 232

SpecialDirectories, 799

Splash screens, 282–83

Timer, 283

Splitting

Split command, 48

SplitContainer, 265–67, 975–76

Splitter, 265, 977

SplitterContainer, 93

windows, 48–50

SQL Server database, 312, 322, 324

Add Connection, 313

SQL Statements, 333–35

Stack(s), 521–23

Call Stack, 29

Clear, 522

Collection classes, 521–23

constructors, 523

Contains, 522

CopyTo, 522

Count, 522

defined, 521

LIFO return, 521–23

memory management, 523

popping item off of, 522

properties, 522–23

pushing item onto, 522

stacking order controls, 92

and structures, 453

System.Collections.Generic namespace, 527

StackTrace

error handling, 244–48

execution position, display of, 246–48

limitations of, 244

objects, 246–48

System.Environment, 743

Standard Windows, 14

StartCap, 585

StartFigure, 610

StartPosition, 1014

Start Selected Test Project with Debugger, 47

Start Selected Test Project without Debugger, 47

StartupPath, 764

State, 324

StateChange, 327

Statements

code module section, 110

conditional compilation statements, 112–21

decision statements, 207–18

defined, 203

Immediate window execution of, 33–34

looping statements, 218–34

and subroutines, 203–4

Static

and constants, 166

variable accessibility, 141

StatusStrip, 265, 271, 977–78

Step Into, 25

Step Out, 25, 68

Step Over, 25, 68

Stop Debugging, 25

Stop Into, 68

Storyboard, 717

Streams

BinaryReader helper class, 773–74

BinaryWriter helper class, 774

BufferedStream, 773

classes, 1077–78

console streams, 1082

CryptoStream, 779

defined, 769

FileStream, 771–72

MemoryStream, 772

methods, 1078–79

NetworkStream, 779

properties, 1078

Stream, properties/methods of, 770–71

StreamReader, 777–79, 801

StreamWriter, 777–79

StringReader, 776–77

StringWriter, 776–77

and TextReader, 775

and TextWriter, 775

StretchImage, 642, 956

Strings

BinaryReader methods, 774

breaking, 129

composite formatting, 1052

concatenation operators, 172

Connection String, 324–25

data type, 134, 138

data type character ($), 134

data type parsing, 139

DrawString, 244, 555, 616–17

MeasureString, 562, 627–30, 664

Option Compare, 21

regular expressions, 836–39

StringBuilder, 179–81

StringCollection, 507

StringDictionary, 519

StringFormat, 618–19, 1038

StringReader, 776–77, 1082

StringWriter, 776–77, 1082

ToString, 165, 244

WriteAllText, 801

Strongly named assembly, 389–90, 505

Strongly typed collections, 507–10

read only, 510

Structure(s), 449–56

boxing and unboxing, 456

compared to classes

constructors, 458–59

data type, 133

declaring, syntax for, 449, 1024

implements interface, 449–50

instantiating, 458–60

memory requirements, 450–53

namespaces, 487–88

object assignment, 453–54

parameter passing, 454–55

stack and heap performance, 453

System.Drawing, 545

as value types, 450

Structured error handling, 257–58

compared to classic method, 257–58

Try, 241–43, 257–58, 893

Styles, 709–10

XAML, 711

Subdirectory

CreateSubdirectory, 792

GetDirectories, 788, 800

IncludeSubdirectories, 795

SubItems, 85–86

Subkeys

CreateSubKey, 747

DeleteSubKey, 747

GetSubKeyNames, 747

RegistryKey properties, 747–48

SubKeyCount, 747

Subroutines, 189–204

accessibility clause, 194–95

attribute_list, 190–93

code module section, 110

defined, 189

delegates, 167–69

Immediate window execution of, 33

implements interface, 202–3

inheritance_mode, 193–94

parameters, 195–202

statements, 203–4

subroutine_name, 195

syntax for, 189, 885

Subtraction operator (-), 172, 177

Suggestion indicator, 62–63

SurroundColors, 602

SvcUtil, 830–31

Switch To Thread, 29

Symbols, Find Symbol, 12

Symmetric cryptography, 841

SystemColorsChanged, 1022

SystemDefault, 551

SystemDirectory, 743

System.Drawing

classes, 544–45, 1029–30

enumerations, 1029–30

structures, 545

System.Drawing.Drawing2D

classes, 545–46, 1030–31

enumerations, 546–48, 1030–31

System.Drawing.Imaging

classes, 549–51, 1031

enumerations, 551

System.Drawing.Printing, classes, 553, 1032

System.Drawing.Text, classes, 550

System.IO.File, methods, 1083

System namespace, second-level namespaces, 836–36

System Registry, 744–48

accessing, 745

CommonAppDataRegistry, 763

deleting values, 746

functions of, 744

GetSetting, 300

My.Computer.Registry, 746–48, 1071–72

RegistryKey, 1072

retrieving values, 745–46

saving values, 745

subtrees of, 744

UserAppDataRegistry, 764

System.Security, cryptographic operations, 841–45

System tray, notification icons, 286–87

System.Xml namespace, 839–41