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Visual Basic 2005 Cookbook: Solutions for VB 2005 Programmers (Cookbooks (OReilly))

ISBN: 0596101775
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2006
Pages: 400

Authors: Tim Patrick, John Craig

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• Visual Basic 2005 Cookbook
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Preface
• Chapter 1. Visual Basic Programming
• Introduction
• Recipe 1.1. Creating a Windows Forms Application
• Recipe 1.2. Creating a Console Application
• Recipe 1.3. Creating an ASP.NET Web Forms Application
• Chapter 2. The Development Environment
• Introduction
• Recipe 2.1. Discovering and Using a Code Snippet
• Recipe 2.2. Creating a New Snippet
• Recipe 2.3. Sharing Snippets
• Recipe 2.4. Adding Snippet Files to Visual Studio
• Recipe 2.5. Getting an Application s Version Number
• Recipe 2.6. Letting Visual Studio Automatically Update an Application s Version Number
• Recipe 2.7. Setting the Startup Form for an Application
• Recipe 2.8. Setting the Startup to a Sub Main Procedure
• Recipe 2.9. Getting an Application s Command Line
• Recipe 2.10. Testing an Application s Command Line
• Recipe 2.11. Obfuscating an Application
• Recipe 2.12. Determining if an Application Is Running in the Visual Studio Environment
• Recipe 2.13. Accessing Environment Variables
• Recipe 2.14. Accessing the Registry
• Recipe 2.15. Getting System Information
• Recipe 2.16. Getting the User s Name
• Chapter 3. Application Organization
• Introduction
• Recipe 3.1. Creating a Code Module
• Recipe 3.2. Creating a Class
• Recipe 3.3. Creating a Structure
• Recipe 3.4. Creating Other Item Types
• Recipe 3.5. Creating Object Instances
• Recipe 3.6. Initializing a Class Instance with Data
• Recipe 3.7. Releasing an Instance s Resources
• Recipe 3.8. Using Namespaces
• Recipe 3.9. Splitting a Class Across Multiple Files
• Recipe 3.10. Creating a Form Based on Another Form
• Recipe 3.11. Passing and Returning Structures and Other Objects
• Recipe 3.12. Creating and Using an Enumeration
• Recipe 3.13. Converting Between Numeric and String Enumeration Values
• Recipe 3.14. Creating a Method That Accepts Different Sets of Arguments
• Recipe 3.15. Using Standard Operators for Nonstandard Purposes
• Recipe 3.16. Enforcing Strong Data Typing in an Otherwise Weakly Typed Collection
• Chapter 4. Forms, Controls, and Other Useful Objects
• Introduction
• Recipe 4.1. Creating and Adding Controls at Runtime
• Recipe 4.2. Iterating Through All Controls on a Form
• Recipe 4.3. Sharing Event-Handler Logic Among Many Controls
• Recipe 4.4. Working with Timers
• Recipe 4.5. Determining If a Control Can Take the Focus
• Recipe 4.6. Programmatically Clicking a Button
• Recipe 4.7. Drawing a Control
• Recipe 4.8. Making a Form the Top-Most Form
• Recipe 4.9. Indicating the Accept and Cancel Buttons on a Form
• Recipe 4.10. Remembering a Form s Position Between Uses
• Recipe 4.11. Attaching a Control to the Edge of a Form
• Recipe 4.12. Moving or Resizing Controls as a Form Resizes
• Recipe 4.13. Limiting the Sizing of a Form
• Recipe 4.14. Centering a Form
• Recipe 4.15. Creating and Moving a Borderless Form
• Recipe 4.16. Creating a Fading Form
• Recipe 4.17. Creating a Nonrectangular Form
• Recipe 4.18. Changing Menus at Runtime
• Recipe 4.19. Creating Shortcut Menus
• Chapter 5. Strings
• Introduction
• Recipe 5.1. Using a StringBuilder
• Recipe 5.2. Creating a String of N Identical Characters
• Recipe 5.3. Creating a String by Repeating a String N Times
• Recipe 5.4. Obfuscating a String
• Recipe 5.5. Converting Binary Data to a Hexadecimal String
• Recipe 5.6. Extracting Substrings from Larger Strings
• Recipe 5.7. Converting a String s Case
• Recipe 5.8. Comparing Strings with Case Sensitivity
• Recipe 5.9. Comparing Strings Without Case Sensitivity
• Recipe 5.10. Converting Strings to and from Character Arrays
• Recipe 5.11. Converting Strings to and from Byte Arrays
• Recipe 5.12. Tallying Characters
• Recipe 5.13. Counting Words
• Recipe 5.14. Removing Extra Whitespace
• Recipe 5.15. Using the Correct End-of-Line Characters
• Recipe 5.16. Replacing Substrings
• Recipe 5.17. Inserting a Character or String
• Recipe 5.18. Inserting a Line
• Recipe 5.19. Double-Spacing a String
• Recipe 5.20. Formatting Numbers into Strings
• Recipe 5.21. Trimming Sets of Characters from a String
• Recipe 5.22. Identifying and Validating Types of Data in a String
• Recipe 5.23. Converting Strings Between Encoding Systems
• Recipe 5.24. Determining a Character s Type
• Recipe 5.25. Parsing Strings
• Recipe 5.26. Concatenating Strings
• Recipe 5.27. Speeding Up String Manipulation
• Recipe 5.28. Counting Occurrences of a Substring
• Recipe 5.29. Padding a String for Exact Length and Alignment
• Recipe 5.30. Converting Tabs to Spaces
• Recipe 5.31. Reversing a String
• Recipe 5.32. Shuffling a String
• Recipe 5.33. Using a Simple String Encryption
• Recipe 5.34. Converting a String to Morse Code
• Recipe 5.35. Adding Strings to an Application s Resources
• Recipe 5.36. Converting Any Data to a String
• Recipe 5.37. Using Regular Expressions to Extract All Numbers
• Recipe 5.38. Getting a Count of Regular Expression Matches
• Recipe 5.39. Getting the Nth Regular Expression Match
• Recipe 5.40. Compiling Regular Expressions for Speed
• Recipe 5.41. Using Regular Expressions to Validate Data
• Recipe 5.42. Using Regular Expressions to Count Characters, Words, or Lines
• Recipe 5.43. Converting a String to and from Base64
• Recipe 5.44. Splitting a String
• Recipe 5.45. Creating a String of Space Characters
• Chapter 6. Numbers and Math
• Introduction
• Recipe 6.1. Using Compact Operator Notation
• Recipe 6.2. Choosing Integers of the Right Size and Type for the Job
• Recipe 6.3. Using Unsigned Integers
• Recipe 6.4. Swapping Two Integers Without Using a Third
• Recipe 6.5. Using Single- and Double-Precision Variables
• Recipe 6.6. Using Decimal Variables for Maximum Precision
• Recipe 6.7. Converting Between Number Types
• Recipe 6.8. Rounding Numbers Accurately
• Recipe 6.9. Declaring Loop Counters Within Loops
• Recipe 6.10. Converting Between Radians and Degrees
• Recipe 6.11. Limiting Angles to a Range
• Recipe 6.12. Creating Double-Precision Point Variables
• Recipe 6.13. Converting Between Rectangular and Polar Coordinates
• Recipe 6.14. Creating Three-Dimensional Variables
• Recipe 6.15. Converting Between Rectangular, Spherical, and Cylindrical Coordinates
• Recipe 6.16. Working with Complex Numbers
• Recipe 6.17. Solving Right Triangles
• Recipe 6.18. Solving Any Triangle
• Recipe 6.19. Determining if a String Contains a Valid Number
• Recipe 6.20. Converting Numbers to Integers
• Recipe 6.21. Calculating to Thousands of Digits
• Recipe 6.22. Getting a Number s Prime Factors
• Recipe 6.23. Using Recursion to Calculate Factorials
• Recipe 6.24. Manipulating Bits with Bitwise Operators
• Recipe 6.25. Storing and Retrieving Bits in a BitArray
• Recipe 6.26. Enhancing the Random Number Generator
• Recipe 6.27. Generating Random Integers in a Range
• Recipe 6.28. Generating Random Real Numbers in a Range
• Recipe 6.29. Generating Normal-Distribution Random Numbers
• Recipe 6.30. Generating Exponential-Distribution Random Numbers
• Recipe 6.31. Creating a Matrix
• Recipe 6.32. Inverting a Matrix
• Recipe 6.33. Calculating the Determinant of a Matrix
• Recipe 6.34. Solving Simultaneous Equations
• Recipe 6.35. Listing of the MatrixHelper Class
• Chapter 7. Dates and Times
• Introduction
• Recipe 7.1. Getting the System Date and Time
• Recipe 7.2. Accessing the System s Time Zone
• Recipe 7.3. Using System Ticks
• Recipe 7.4. Timing Application Activities
• Recipe 7.5. Calculating Elapsed Time Using Ticks
• Recipe 7.6. Calculating Elapsed Time with the Stopwatch
• Recipe 7.7. Extracting Year, Month, and Day Numbers from a Date Value
• Recipe 7.8. Extracting Hour, Minute, and Second Numbers from a Date Value
• Recipe 7.9. Creating a Date or Time Value from Its Parts
• Recipe 7.10. Formatting Dates and Times
• Recipe 7.11. Parsing and Validating Dates and Times
• Recipe 7.12. Adding to Dates and Times
• Recipe 7.13. Subtracting from Dates and Times
• Recipe 7.14. Determining the Number of Days Between Two Dates
• Recipe 7.15. Determining the Day of the Week for a Date
• Recipe 7.16. Determining the Day of the Year for a Date
• Recipe 7.17. Determining the Number of Days in a Month
• Recipe 7.18. Using Controls to Enter or Select a Date
• Recipe 7.19. Calculating the Phase of the Moon
• Recipe 7.20. Creating a Calendar
• Recipe 7.21. Checking for Leap Years
• Recipe 7.22. Dates and Times in ISO 8601 Formats
• Chapter 8. Arrays and Collections
• Introduction
• Recipe 8.1. Filling an Array While Declaring It
• Recipe 8.2. Sorting Array Elements
• Recipe 8.3. Reversing an Array
• Recipe 8.4. Inserting into an Array
• Recipe 8.5. Shuffling an Array
• Recipe 8.6. Swapping Two Array Values
• Recipe 8.7. Resizing Arrays Without Losing Existing Values
• Recipe 8.8. Quickly Copying Part of an Array into Another
• Recipe 8.9. Writing a Comma-Separated-Values File from a String Array
• Recipe 8.10. Reading a Comma-Separated-Values File into a String Array
• Recipe 8.11. Using a Multivalue Array Instead of a Two-Dimensional Array
• Recipe 8.12. Converting Between Delimited Strings and Arrays
• Recipe 8.13. Formatting an Array as a Single String
• Recipe 8.14. Iterating Through Array Elements
• Recipe 8.15. Passing Arrays to Methods
• Recipe 8.16. Returning Arrays from Functions
• Recipe 8.17. Creating a Collection
• Recipe 8.18. Inserting an Item into a Collection
• Recipe 8.19. Deleting a Collection Item
• Recipe 8.20. Iterating Through a Collection
• Chapter 9. Graphics
• Introduction
• Recipe 9.1. Creating Graphics Objects
• Recipe 9.2. Drawing on Controls for Special Effects
• Recipe 9.3. Letting the User Select a Color
• Recipe 9.4. Working with Coordinate Systems (Pixels, Inches, Centimeters)
• Recipe 9.5. Creating a Bitmap
• Recipe 9.6. Setting a Background Color
• Recipe 9.7. Drawing Lines, Ellipses, and Rectangles
• Recipe 9.8. Drawing Lines One Pixel Wide Regardless of Scaling
• Recipe 9.9. Forcing a Form or Control to Redraw
• Recipe 9.10. Using Transparency
• Recipe 9.11. Scaling with Transforms
• Recipe 9.12. Using an Outline Path
• Recipe 9.13. Using Gradients for Smooth Color Changes
• Recipe 9.14. Drawing Bezier Splines
• Recipe 9.15. Drawing Cardinal Splines
• Recipe 9.16. Limiting Display Updates to Specific Regions
• Recipe 9.17. Drawing Text
• Recipe 9.18. Rotating Text to Any Angle
• Recipe 9.19. Mirroring Text on the Canvas
• Recipe 9.20. Getting the Height and Width of a Graphic String
• Recipe 9.21. Drawing Text with Outlines and Drop Shadows
• Recipe 9.22. Calculating a Nice Axis
• Recipe 9.23. Drawing a Simple Chart
• Recipe 9.24. Creating Odd-Shaped Forms and Controls
• Recipe 9.25. Using the RGB, HSB (HSV), and HSL Color Schemes
• Recipe 9.26. Creating a Rubber-Band Rectangular Selection
• Recipe 9.27. Animating with Transparency
• Recipe 9.28. Substitutions for Obsolete Visual Basic 6.0 Features
• Chapter 10. Multimedia
• Introduction
• Recipe 10.1. Playing an Audio File
• Recipe 10.2. Displaying Image Files
• Recipe 10.3. Playing a Video File
• Recipe 10.4. Making Your Computer Beep
• Recipe 10.5. Creating an Animation Using Multiple Images
• Recipe 10.6. Creating an Animation by Generating Multiple Bitmaps
• Recipe 10.7. Creating an Animation by Drawing at Runtime
• Recipe 10.8. Creating Animated Sprites
• Recipe 10.9. Resizing and Compressing JPEG Files
• Recipe 10.10. Getting JPEG Extended Information
• Recipe 10.11. Creating Thumbnails
• Recipe 10.12. Displaying Images While Controlling Stretching and Sizing
• Recipe 10.13. Scrolling Images
• Recipe 10.14. Merging Two or More Images
• Recipe 10.15. Using Resource Images
• Recipe 10.16. Capturing an Image of the Screen
• Recipe 10.17. Getting Display Dimensions
• Recipe 10.18. Speeding Up Image Processing
• Recipe 10.19. Converting an Image to Grayscale
• Recipe 10.20. Performing Edge Detection on an Image
• Recipe 10.21. Full Listing of the LockImage Class
• Chapter 11. Printing
• Introduction
• Recipe 11.1. Enumerating Printers
• Recipe 11.2. Sending
• Recipe 11.3. Get Details About the Default Printer
• Recipe 11.4. Creating a Print Preview
• Recipe 11.5. Prompting for Printed Page Settings
• Recipe 11.6. Drawing Text and Graphics to a Printer
• Recipe 11.7. Determining the Print Destination
• Recipe 11.8. Creating Graph Paper
• Chapter 12. Files and File Systems
• Introduction
• Recipe 12.1. Enumerating Drives
• Recipe 12.2. Determining if a Directory Exists
• Recipe 12.3. Creating a New Directory
• Recipe 12.4. Copying Directories
• Recipe 12.5. Moving Directories
• Recipe 12.6. Renaming Directories
• Recipe 12.7. Parsing File and Directory Paths
• Recipe 12.8. Searching Iteratively Through Directories and Subdirectories
• Recipe 12.9. Finding Directories and Files Using Wildcards
• Recipe 12.10. Determining If a File Exists
• Recipe 12.11. Getting and Setting File Attributes
• Recipe 12.12. Accessing Special User and Windows Directories
• Recipe 12.13. Determining the Space on a Drive
• Recipe 12.14. Browsing for a Directory
• Recipe 12.15. Getting File Information
• Recipe 12.16. Using File-Access Methods
• Recipe 12.17. Reading and Writing Files as Strings
• Recipe 12.18. Reading and Writing Binary Files
• Recipe 12.19. Copying or Moving a File
• Recipe 12.20. Sending a File to the Recycle Bin
• Recipe 12.21. Creating a Temporary File
• Recipe 12.22. Calculating a Checksum for a File
• Recipe 12.23. Comparing Two Files for Equality
• Recipe 12.24. Locking a File During Access
• Recipe 12.25. Reading from a File at a Specific Position
• Recipe 12.26. Reading and Writing Objects in a File
• Recipe 12.27. Creating a Comma-Separated-Values File
• Chapter 13. Databases
• Introduction
• Recipe 13.1. Connecting to a Data Provider
• Recipe 13.2. Issuing SQL Commands
• Recipe 13.3. Retrieving Results from a Database Query
• Recipe 13.4. Using SQL Parameters
• Recipe 13.5. Using Stored Procedures
• Recipe 13.6. Using Transactions
• Recipe 13.7. Storing the Results of a Query in Memory
• Recipe 13.8. Creating In-Memory Data Tables Manually
• Recipe 13.9. Writing In-Memory Data Tables to an XML File
• Recipe 13.10. Reading an XML File into In-Memory Data Tables
• Chapter 14. Special Programming Techniques
• Introduction
• Recipe 14.1. Preventing Multiple Instances of a Running Application
• Recipe 14.2. Creating a Simple User Control
• Recipe 14.3. Describing User Control Properties
• Recipe 14.4. Starting Other Applications by EXE, Document, or URL
• Recipe 14.5. Waiting for Applications to Finish
• Recipe 14.6. List All Running Processes
• Recipe 14.7. Terminating a Running Process
• Recipe 14.8. Pausing Execution of a Program
• Recipe 14.9. Control Applications by Simulating Keystrokes
• Recipe 14.10. Watching for File and Directory Changes
• Recipe 14.11. Creating an Icon in the System Tray
• Recipe 14.12. Accessing the Clipboard
• Recipe 14.13. Adding Tooltips to Controls
• Recipe 14.14. Dragging and Dropping Files to a ListBox
• Recipe 14.15. Dragging and Dropping Between ListBox Controls
• Recipe 14.16. Disposing of Objects Appropriately
• Recipe 14.17. Fine-Tuning Garbage Collection
• Recipe 14.18. Moving the (Mouse) Cursor
• Recipe 14.19. Intercepting All Key Presses on a Form
• Recipe 14.20. Accessing the Registry
• Recipe 14.21. Running Procedures in Threads
• Recipe 14.22. Reading XML into a TreeView
• Recipe 14.23. Creating an XML Document
• Recipe 14.24. Validating an XML Document
• Recipe 14.25. Using Generic Collections
• Recipe 14.26. Creating a Screensaver
• Recipe 14.27. Localizing the Controls on a Form
• Recipe 14.28. Adding Pop-up Help to Controls
• Recipe 14.29. Maintaining User-Specific Settings Between Uses of an Application
• Recipe 14.30. Verifying a Credit Card Number
• Recipe 14.31. Capturing a Console Application s Output
• Recipe 14.32. Reading an Assembly s Details
• Recipe 14.33. Performing Serial IO
• Recipe 14.34. Rebooting the System
• Chapter 15. Exceptions
• Introduction
• Recipe 15.1. Catching an Exception
• Recipe 15.2. Throwing an Exception
• Recipe 15.3. Catching Unhandled Exceptions
• Recipe 15.4. Displaying Exception Information
• Recipe 15.5. Creating New Exception Types
• Recipe 15.6. Ignoring Exceptions in a Block of Code
• Chapter 16. Cryptography and Compression
• Introduction
• Recipe 16.1. Generating a Hash
• Recipe 16.2. Encrypting and Decrypting a String
• Recipe 16.3. Encrypting and Decrypting a File
• Recipe 16.4. Prompting for a Username and Password
• Recipe 16.5. Handling Passwords Securely
• Recipe 16.6. Compressing and Decompressing a String
• Recipe 16.7. Compressing and Decompressing a File
• Recipe 16.8. Generating Cryptographically Secure Random Numbers
• Recipe 16.9. Complete Listing of the Crypto.vb Module
• Recipe 16.10. Complete Listing of the Compress.vb Module
• Chapter 17. Web Development
• Introduction
• Recipe 17.1. Displaying Web Pages on a Form
• Recipe 17.2. Accessing Content Within an HTML Document
• Recipe 17.3. Getting All Links from a Web Page
• Recipe 17.4. Get the Local Computer s IP Address
• Recipe 17.5. Resolving a Host Name or IP Address for Another Computer
• Recipe 17.6. Pinging an IP Address
• Recipe 17.7. Using FTP to Download Files
• Recipe 17.8. Calling a Web Service
• Recipe 17.9. Sending Email Using SMTP
• Recipe 17.10. Getting POP3 Emails
• Recipe 17.11. Sending a Message to Another Computer
• Recipe 17.12. Adding Hyperlinks to a (Desktop) Form
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