Visual Basic 2005 with .NET 3.0 Programmer's Reference
Visual Basic 2005 with .NET 3.0 Programmer's Reference
ISBN: 470137053
EAN: N/A
EAN: N/A
Year: 2007
Pages: 417
Pages: 417
- Table of Contents
- Back Cover
- Visual Basic 2005 with .NET 3.0 Programmers Reference
- Credits
- Introduction
- Should You Use Visual Basic .NET?
- Introducing .NET Framework 3.0
- Who Should Read This Book
- How This Book Is Organized
- How to Use This Book
- Necessary Equipment
- Conventions
- The Books Web Site
- Errata
- p2p.wrox.com
- Part I: Getting Started
- Chapter 1: IDE
- Projects and Solutions
- IDE Overview
- Menus
- Toolbars
- Secondary Windows
- Toolbox
- The Visual Basic Code Editor
- Summary
- Chapter 2: Controls in General
- Controls and Components
- Creating Controls
- Properties
- Methods
- Events
- Summary
- Chapter 3: Program and Module Structure
- Code File Structure
- Typographic Code Elements
- Summary
- Chapter 4: Data Types, Variables, and Constants
- Data Types
- Type Characters
- Data Type Conversion
- Variable Declarations
- Option Explicit and Option Strict
- Scope
- Parameter Declarations
- Property Procedures
- Enumerated Data Types
- Constants
- Delegates
- Naming Conventions
- Summary
- Chapter 5: Operators
- Concatenation Operators
- Comparison Operators
- Logical Operators
- Bitwise Operators
- Operator Precedence
- Assignment Operators
- The StringBuilder Class
- Date and TimeSpan Operations
- Operator Overloading
- Summary
- Chapter 6: Subroutines and Functions
- Functions
- Property Procedures
- Summary
- Chapter 7: Program Control Statements
- Looping Statements
- Summary
- Chapter 8: Error Handling
- Structured Error Handling
- Visual Basic Classic Error Handling
- Structured versus Classic Error Handling
- The Err Object
- Debugging
- Summary
- Chapter 9: Introduction to Windows Forms Controls
- Choosing Controls
- Third-Party Controls
- Summary
- Chapter 10: Forms
- Transparency
- About, Splash, and Login Forms
- Mouse Cursors
- Icons
- Properties Adopted by Child Controls
- Property Reset Methods
- Overriding WndProc
- SDI and MDI
- MRU Lists
- Dialog Boxes
- Wizards
- Summary
- Chapter 11: Database Controls and Objects
- 64-bit Issues
- Automatically Connecting to Data
- Automatically Created Objects
- Other Data Objects
- Data Overview
- Connection Objects
- Transaction Objects
- Data Adapters
- Command Objects
- DataView
- DataRowView
- Simple Data Binding
- CurrencyManager
- Complex Data Binding
- Summary
- Chapter 12: Custom Controls
- Custom Controls in General
- Derived Controls
- Composite Controls
- Controls Built from Scratch
- Components
- Invisible Controls
- Picking a Control Class
- Controls and Components in Executable Projects
- Custom Component Security
- Summary
- Chapter 13: Drag and Drop, and the Clipboard
- Drag-and-Drop Events
- Using the Clipboard
- Summary
- Chapter 14: UAC Security
- Designing for UAC
- Elevating Programs
- Summary
- Part II: Object-Oriented Programming
- Chapter 15: OOP Concepts
- Encapsulation
- Inheritance
- Polymorphism
- Overloading
- Summary
- Chapter 16: Classes and Structures
- Structures
- Heap and Stack Performance
- Class Instantiation Details
- Structure Instantiation Details
- Events
- Summary
- Chapter 17: Namespaces
- The Imports Statement
- The Root Namespace
- Making Namespaces
- Classes, Structures, and Modules
- Resolving Namespaces
- Summary
- Chapter 18: Collection Classes
- Arrays
- Collections
- Dictionaries
- CollectionsUtil
- Stacks and Queues
- Generics
- Summary
- Chapter 19: Generics
- Defining Generics
- Using Generics
- Predefined Generic Classes
- Summary
- Part III: Graphics
- Chapter 20: Drawing Basics
- Drawing Namespaces
- Graphics
- Drawing Events
- Summary
- Chapter 21: Brushes, Pens, and Paths
- Pen
- Brush
- GraphicsPath Objects
- Garbage-Collection Issues
- Summary
- Chapter 22: Text
- Drawing Text
- Text Formatting
- MeasureString
- Font Metrics
- Summary
- Chapter 23: Image Processing
- Bitmap
- Metafile Objects
- Summary
- Chapter 24: Printing
- Basic Printing
- Printing Text
- Centering Printouts
- Fitting Pictures to the Page
- Simplifying Drawing and Printing
- Summary
- Chapter 25: Reporting
- Report Objects
- Building a Report
- CrystalReportViewer
- Customizing a Report
- External Reports
- ReportDocument
- Summary
- Chapter 26: Windows Presentation Foundation
- Beta Warning
- WPF Concepts
- WPF in the IDE
- XAML Features
- Procedural WPF
- Documents
- Summary
- Part IV: Interacting with the Environment
- Chapter 27: Configuration and Resources
- My
- Environment
- Registry
- Configuration Files
- Resource Files
- Application
- Summary
- Chapter 28: Streams
- Stream
- FileStream
- MemoryStream
- BufferedStream
- BinaryReader and BinaryWriter
- TextReader and TextWriter
- StringReader and StringWriter
- StreamReader and StreamWriter
- OpenText, CreateText, and AppendText
- Custom Stream Classes
- Summary
- Chapter 29: File-System Objects
- Visual Basic Methods
- .NET Framework Classes
- My.Computer.FileSystem
- My.Computer.FileSystem.SpecialDirectories
- Summary
- Chapter 30: Windows Workflow Foundation
- WF Features
- WF Activities
- A Sequential Example
- Workflow Code
- Summary
- Chapter 31: Windows Communication Foundation
- WCF Concepts
- WCF Example
- Summary
- Chapter 32: Useful Namespaces
- High-Level Namespaces
- Advanced Examples
- Summary
- Part V: Appendixes
- Appendix A : Useful Control Properties, Methods, and Events
- Methods
- Events
- Event Sequences
- Appendix B : Variable Declarations and Data Types
- Using
- Enumerated Type Declarations
- Option Explicit and Option Strict
- Data Types
- Data Type Characters
- Literal Type Characters
- Data Type Conversion Functions
- Appendix C : Operators
- Concatenation Operators
- Comparison Operators
- Logical Operators
- Bitwise Operators
- Operator Precedence
- Assignment Operators
- Date and TimeSpan Operators
- Operator Overloading
- Appendix D : Subroutine and Function Declarations
- Functions
- Property Procedures
- Appendix E : Control Statements
- Looping Statements
- Appendix F : Error Handling
- Throwing Exceptions
- Custom Exceptions
- Useful Exception Classes
- Classic Error Handling
- Appendix G : Standard Controls and Components
- Components Purposes
- Pointer
- BackgroundWorker
- BindingNavigator
- BindingSource
- Button
- CheckBox
- CheckedListBox
- ColorDialog
- ComboBox
- ContextMenuStrip
- DataGridView
- DataSet
- DateTimePicker
- DirectoryEntry
- DirectorySearcher
- DomainUpDown
- ErrorProvider
- EventLog
- FileSystemWatcher
- FlowLayoutPanel
- FolderBrowserDialog
- FontDialog
- GroupBox
- HelpProvider
- HScrollBar
- ImageList
- Label
- LinkLabel
- ListBox
- ListView
- MaskedTextBox
- MenuStrip
- MessageQueue
- MonthCalendar
- NotifyIcon
- NumericUpDown
- PageSetupDialog
- Panel
- PerformanceCounter
- PictureBox
- PrintDialog
- PrintDocument
- PrintPreviewControl
- PrintPreviewDialog
- Process
- ProgressBar
- PropertyGrid
- RadioButton
- ReportViewer
- RichTextBox
- SaveFileDialog
- SerialPort
- ServiceController
- SplitContainer
- Splitter
- StatusStrip
- TabControl
- TableLayoutPanel
- TextBox
- Timer
- ToolStrip
- ToolStripContainer
- ToolTip
- TrackBar
- TreeView
- VScrollBar
- WebBrowser
- Appendix H : WPF Controls
- Appendix I : Visual Basic Power Packs
- GotDotNet Power Packs
- Appendix J : Form Objects
- Methods
- Events
- Property-Changed Events
- Appendix K : Classes and Structures
- Structures
- Constructors
- Events
- Appendix L : Generics
- Appendix M : Graphics
- Drawing Classes
- Appendix N : Useful Exception Classes
- Custom Exception Classes
- Appendix O : Date and Time Format Specifiers
- Custom Format Specifiers
- Appendix P : Other Format Specifiers
- Custom Numeric Format Specifiers
- Numeric Formatting Sections
- Composite Formatting
- Enumerated Type Formatting
- Appendix Q : The Application Class
- Methods
- Events
- Appendix R : The My Namespace
- My.Computer
- My.Forms
- My.Resources
- My.User
- Appendix S : Streams
- Stream
- BinaryReader and BinaryWriter
- TextReader and TextWriter
- StringReader and StringWriter
- StreamReader and StreamWriter
- Console Streams
- Text File Stream Methods
- Appendix T : File-System Classes
- Framework Classes
- My.Computer.FileSystem
- My.Computer.FileSystem.SpecialDirectories
- Index
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- X
- Z
- List of Figures
Visual Basic 2005 with .NET 3.0 Programmer's Reference
ISBN: 470137053
EAN: N/A
EAN: N/A
Year: 2007
Pages: 417
Pages: 417