The new edition of the ultimate comprehensive guide to Microsoft Visual Basic Where most VB books start with beginner level topics, Mastering Visual Basic 2010 vaults you right into intermediate and advanced coverage. From the core of the language and user interface design to developing data-driven applications, this detailed book brings you thoroughly up to speed and features numerous example programs you can use to start building your own apps right away. Covers Visual Basic 2010, part of Microsoft's Visual Studio integrated development environment (IDE), which includes C#, C++, Visual Web Developer, and ASP.NET, along with Visual Basic Explains topics in the thorough, step-by-step style of all books in the Mastering series, providing you ample instruction, tips, and techniques Helps you build your own applications by supplying sample code you can use to start development Includes review exercises in each chapter to reinforce concepts as you learn All the books in the Sybex Mastering series feature comprehensive and expert coverage of topics you can put to immediate use. Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

Your hands-on, step-by-step guide to learning Visual Basic 2010. Teach yourself the essential tools and techniques for Visual Basic 2010-one step at a time. No matter what your skill level, you'll find the practical guidance and examples you need to start building professional applications for Windows and the Web. Discover how to: Work in the Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Integrated Development Environment (IDE) Master essential techniques-from managing data and variables to using inheritance and dialog boxes Create professional-looking Uis; add visual effects and print support Build compelling Web features with the Visual Web Developer tool Use Microsoft ADO.NET and advanced data presentation controls Debug your programs and handle run-time errors Use new features, such as Query Builder, and Microsoft .NET Framework For customers who purchase an ebook version of this title, instructions for downloading the CD files can be found in the ebook.

This book will help you acquire solid knowledge and many practical hands-on programming skills. It is intended for beginners. The selection of topics is designed to help you learn the fundamentals of Visual Basic .NET programming and Visual Studio .NET development tools. Each chapter in this book is accompanied by a relevant lab project that will allow you consolidate your knowledge and practice your new skills.

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VB developers will find pragmatic guidance and advice on design and programming standards in a practical, easy-to-read format. In addition to delineating standardized techniques, Foxhall also suggests guidelines for application, helping individual developers or teams optimize time and resources. CD included.

Here's a fast way for any programmer to begin writing professional Microsoftr Windowsr-based applications for the Microsoft .NET platform-and extend them to the Web-one step at a time. Best-selling author Michael Halvorson shows how to unleash the power of the new, Web-integrated version of Visual Basic, with coverage of object-oriented design strategies and the creation of Web Forms and Web Services. Microsoft Visual Basic .NET Step by Step includes optimisation tips, advice, and samples; and delivers lessons in a proven, modular format for quick, self-paced, learning, with source code and the entire book on CD-ROM for supplemental reference and study

Accelerate your productivity with Visual Basic® .NET—and quickly create powerful Win32® applications and high-performance, scalable applications for the Web—with this indispensable tutorial and reference. Building on the success of the author's popular programming book for Visual Basic 6.0, this new book teaches you the best practices for porting and reusing existing Visual Basic code in the .NET Framework as well as for exploiting the language's advanced new object-oriented capabilities. It covers the common language runtime (CLR), multithreaded programs, Windows® Forms applications, GDI+ graphic programming, Windows services, ADO.NET classes for database programs, ASP.NET Web Forms, and Web Services. It includes advanced optimization techniques and tips for leveraging the power of the Microsoft® Visual Studio® .NET environment. Topics covered include: Getting started with Visual Basic .NET Modules, variables, and error handling Object-oriented features, including inheritance Delegates and attributes Arrays, lists, and collections Files, directories, and streams Object serialization Regular expressions Threading Assemblies and AppDomains Reflection Windows Forms applications and GDI+ Windows Forms custom control creation Windows services ADO.NET XML ASP.NET Web Forms applications User controls and custom controls XML Web services CD+DVD INSIDE! CD-ROM features: A fully searchable electronic copy of PROGRAMMING MICROSOFT VISUAL BASIC 6.0 Sample applications written in Visual Basic .NET A Note Regarding the CD or DVD The print version of this book ships with a CD or DVD. For those customers purchasing one of the digital formats in which this book is available, we are pleased to offer the CD/DVD content as a free download via O'Reilly Media's Digital Distribution services. To download this content, please visit O'Reilly's web site, search for the title of this book to find its catalog page, and click on the link below the cover image (Examples, Companion Content, or Practice Files). Note that while we provide as much of the media content as we are able via free download, we are sometimes limited by licensing restrictions. Please direct any questions or concerns to [email protected].

Programming with Microsoft Visual Basic. NET: An Object-Oriented Approach provides the user with the tools to create Visual Basic applications that conform to well-adopted Windows standards. The revised edition of Micheal EkedahlAEs very successful first book, this new text utilizes the new development suite, Visual Studio .NET. A huge departure from version 6.0, VB .NET has lost some simplicity in favor of providing a robust, full-featured, truly object-oriented programming environment. The new .NET framework relies on a set of well-defined classes exposed to all of MicrosoftAEs language platforms. This title will prepare individuals to become next generation Visual Basic programmers."