Microsoft Visual Basic 2010 Step by Step eBook

2 Writing Your First Program

Visual Basic Program Lucky Seven: Your First

Programming Steps

Creating the User Interface

Setting the Properties

The Picture Box Properties

Writing the Code

Procedure A Look at the Button1_Click

Running Visual Basic Applications

Sample Projects on Disk

Building an Executable File

Deploying Your Application

One Step Further: Adding to a Program

Chapter 2 Quick Reference

3 Working with Toolbox Controls

World Program The Basic Use of Controls: The Hello

Using the DateTimePicker Control
- The Birthday Program

Controls for Gathering Input
- Using Group Boxes and Radio Buttons
- Processing Input with List Boxes
- A Word About Terminology

One Step Further: Using the LinkLabel Control

4 Working with Menus, Toolbars, and Dialog Boxes

Adding Menus by Using the MenuStrip Control

Adding Access Keys to Menu Commands

Processing Menu Choices

Adding Toolbars with the ToolStrip Control

Using Dialog Box Controls

Dialog Boxes Event Procedures That Manage Common

One Step Further: Assigning Shortcut Keys to Menus

and the .NET Framework 5 Visual Basic Variables and Formulas,
- The Anatomy of a Visual Basic Program Statement
- Using Variables to Store Information
  - Setting Aside Space for Variables: The Dim Statement
  - Implicit Variable Declaration
- Using Variables in a Program
- Using a Variable to Store Input
- Using a Variable for Output
- Working with Specific Data Types
  - Constants: Variables That Don’t Change
- Working with Visual Basic Operators
  - Basic Math: The +, –, *, and / Operators
  - Using Advanced Operators: \, Mod, ^, and &
- Working with Math Methods in the .NET Framework
- One Step Further: Establishing Order of Precedence
  - Using Parentheses in a Formula
- Chapter 5 Quick Reference

6 Using Decision Structures

Event-Driven Programming

Using Conditional Expressions

If Then Decision Structures
- Decision Structure Testing Several Conditions in an If Then
- Using Logical Operators in Conditional Expressions
- Short-Circuiting by Using AndAlso and OrElse

Select Case Decision Structures
- Case Structure Using Comparison Operators with a Select

One Step Further: Detecting Mouse Events

7 Using Loops and Timers

Writing For Next Loops

Using a Counter Variable in a Multiline TextBox Control

Creating Complex For Next Loops
- Using a Counter That Has Greater Scope

Writing Do Loops x Table of Contents

Avoiding an Endless Loop

The Timer Control

Creating a Digital Clock by Using a Timer Control

Using a Timer Object to Set a Time Limit

One Step Further: Inserting Code Snippets

8 Debugging Visual Basic Programs

Finding and Correcting Errors

Three Types of Errors

Identifying Logic Errors

Debugging 101: Using Debugging Mode

Tracking Variables by Using a Watch Window

Visualizers: Debugging Tools That Display Data

Using the Immediate and Command Windows

Switching to the Command Window

One Step Further: Removing Breakpoints

9 Trapping Errors by Using Structured Error Handling

Processing Errors by Using the Try Catch Statement
- When to Use Error Handlers
- Setting the Trap: The Try Catch Code Block
- Path and Disc Drive Errors

Writing a Disc Drive Error Handler

Using the Finally Clause to Perform Cleanup Tasks

More Complex Try Catch Error Handlers
- The Exception Object
- Specifying a Retry Period
- Using Nested Try Catch Blocks

Programming Techniques Comparing Error Handlers with Defensive

One Step Further: The Exit Try Statement

10 Creating Modules and Procedures

Working with Modules
- Creating a Module

Working with Public Variables

Creating Procedures Table of Contents xi

Writing Function Procedures
- Function Syntax
- Calling a Function Procedure
- Using a Function to Perform a Calculation

Writing Sub Procedures
- Sub Procedure Syntax
- Calling a Sub Procedure
- Using a Sub Procedure to Manage Input

and by Reference One Step Further: Passing Arguments by Value

11 Using Arrays to Manage Numeric and String Data

Working with Arrays of Variables
- Creating an Array
- Declaring a Fixed-Size Array
- Setting Aside Memory
- Working with Array Elements
- Declaring an Array and Assigning It Initial Values
- Creating a Fixed-Size Array to Hold Temperatures
- Creating a Dynamic Array

Preserving Array Contents by Using ReDim Preserve
- Using ReDim for Three-Dimensional Arrays

by Using Methods in the Array Class One Step Further: Processing Large Arrays
- The Array Class

12 Working with Collections

Working with Object Collections
- Referencing Objects in a Collection
- Writing For Each Next Loops
- Experimenting with Objects in the Controls Collection
- Using the Name Property in a For Each Next Loop

Creating Your Own Collections
- Declaring New Collections

One Step Further: VBA Collections
- Entering the Word Macro

13 Exploring Text Files and String Processing xii Table of Contents

Reading Text Files
- The My Namespace
- The StreamReader Class
- Using the ReadAllText Method

Writing Text Files
- The WriteAllText Method
- The StreamWriter Class
- Using the WriteAllText Method

Processing Strings with the String Class

Sorting Text
- Working with ASCII Codes
- Sorting Strings in a Text Box
- Examining the Sort Text Program Code

Protecting Text with Basic Encryption

One Step Further: Using the Xor Operator
- Examining the Encryption Program Code

14 Managing Windows Forms and Controls at Run Time Part III Designing the User Interface

Adding New Forms to a Program

How Forms Are Used

Working with Multiple Forms
- Using the DialogResult Property in the Calling Form

Positioning Forms on the Windows Desktop
- Minimizing, Maximizing, and Restoring Windows

Adding Controls to a Form at Run Time

Organizing Controls on a Form

One Step Further: Specifying the Startup Object

15 Adding Graphics and Animation Effects

the System.Drawing Namespace Adding Artwork by Using
- Using a Form’s Coordinate System
- The System.Drawing.Graphics Class
- Using the Form’s Paint Event

Adding Animation to Your Programs Table of Contents xiii
- Moving Objects on the Form
- The Location Property
- Creating Animation by Using a Timer Object

Expanding and Shrinking Objects While a Program Is Running

One Step Further: Changing Form Transparency

16 Inheriting Forms and Creating Base Classes

Inheriting a Form by Using the Inheritance Picker

Creating Your Own Base Classes
- Adding a New Class to Your Project

One Step Further: Inheriting a Base Class

17 Working with Printers

Using the PrintDocument Class
- Printing Text from a Text Box Object

Printing Multipage Text Files

One Step Further: Adding Print Preview and Page Setup Dialog Boxes

18 Getting Started with ADO .NET Part IV Database and Web Programming

Database Programming with ADO .NET
- Database Terminology
- Working with an Access Database
- The Data Sources Window

Database Information Using Bound Controls to Display

and Filtering Data One Step Further: SQL Statements, LINQ,

19 Data Presentation Using the DataGridView Control

Using DataGridView to Display Database Records

Formatting DataGridView Cells

Adding a Second Data Grid View Object

One Step Further: Updating the Original Database

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