Microsfot Visual Basic .NET 2003 20 21 days - Sams teach yourself

Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Visual Basic .NET 2003 in 21 Days provides the grand tour of the software, making Visual Basic accessible and easy-to-use.

Steve Holzner, the author, helps you master the topic by seeing Visual Basic in action from the basics to deploying finished Window and Web applications with a working example for every topic in the book. From cover to cover, this book is pure Visual Basic .NET everything you need to know about the Visual Basic language and visual tools.

Contents

• Introduction

• Visual Basic .NET Essentials
  • Day 1. Getting Started with Visual Basic .NET!
  • Day 2. Mastering the Visual Basic Language: Data, Operators, Conditionals, and Loops.
  • Day 3. Mastering the Visual Basic Language: Procedures, Error Handling, Classes, and Objects

• Creating windows applications in Visual Basic .NET
  • Day 4. Creating Windows Forms
  • Day 5. Windows Forms: Working with Text Boxes, Buttons, Labels, Check Boxes, and Radio Buttons
  • Day 6. Windows Forms: Working with List Boxes, Combo Boxes, Picture Boxes, Scrollbars, Splitters, Tool Tips, and Timers
  • Day 7. Windows Forms: Working with Menus, Built-in Dialogs, and Printing
  • Day 8. Windows Forms: Working with Image Lists, Tree Views, List Views, Toolbars, Status Bars, and Progress Bars

• In-depth programming with Visual Basic .NET
  • Day 9. Object-Oriented Programming
  • Day 10. Graphics and File Handling

• Creating web applications in Visual Basic .NET
  • Day 11. Creating Web Forms with ASP.NET
  • Day 12. Web Forms: Working with Buttons, Text Boxes, Labels, Literals, and Placeholders
  • Day 13. Web Forms: Working with Check Boxes, Radio Buttons, Tables, and Panels
  • Day 14. Web Forms: Working with Images, Image Buttons, List Boxes, Drop-Down Lists, Hyperlinks, and Link Buttons
  • Day 15. Web Forms: Working with Validation Controls, Calendars, and Ad Rotators

• Working with databases in Visual Basic .NET
  • Day 16. Handling Databases with ADO.NET
  • Day 17. Binding Visual Basic Controls to Databases
  • Day 18. Handling Databases in Code
  • Day 19. Using Databases in Web Applications

• Advanced topics
  • Day 20. Creating User Controls, Web User Controls, and Multithreading
  • Day 21. Creating Windows Services, Web Services, and Deploying Applications

• Index