Programming Visual Basic 2008 / Tim Patrick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Patrick, Tim, 1966-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Microsoft Visual BASIC.

Internet programming.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (782 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Visual Basic 2008

Place of Publication:

Sebastopol, California : O'Reilly, 2008.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Ever since Visual Basic was merged into .NET, it's become the core language for creating business applications with Windows. The latest version, VB 2008, is even more useful -- and provides even more incentive for migrating from VB 6. All it lacks is a good book on how to harness its power. Programming Visual Basic 2008 fills the void. Written in a lively and engaging style by a developer who's grown up with Visual Basic, including both VB 6 and VB .NET, this hands-on guide addresses the core topics of the new VB, from basic to complex, with plenty of code examples.

Contents:

Table of Contents; Preface; Who Is Reading This Book?; What's in This Book?; What's in the Software Download?; Conventions Used in This Book; Using Code Examples; How to Contact Us; Safari® Books Online; Acknowledgments; Introducing .NET; Before .NET; Back to Introducing .NET; The .NET Object; Objects and Data; Objects and Interfaces; Objects and Instances; The Parts of the .NET Framework; The Common Language Runtime; The Common Language Specification; The Common Type System; .NET Class Libraries; Assemblies and Manifests; Metadata and Attributes; Versioning; From Source Code to EXE

What About Visual Studio and Visual Basic?Visual Studio 2008; Summary; Project; Introducing Visual Basic; The History of the Visual Basic Revolution; Visual Basic from the Inside Out; The Basics of Logic and Data; Data Types and Variables; Literals; Variables; Value Types and Reference Types; Data Types; Advanced Declaration; Constants; Local Declaration and Fields; Intermission; Comments; Option Statements; Basic Operators; Using Functions and Subroutines; Conditions; If Statements; Select Case Statements; IIf and If Functions; Loops; For...Next Loops; For Each...Next Loops; Do...Loop Loops

Exit StatementsContinue Statements; Creating Your Own Procedures; Subroutines; Functions; Properties; Where to Put Your Procedures; Other Flow Control Features; The GoTo Statement; The Return Statement; The End and Stop Statements; Events and Event Handlers; Namespaces; Referencing Namespaces; Namespaces in Your Project; The My Namespace; Summary; Project; Introducing the Project; The Library Project; Library Item Features; Patron Features; Administrative Features; The Application As a Whole; The Needs of the Users; Data and Information; Process; Usability; Commonality; Project-Specific Needs

The Life of a ProjectProject Kickoff; Documentation; Project Goals; Design and Planning; Project Approval; Software and Other Development; Changes to the Project; Acceptance Criteria Testing; Project Acceptance; Deployment and Distribution; Ongoing Support; Summary; Project; Project Agreement; Project Objective; Deliverables and Acceptance Criteria; Project Tasks; Library Item Features; Patron Features; Administrative Features; The Application As a Whole; Project Estimate and Timetable; Designing the Database; Relational Databases; SQL Server 2005; SQL; DDL Statements; DML Statements

Beyond Basic SQLUsing Databases in Visual Basic; Documenting the Database; Summary; Project; Technical Resource Kit Content; Security-related tables; Support code tables; Library items; Patron-related tables; Bar code-related tables; Other miscellaneous tables; Creating the Database; .NET Assemblies; What Is an Assembly?; What's Inside an Assembly?; Reflection; Assemblies and Applications; The My Namespace and Assemblies; Directives and Assemblies; Summary; Project; Adding Controls; Adding the Code to the Form; Setting the Version Number; Adding the Main Form; Extra Credit: Adding an Icon

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Notes:

"Building .NET 3.5 applications with Microsoft's popular RAD Tool for business"--Cover.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780596555184

0596555180

9781306814829

1306814820

9780596153854

0596153856

OCLC:

297575578