Visual Basic 2005 jumpstart / Wei-Meng Lee ; [foreword by Jay Roxe].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lee, Wei-Meng.

Contributor:

Roxe, Jay.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Microsoft Visual BASIC--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Microsoft Visual BASIC.

BASIC (Computer program language)--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

BASIC (Computer program language).

Microsoft .NET Framework--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Microsoft .NET Framework.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Sebastopol, California : O'Reilly, 2005.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Okay, all you VB6 developers--time's up. As of March 2005, Microsoft no longer supports this version of Visual Basic. And you can't blame them. Three years ago, they introduced the .NET Framework--an elegant, powerful platform--along with the new component-based VB.NET language. But roughly five million of you decided to stick with VB6, mostly to maintain legacy Windows and COM projects. Now, with the upcoming release of VB 2005, Microsoft has several attractive reasons to upgrade that you'll find hard to resist, including the return of some VB6 features. And we have the perfect

Contents:

Visual Basic 2005 Jumpstart; About the Author; Foreword; Preface; What You Need to Use This Book; Conventions Used in This Book; Using Code Examples; Safari Enabled; I&d Like to Hear from You; Comments and Questions; Acknowledgments; 1. Introducing Visual Basic 2005; 1.2. Add a Menu and Toolbar; 1.3. Connect to a Database and Browse Records; 1.4. Create an Exit Dialog Box; 1.5. Handle Exit and Close Events; 1.6. Run and Debug the Application; 1.7. Inspect an Object at Runtime; 1.8. Add an About Box; 1.9. Configure the Application; 1.10. Summary; 2. Programming with Visual Basic

2.2. Variables2.3. Constants; 2.3.2. Enumerations; 2.4. Strings; 2.5. Arrays; 2.6. Type Conversion; 2.7. Operators; 2.8. Statements; 2.8.1.2. Select...Case; 2.8.2. Looping (Iteration) Statements; 2.9. Functions and Subroutines; 2.9.2. Subroutine; 2.9.3. Passing Arguments; 2.9.3.2. Passing by reference; 2.9.3.3. Optional parameters; 2.10. Error Handling; 2.10.2. Throwing Exceptions; 2.11. My Namespace; 2.12. Summary; 3. Putting Object-Oriented Programming to Work; 3.1.2. Creating Objects; 3.1.3. Comparing Objects; 3.2. Reusing and Customizing Classes; 3.2.2. Customizing a Method

3.2.3. Adding Alternate Versions of a Method to a Class3.2.4. Adding a New Method; 3.2.5. Customizing Initialization; 3.2.6. Adding Properties; 3.2.7. Weakly Typed Versus Strongly Typed Variables; 3.2.8. Using a Generic Class; 3.2.9. Splitting Up the Physical Implementation of a Class; 3.3. Designing Your Own Classes; 3.3.2. Controlling Access to Class Members; 3.3.3. Aggregating Data Types Using a Structure; 3.4. Controlling How Classes Are Implemented; 3.4.2. Specifying Implementation Details with Abstract Classes and Methods; 3.4.3. Creating Contracts with Implementers Using Interfaces

3.4.4. Controlling the Destruction of Objects3.4.5. Tagging Objects with Attributes; 3.5. Summary; 4. Developing a Windows Application; 4.1.2. Binding Library Data to the Form; 4.1.3. Adding a Web Reference to Amazon.com; 4.1.4. Accessing the Amazon.com Web Services; 4.1.5. Displaying Book Information and Covers; 4.1.6. Saving Book Information; 4.1.7. Testing the Application; 4.2. Viewing Book Information Offline; 4.2.2. Binding Library Data to the Books Catalog Form; 4.2.3. Testing the Application; 4.3. Deploying the Application; 4.4. Automatic Updating; 4.4.2. Republishing the Application

4.5. Summary5. Building Web Applications; 5.1.2. Building the Storefront Using a Content Page; 5.2. Creating a Shopping Cart; 5.3. Members Area; 5.3.2. Creating a Login Page; 5.3.3. Restrict Unauthorized Access to Pages; 5.3.4. Checking Out from the Store; 5.4. Testing the Application; 5.5. Summary; 6. Moving from VB 6 to VB 2005; 6.1.1.2. Reuse; 6.1.1.3. Rewrite; 6.1.1.4. Replace; 6.2. Using COM Objects in VB 2005; 6.3. Upgrading VB 6 Applications; 6.3.2. Using the Upgrade Wizard; 6.4. Summary; Colophon

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781306815581

1306815584

9780596154455

0596154453

9780596553340

059655334X

OCLC:

609841243