Visual Basic 2005 : a developer's notebook / Matthew MacDonald.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

MacDonald, Matthew.

Series:

Developer's notebook series

Developer's notebook series Visual Basic 2005

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Microsoft Visual BASIC--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Microsoft Visual BASIC.

BASIC (Computer program language).

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

Microsoft .NET Framework.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (392 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Sebastopol, California : O'Reilly, 2005.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

When Microsoft introduced the Visual Basic .NET programming language, as part of its move to the .NET Framework two years ago, many developers willingly made the switch. Millions of others, however, continued to stick with Visual Basic 6. They weren't ready for such a radical change, which included an object-oriented environment similar to Java. They liked the old Visual Basic just fine. In an effort to win over those diehard VB6 developers, the company has included a new version of VB.NET in its upcoming next generation release of the Visual Studio .NET development platform. V

Contents:

Visual Basic 2005: A Developer&s Notebook; Notebooks Aren&t...; Organization; Preface; What You Need to Use This Book; About This Book; Conventions Used in This Book; Using Code Examples; Safari® Enabled; How to Contact Us; Acknowledgments; 1. Visual Studio; 1.2. Code, Debug, and Continue Without Restarting Your Application; 1.2.2. What about...; 1.3. Look Inside an Object While Debugging; 1.3.2. What about...; 1.3.3. Where can I learn more?; 1.4. Diagnose and Correct Errorson the Fly; 1.4.2. What about...; 1.4.3. Where can I learn more?; 1.5. Rename All Instances of Any Program Element

1.5.2. What about...1.6. Use IntelliSense Filteringand AutoCorrect; 1.6.2. What about...; 1.7. Edit Control Properties in Place; 1.7.2. What about...; 1.8. Call Methods at Design Time; 1.8.2. Where can I learn more?; 1.9. Insert Boilerplate CodeUsing Snippets; 1.9.2. What about...; 1.9.3. Where can I learn more?; 1.10. Create XML Documentation for Your Code; 1.10.2. What about...; 1.10.3. Where can I learn more?; 2. The Visual Basic Language; 2.1.2. Where can I learn more?; 2.2. Get Application Information; 2.2.2. What about...; 2.3. Use Strongly Typed Resources; 2.3.2. What about...

2.4. Use Strongly Typed Configuration Settings2.4.2. What about...; 2.5. Build Typesafe Generic Classes; 2.5.2. What about...; 2.6. Make Simple Data Types Nullable; 2.6.2. What about...; 2.6.3. Where can I learn more?; 2.7. Use Operators with Custom Objects; 2.7.2. What about...; 2.7.3. Where can I learn more?; 2.8. Split a Class into Multiple Files; 2.8.2. What about...; 2.8.3. Where can I learn more?; 2.9. Extend the My Namespace; 2.9.2. What about...; 2.10. Skip to the Next Iteration of a Loop; 2.10.2. What about...; 2.10.3. Where can I learn more?; 2.11. Dispose of Objects Automatically

2.11.2. What about...2.11.3. Where can I learn more?; 2.12. Safeguard Properties with Split Accessibility; 2.12.2. What about...; 2.13. Evaluate Conditions Separately with Short-Circuit Logic; 2.13.2. What about...; 3. Windows Applications; 3.1.2. What about...; 3.1.3. Where can I learn more?; 3.2. Add Any Control to a ToolStrip; 3.2.2. What about...; 3.2.3. Where can I learn more?; 3.3. Add Icons to Your Menu; 3.3.2. What about...; 3.4. Put the Web in a Window; 3.4.2. What about...; 3.4.3. Where can I learn more?; 3.5. Validate Input While the User Types; 3.5.2. What about...

3.6. Create Text Boxes thatAuto-Complete3.6.2. What about...; 3.7. Play a Windows System Sound; 3.7.2. What about...; 3.8. Play Simple WAV Audio; 3.8.2. What about...; 3.9. Create a Windows Explorer-like Split Window; 3.9.2. What about...; 3.9.3. Where can I learn more?; 3.10. Take Control of Window Layout; 3.10.2. What about...; 3.10.3. Where can I learn more?; 3.11. Control When Your Application Shuts Down; 3.11.2. What about...; 3.11.3. Where can I learn more?; 3.12. Prevent Your Application from Starting Twice; 3.12.2. What about...; 3.12.3. Where can I learn more?

3.13. Communicate Between Forms

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780596523381

0596523386

9780596552855

0596552858

OCLC:

609841296

Publisher Number:

0596007264