Programming in Visual Basic 2008, 7th Edition

Title Page......Page 2
Copyright Page......Page 3
Preface......Page 4
About the Authors......Page 18
BRIEF CONTENTS 
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CONTENTS......Page 22
1: Introduction to Visual Basic 2008
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Writing Windows Applications with Visual Basic
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Programming Languages—Procedural, Event Driven, and Object Oriented......Page 32
The Object Model
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Microsoft’s Visual Studio
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The Three-Step  Process......Page 35
Visual Basic Application Files
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Default Environment Settings
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The New Project Dialog
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The IDE Main Window
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The Document Window
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Help
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Set Up Your Workspace
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Plan the Project
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Define the User Interface
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Set Properties
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Write Code
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Visual Basic Code Statements
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Code the Event Procedures for Hello World
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Run the Project
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Save Your  Work 
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Open the Project
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Modify the Project
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A Sample Printout
......Page 74
Syntax Errors
......Page 75
Logic Errors
......Page 78
Naming Rules and Conventions for Objects
......Page 79
Visual Studio Help
......Page 80
Viewing Help Topics
......Page 81
Managing Windows
......Page 84
Your Hands-On Programming Example
......Page 85
2: User Interface Design......Page 96
Introducing More Controls
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Text Boxes
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Masked Text Boxes
......Page 99
Displaying Text on Multiple Lines
......Page 100
Group Boxes
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Picture Boxes
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Using Smart Tags
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Drawing a Line
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Selecting Multiple Controls
......Page 107
Setting Properties for Multiple Controls
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Designing the User Interface
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Defining Keyboard Access Keys
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Setting the Tab Order for Controls
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Setting the Form’s Location on the Screen
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Creating ToolTips
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Resetting the Focus
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Setting Visibility at Run Time
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Setting Properties Based on User Actions
......Page 118
Using Radio Buttons for Selecting Colors
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Changing Multiple Properties of a Control
......Page 121
Downloading and Using the Line and Shape Controls
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Your Hands-On Programming Example
......Page 124
Good Programming Habits
......Page 129
3: Variables, Constants and Calculations......Page 138
Data—Variables and Constants
......Page 139
Data Types......Page 140
Naming Conventions
......Page 141
Constants: Named and Intrinsic
......Page 142
Declaring Variables
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Scope and Lifetime of Variables
......Page 146
Converting Strings to a Numeric Data Type
......Page 149
Arithmetic Operations
......Page 151
Order of Operations
......Page 152
Using Calculations in Code
......Page 153
Option Explicit and Option Strict
......Page 154
Converting between Numeric Data Types
......Page 156
Performing Calculations with Unlike Data Types
......Page 157
Rounding Numbers
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Using Format Specifier Codes
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Choosing the Controls for Program Output
......Page 161
Planning the Project
......Page 162
The Project Coding Solution
......Page 165
Handling Exceptions
......Page 166
Try/Catch Blocks
......Page 167
Displaying Messages in Message Boxes
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Using Overloaded Methods
......Page 170
Testing Multiple Fields
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Counting and Accumulating Sums
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Your Hands-On Programming Example
......Page 174
4: Decisions and Conditions......Page 188
If Statements
......Page 189
The Helpful Editor
......Page 191
Comparing Numeric Variables and Constants
......Page 192
Comparing Strings
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Comparing Uppercase and Lowercase Characters
......Page 195
Compound Boolean Expressions
......Page 196
Nested If Statements
......Page 198
Using If Statements with Radio Buttonsand Check Boxes
......Page 201
Checking the State of a Radio Button Group
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Displaying the Message String
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Displaying Multiple Buttons
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Checking for a Required Field
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Performing Multiple Validations
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The Case Structure
......Page 210
Sharing an Event Procedure
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Calling Event Procedures
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Your Hands-On Programming Example
......Page 216
Debugging Visual Basic Projects
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Writing Debug Output
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Forcing a Break
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Stepping through Code
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The Autos Window
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Debugging Step-by-Step Tutorial
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5: Menus,Common Dialog Boxes, Sub Procedures, and Function Procedures......Page 242
Defining Menus
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Creating a Menu—Step-by-Step
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Coding for Menu Items
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Standards for Windows Menus
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Displaying a Windows Common Dialog Box
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Using the Information from the Dialog Box
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Creating Context Menus
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Creating a Context Menu—Step-by-Step
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Sharing Procedures
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Creating a New Sub Procedure
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Passing Arguments to Procedures
......Page 259
Writing Function Procedures
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Functions with Multiple Parameters
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Breaking Calculations into Smaller Units
......Page 264
Basing a New Project on an Existing Project
......Page 266
Your Hands-On Programming Example
......Page 267
6: Multiform Projects......Page 282
Creating New Forms
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Adding and Removing Forms
......Page 285
Setting Assembly Information
......Page 286
Using the Splash Screen Template
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Making the Splash Form Display First
......Page 290
Showing a Form
......Page 291
Hiding or Closing a Form
......Page 292
Writing Event Procedures for Selected Events
......Page 293
Scope
......Page 296
Lifetime
......Page 297
Namespaces
......Page 298
Guidelines for Declaring Variables and Constants
......Page 299
Running Your Program Outside the IDE
......Page 300
Your Hands-On Programming Example
......Page 301
7: Lists, Loops, and Printing......Page 316
List Boxes and Combo Boxes
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Filling a List
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Referencing the Items Collection
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Removing an Item from a List
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Clearing a List
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List Box and Combo Box Events
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Do/Loops
......Page 325
Using a Do/Loop with a List Box
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For/Next Loops
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Altering the Values of the Loop Control Variables
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Exiting Loops
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Skipping to the Next Iteration of a Loop
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Selecting the Entry in a Text Box
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Sending Information to the Printer
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The PrintDocument Component
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Getting Started with Printing—Step-by-Step
......Page 337
Aligning Decimal Columns
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Displaying a Print Preview
......Page 340
Adding a PrintPreview Dialog to thePrint Project—Step-by-Step
......Page 341
Printing Multiple Pages
......Page 342
Your Hands-On Programming Example
......Page 343
8: Arrays......Page 358
Subscripts
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Valid Subscripts
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For Each/Next Statements
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Structures
......Page 362
Including an Array in a Structure
......Page 363
Adding to the Correct Total
......Page 364
Table Lookup
......Page 366
Using List Boxes with Arrays
......Page 369
Multidimensional Arrays
......Page 370
Printing a Two-Dimensional Table
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Summing a Two-Dimensional Table
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Lookup Operation for Two-Dimensional Tables
......Page 374
Your Hands-On Programming Example
......Page 376
9: Web Applications......Page 390
Client/Server Web Applications......Page 391
IIS Web Sites
......Page 393
Web Page Files
......Page 394
Web Forms in the Visual Studio IDE
......Page 395
Creating Your First Web Form—Step-by-Step
......Page 396
Controls
......Page 398
Event Handling
......Page 399
Debugging
......Page 400
Testing in Other Browsers
......Page 401
Using Tables for Layout
......Page 402
Absolute Positioning
......Page 404
Including Images on Web Pages
......Page 405
Cascading Style Sheets
......Page 407
Adding a Second Web Page
......Page 412
Using the Validator Controls
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Retaining the Contents of Controls
......Page 415
Retaining the Values of Variables
......Page 416
AJAX
......Page 417
Managing Web Projects
......Page 418
Your Hands-On Programming Example
......Page 419
10: Database Applications......Page 430
Database Terminology
......Page 431
XML Data
......Page 432
Using ADO.NET and Visual Basic
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Data Access in Visual Studio
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Datasets
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A Windows Database Application—Step-by-Step
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The Database Schema File
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The Data Sources Window
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Database Details Program—Step-by-Step
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Converting to Combo Box Selection—Step-by-Step
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Selecting Fields from the Table
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Choosing the Control Type for Fields
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Selecting Records Using Web Forms
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Creating the Web Selection Application—Step-by-Step
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Creating a LINQ Project—Step-by-Step
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A FileSystem LINQ Example
......Page 461
Your Hands-On Programming Example
......Page 463
11: Data Files......Page 468
Simple VB File I/O
......Page 469
Writing and Reading Delimited Files
......Page 470
Writing Data in a File Using a StreamWriter
......Page 476
Reading Data from a File Using a StreamReader
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OpenFileDialog Component Properties
......Page 481
Displaying the Open File Dialog Box
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The Open and Write File Program
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Saving the Contents of a List Box
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Checking for Existence of the File
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Saving the File
......Page 487
The FormClosing Event Procedure
......Page 488
Your Hands-On Programming Example
......Page 489
12: OOP: Creating Object-Oriented Programs......Page 498
Objects
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Object-Oriented Terminology
......Page 500
Multitier Applications
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Designing Your Own Class
......Page 503
Creating Properties in a Class
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Class Methods
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Constructors and Destructors
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Creating a New Class—Step-by-Step
......Page 507
Property Procedures with Mixed Access Levels
......Page 512
Creating a New Object Using a Class
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Defining and Using a New Object—Step-by-Step
......Page 514
Instance Variables versus Shared Variables
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Adding Shared Properties to the Step-by-Step Exercise
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Destructors
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Constructors in Inheritance
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Overriding Methods
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Creating a Derived Class Based on BookSale
......Page 522
Adding Inheritance to the Step-by-Step Exercise
......Page 523
Inheriting Form Classes
......Page 526
Passing Values to a Summary Form
......Page 530
Passing Objects as Properties
......Page 532
Using the Object Browser
......Page 533
Examining VB Classes
......Page 535
Your Hands-On Programming Example
......Page 536
13: Graphics, Animation, Sound, and Drag-and Drop......Page 554
Steps for Drawing Graphics
......Page 555
Pen and Brush Objects
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The Coordinate System
......Page 558
Graphics Methods
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Random Numbers
......Page 561
Controlling Pictures at Run Time
......Page 563
The Timer Component
......Page 566
Scroll Bar Properties
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A Programming Example
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A Sound-Playing Program
......Page 572
Using the Windows Media Player Control
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The Source Object
......Page 576
The Target Object
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The Drag-and-Drop Program
......Page 578
Dragging and Dropping an Image
......Page 579
Your Hands-On Programming Example
......Page 581
14: Additional Topics in Visual Basic......Page 590
The ErrorProvider Component
......Page 591
The MaxLength and CharacterCasing Properties
......Page 594
Field-Level Validation
......Page 595
Capturing Keystrokes from the User
......Page 598
Code Snippets
......Page 599
Multiple Document Interface
......Page 600
Creating an MDI Project
......Page 601
Adding a Window Menu
......Page 602
Toolbars
......Page 604
Status Bars
......Page 606
The Calendar Controls
......Page 607
The WebBrowser Control
......Page 610
A WebBrowser Program
......Page 611
Nodes, Elements, and Attributes
......Page 613
Writing and Reading an XML File
......Page 620
WPF Interoperability
......Page 622
Writing a WPF Application
......Page 626
Creating a WPF Hello World Application—Step-by-Step
......Page 628
APPENDIX A: Answers to Feedback Questions......Page 636
APPENDIX B: Methods and Functions for Working with Dates, Financial Calculations, Mathematics, and String Operations......Page 650
The DateTime Structure
......Page 651
Retrieving the System Date and Time
......Page 652
Date Variables
......Page 653
Checking for the Day of the Week
......Page 654
The Pmt Function
......Page 655
The Rate Function
......Page 656
Mathematical Functions
......Page 657
Working with Strings
......Page 659
Methods for Conversion between Data Types
......Page 661
Functions for Checking Validity
......Page 662
Functions for Formatting Output
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APPENDIX C: Tips and Shortcuts for Mastering the Environment......Page 664
Close or Hide Extra Windows
......Page 665
Use the Full Screen
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Modify the Screen Layout
......Page 668
Set Options for Your Work
......Page 669
Use Snap Lines to Help Align Controls
......Page 670
Use Shortcuts in the Editor
......Page 671
Use Keyboard Shortcuts When Editing Code
......Page 672
Split the Editor Window
......Page 673
Use Context-Sensitive Help
......Page 674
Deploy Applications
......Page 675
APPENDIX D: Security......Page 676
Authorization and Impersonation
......Page 677
Code Access Security
......Page 678
Glossary
......Page 680
Index
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